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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
A re-read. Just as well written, clever, and illuminating as I remember.
I liked Sybil's speech about not confusing worth and value. It was articulate about a complex perspective.
When I first read Snuff, I disliked the music part, but on second reading:Vimes was always trying to get justice for these sapient creatures, well before he heard it. The music wasn't a driving factor, rather it was a tool to manipulate the rulers into acting quickly. It'd be nice if people in power cared for those with different life experiences to them, but using the music to give the rulers a personal connection, to cause them to act, is a more realistic representation of how our world works.
I wish that Wilkins and Vimes's upbringings weren't explained so much. Pratchett uses some clever turn of phrase and you know exactly what he means. And then he explains it. Explaining the punchline of a joke ruins the joke and it felt the same here where there'd be a nod and a wink, but then it'd be unnecessarily spelled out.
I liked Sybil's speech about not confusing worth and value. It was articulate about a complex perspective.
When I first read Snuff, I disliked the music part, but on second reading:
I wish that Wilkins and Vimes's upbringings weren't explained so much. Pratchett uses some clever turn of phrase and you know exactly what he means. And then he explains it. Explaining the punchline of a joke ruins the joke and it felt the same here where there'd be a nod and a wink, but then it'd be unnecessarily spelled out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Excrement and Trafficking
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Blood, Murder, and Xenophobia
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality
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