I did indeed like this book. It was, given Pratchett's whole work, nothing out of the ordinary, it was "just another typical Pratchett".

Practically on every page you can see his footprint, a lot of text could appear in any of his Discworld novels, and neither the writing nor the story held much of a surprise, thus only 3 stars.

None of this makes it a book not worth reading, just to be clear. If you like Pratchett, there's a fair chance you won't regret the time spent to read this one.

One of the things that made this book most interesting to me, was the fact that it came out around the time of Pratchett discovering his illness, and, as other reviews mention, you get the impression that you can feel some of the emotional turmoil echo through the book and its characters.