This was pretty great. Took me a while to get around to it because while I still love the Discworld books I've been reading them for 20+ years so I like to take a break from Pratchett now and then, otherwise everything starts to seem too much the same and a little expected. Nation reminded me of how...
I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett but this is the first of his books that I've read that isn't a Discworld story. I wasn't sure what to expect but I certianly wasn't disappointed. This book takes you through a full range of emotions - from incredibly sad, to laughing out loud and everything in betw...
One of Pratchett's few novels set somewhere other than Discworld is also one of his best. Two young people from different cultures survive a tsunami and must find a way to communicate and to restart civilization as they find more and more refugees.
This book moved at a snail's pace for the first half. Maybe even more. But the snail was picking up weight and meaning on the way, and the whole had a transcendent quality that made one forget the roughness of the individual parts. The last chapter was a perfectly faceted gem that brought the subtle...
Terry Pratchett is probably most famous for writing the now 37-long book series The Discworld, which includes such gems as Small Gods, Men at Arms, Hogfather and Nightwatch. He has also co-authored the wonderful Good Omens with Neil Gaiman.Nation is not set in the Discworld. It is set in a world not...
It was interesting. A bit predictable and not terribly gripping, but certainly interesting. Pratchett intentionally left some open-ended questions for the reader to ponder about the role of religion in our society, as well as certain "what if's" concerning our history. While reading, my main ques...
A quick and enjoyable read, but very far from Pratchett's best, IMO. The story felt too slight to support the themes, which were laid on pretty heavily. I liked Mau, but by the end I felt the person had disappeared under the weight of the role.
"... I need there to be the old man and the baby and the sick woman and the ghost girl, because without them I would go into the dark water right now. I asked for reasons, and here they are, yelling and smelling and demanding. The last people of the world and I need them. Without them I am just a fi...
Many of Pratchett's novels read like a really fun high wire juggling act, this one is somewhat more straightforward. It is the story of a first contact between a small group of fictional Pacific Islanders and a small group of fictional Europeans that doesn't lead to the Pacific Islanders being wipe...
This was one of those books which really touched me - the sort-of love story between Daphne and Mau was really believable and moving, as was the entire plot about some of the really deep questions: what makes a nation? And how do you rebuild your home after you have literally lost everything? Defini...
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