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reanimatedreader's review against another edition
5.0
Reread 2020: still as wonderfully whimsical as the first time I read it.
2014: A lovely little travel guide to accompany Raising Steam. Great humour, play on words, and illogical local customs.
2014: A lovely little travel guide to accompany Raising Steam. Great humour, play on words, and illogical local customs.
thedreamwithin's review against another edition
3.0
Wirklich sehr schön und liebevoll gemacht, doch leider wird es schnell langweilig.
tarana's review against another edition
3.0
The average Diskworld person would find this sortof funny, sortof lame. However, if you are a train fan or travelogue fan, you will enjoy this book! Mrs. Bradshaw is an adventurous elite sort of lady who travels the rails in Diskworld writing about where to stay, what to see, what to avoid, what to eat.
dryden's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
woolfardis's review against another edition
4.0
Much akin to previous ride-along books to the Discworld series, this one focuses on the Sto Plain, a place not previously covered much by the novels or companion books, and the newly founded railway. It must be noted that this was not written by Terry Pratchett himself-or at least, not explicitly written by him- but by those delightful owners of the Discworld Emporium. One may argue that fans of something very often know more about the thing than its creator and this is a curious mix of original canon and fandom creation.
It is a delightful little cameo book that features plenty of quotes, characters and locations we know and love from the series, but also includes some new little tidbits about places rarely visited before and is a delightfully little story to fill in all the little gaps the novels can't possibly enter.
Like most of Discworld, it is heavily inspired by our own Roundworld, and takes its inspiration by the creation and boom of the railways in the Victorian age, following the tradition of traveller's handbooks. Because it isn't uniquely written by Terry (mostly, I imagine, to do with his unfortunate onset of alzheimers at the time this book was written and published) it does lack the humour we know and love from Discworld.
It is a delightful little cameo book that features plenty of quotes, characters and locations we know and love from the series, but also includes some new little tidbits about places rarely visited before and is a delightfully little story to fill in all the little gaps the novels can't possibly enter.
Like most of Discworld, it is heavily inspired by our own Roundworld, and takes its inspiration by the creation and boom of the railways in the Victorian age, following the tradition of traveller's handbooks. Because it isn't uniquely written by Terry (mostly, I imagine, to do with his unfortunate onset of alzheimers at the time this book was written and published) it does lack the humour we know and love from Discworld.
theatlantean's review against another edition
2.0
This may have been authorised by Moist, and thus by Mr P. himself, but it's not of the same quality. Not even in the same vineyard. As other reviewers have noted, Mrs Bradshaw is quite repetitive in her descriptions of the various towns and villages, and to be honest, it reads like an actual guidebook to small boring places that have a few local quirks.
So, i could not finish it - by the middle, i was scanning pages for the funny bits, or morsels of information that might be interesting in a greater understanding of the Discworld, but they were few, and it became a drudge.
So, sorry to all those who liked it - I don't get it. I also read the World of Poo last year, and found that surprisingly (because I thought Sir Terry wrote it) unfunny and boring. I've been reading the Discworld from a time there were only 3 volumes (that's 26 years), and only the real deal cuts it, I'm afraid.
So, i could not finish it - by the middle, i was scanning pages for the funny bits, or morsels of information that might be interesting in a greater understanding of the Discworld, but they were few, and it became a drudge.
So, sorry to all those who liked it - I don't get it. I also read the World of Poo last year, and found that surprisingly (because I thought Sir Terry wrote it) unfunny and boring. I've been reading the Discworld from a time there were only 3 volumes (that's 26 years), and only the real deal cuts it, I'm afraid.
philipf's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
3.0
taaya's review against another edition
3.0
Wird relativ schnell eher eintönig und ist mehr etwas für Fanfiction-Schreibende, und diejenigen, die wirklich jedes Detail der Scheibenwelt auswendig lernen wollen, als für die Ottonormallesenden.