This book is about 86.5% world building that quickly becomes tedious, 13% set-up for future books, and .5% actual plot. It’s got traces of Pratchett’s humor here and there, but not nearly enough to save it. It’s a really cool premise and I can see why some people love it, but ugh. I have never bee...
Series: The Long Earth #1 Narrated by Michael Fenton-Stevens For some reason I enjoyed this more as an audiobook than when I read it for the first time in print (that experience only merited 3 stars). I was entertained, and it started to feel more like Terry Pratchett had crammed all of his life...
Well, I can't say as I'd ever pick up another book in this series, but I *did* enjoy this book.I haven't read a lot of Pratchett or Baxter, so I had no true standards or expectations going into it. I think that helped.The one big thing that bothers me about The Long Earth is that it... rambles. You ...
This feels more like Stephen Baxter listened in on Terry Pratchett mumbling his ideas with his ear to a glass as opposed to them being in the same room together. I tried my hardest to like it; Pratchett is my favourite author and his Discworld series are undeniably beautiful. Disappointing, but when...
The storyline of "The Long Earth" was fairly simple, but the underlying meaning of it was as deep and infinite as you can imagine. The concept that there could be parallel earths and what that really means actually kept me up at night. Just thinking about the possibilities... The problems... The rea...
3.5Though it feels in many parts like an awkward blend of The Hitch-hiker's Guide and The Time Machine, but lacking in Adams' trademark humour and oddities (and Pratchett's, come to think of it) The Long Earth is still an interesting read. Focusing on ideas rather than plot has been pretty unusual i...
This book disappoints on multiple levels. It lacks the humanity that is normally at the core of Terry Pratchett’s books. No matter how odd the circumstances of DiscWorld are, the people, even the non-human ones, a real and you learn to care for them or to hate them. “The Long Earth” is so focused ...
A lot of people mentioned this book felt like a travelogue with a sci-fi twist. I didn't really understand that until I read it. The pace is slow, almost relaxing. Conflict arises, but it's dealt with quickly and things continue. The premise and first few chapters hint at action and drama and excite...
Hurrah! Another Terry Pratchett novel. Or so I thought when I saw it in Waterstones. Sure, it's a collaboration, but going by the standards of his other collaborations, Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) and The Carpet People (with himself, only younger), this one should be a treat. Well...it's intere...
I read this book in chunks, which is pretty telling of its enthralling capabilities (not that great). Read it because of a friend's recommendation and Terry Pratchett's name on the cover. The only reason it's worth reading is for the introduction of the long earth and the steppers. This concept rea...
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