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connorrooke's review against another edition
5.0
GNU Terry Pratchett. I spent the first 90% of this book laughing and grinning and interrupting my wife in the middle of whatever she was doing to show her some of the choice bits, and the last 10% absolutely wrecked.
empress_of_the_sun's review against another edition
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5.0
irinam's review against another edition
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5.0
strategineer's review against another edition
4.0
Terry Pratchett is an all-timer. The rare case of an author who is immensely popular for the right reasons.
This is a biography about him, and it's the best one we're going to get, written by the best person for the job (other than Terry Pratchett himself of course), his assistant Rob Wilkins.
It is what it says it is, the story of Terry Pratchett from the beginning to the very end.
Terry Pratchett's work speaks for itself but if you're interested in learning more about the man responsible for writing some of your favorite books, here's the perfect book for you.
This is a biography about him, and it's the best one we're going to get, written by the best person for the job (other than Terry Pratchett himself of course), his assistant Rob Wilkins.
It is what it says it is, the story of Terry Pratchett from the beginning to the very end.
Terry Pratchett's work speaks for itself but if you're interested in learning more about the man responsible for writing some of your favorite books, here's the perfect book for you.
mogar_pogar's review against another edition
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5.0
cariboukai's review against another edition
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5.0
ahexclamation's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't want this book to end, and especially didn't want it to end the way it had to. What a wondrous life Terry led, with such an incredible imagination twinned with brilliant skill.
My family has too, felt the keen sting of dementia and I cried throughout the last chapter. Rob Wilkins has created an honest book of Terry's life, and throughout you can hear his admiration for Terry.
My family has too, felt the keen sting of dementia and I cried throughout the last chapter. Rob Wilkins has created an honest book of Terry's life, and throughout you can hear his admiration for Terry.
beclikesowls's review against another edition
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4.5
I wasn't sure what to expect going in. Often, when we talk about someone we loved after they're gone it's not really them we're talking about. It's just the ghost of all their finer qualities, a rosy memory that no living being could live up to. When we do that, I think we do them a bit of a disservice. We don't only love the good bits of the people that we love, and the 'good bits' aren't always obvious. People are complex, and personalities aren't pro and con lists that can always be easily divided into flaws and virtues. We loved the whole of them, so we should remember the whole of them.
Not knowing Terry I can't possibly say how accurate it is, but the sense I get from this book is that Rob has taken great care to portray him as he was, an entire human being. Terry has been a favourite author of mine since my auntie's copy of The Colour of Magic found its way into my grubby 11 year-old paws 20+ years ago, so the book was a really interesting insight into someone I respect and admire. Rob frequently uses quotes from friends and family and Terry's own writing. It's nice to have a few different perspectives, and this adds to the sense that great care has been taken with this book.
What shines through most of all is just how much love this was written with. Any biography of Terry Pratchett would fly off the shelves. In less principled hands this could have easily been a saccharine cash-grab about the funny man in the hat, but instead we have something that feels very moving and personal. A beautiful tribute to a great man, yes, but first of all to a friend.
Not knowing Terry I can't possibly say how accurate it is, but the sense I get from this book is that Rob has taken great care to portray him as he was, an entire human being. Terry has been a favourite author of mine since my auntie's copy of The Colour of Magic found its way into my grubby 11 year-old paws 20+ years ago, so the book was a really interesting insight into someone I respect and admire. Rob frequently uses quotes from friends and family and Terry's own writing. It's nice to have a few different perspectives, and this adds to the sense that great care has been taken with this book.
What shines through most of all is just how much love this was written with. Any biography of Terry Pratchett would fly off the shelves. In less principled hands this could have easily been a saccharine cash-grab about the funny man in the hat, but instead we have something that feels very moving and personal. A beautiful tribute to a great man, yes, but first of all to a friend.
miraclemarg's review against another edition
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5.0