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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
funny
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
A delightful and funny, not to mention unexpected, addition to the Pratchett cannon. You can see him working out ideas that would later become other more grand things, but the wit and the style is evident from the first page. I loved it.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A Stroke of the Pen is a fabulous and really fun collection of Terry Pratchett's earliest stories, serialised in newspapers throughout the 1970s and lovingly collated in recent years.
It's so wonderful to read these early stories and see the ideas for his later books starting to formulate. They're lovely, quick, short reads on the whole, stuffed with quirky, fun ideas and characters that are believable, no matter the odd situations they find themselves within.
As someone who's spent the last two years working their way through both sets of audiobooks of the Discword series - the old and the new - it was joyful to read these early tales, and I'm grateful to the individuals involved for taking the time and effort to track down the stories.
The foreword by Neil Gaiman succinctly sums up Terry's legacy and brings a very human touch to this collection of tales.
It's so wonderful to read these early stories and see the ideas for his later books starting to formulate. They're lovely, quick, short reads on the whole, stuffed with quirky, fun ideas and characters that are believable, no matter the odd situations they find themselves within.
As someone who's spent the last two years working their way through both sets of audiobooks of the Discword series - the old and the new - it was joyful to read these early tales, and I'm grateful to the individuals involved for taking the time and effort to track down the stories.
The foreword by Neil Gaiman succinctly sums up Terry's legacy and brings a very human touch to this collection of tales.
slow-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
I love Terry Pratchett's wit. This audiobook has been a really good companion on my way to and back from work. Some stories were better than others, but they all made me smile.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A