Reviews - A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories

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A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories

Terry Pratchett

3.96 AVERAGE

katdn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

kieranl's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Kinda boring. Well written, but meh. The last story “The Quest for the Keys” was engaging and entertaining and Pilgaric Towers was cool too.

robotswithpersonality's review against another edition

Delightful. Never thought about how predisposed Pratchett's charmingly nonsensical moments were to short stories, but it's basically what would happen if he expanded any footnote you encounter in the Discworld books. A good chunk are Christmas themed, so I could see rereading them each year for the festive season. Mostly fantasy, arguably a couple sci fi. Couldn't possibly pick favourites among them. Loved the background on how these tales were discovered, just adds to the overall magical, cozy vibes. 😊

⚠️I'd like to think if Terry were writing The Quest for The Keys today rather than the early 80s, the Joke Monk order would have a different speech style, this one felt a little too close to racist caricature 🫤

jay_hobday's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mademoiselleemadeline's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

roninsb's review against another edition

5.0

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

weboury's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What a lovely collection! The audiobook version was also made with so much dedication and love. All the readers were amazing and I was particularly pleased they got Rhianna Pratchett reading one of her dad's stories :'] the stories themselves are very different from Terry's later stuff, but still undoubtedly his. And that's what makes this collection so great. Loved the whole thing.