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Terry Pratchett: Nation (2008, HarperCollins) 4 stars

After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, …

Review of 'Nation' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I am no good reviewer, and usually I cannot think of something to say beyond getting a good or bad impression on something.

But this time I feel obliged to say that this is a really deep book, I think it can influence it's readers and inspire them to be better than they were before. It speaks of death and calamity, but it is in fact a very humanely done, so that the highlight is on an expectation of a bright future and finding our place in the world rather than grieve and sorrow. It is very nice that the most touching parts are not great troubles, but on the opposite some small details that can not be viewed as troubling in any way.

I would recommend this book to anyone, it has some retro air about it but that does not feel like a stale story, more like a …