Reviews

Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett

pages_and_potatoes's review

4.0

Definitely not the best of the three Johnny Maxwell books but a solid second place.
Time travel in books always makes me a bit woozy but I like how Pratchett explained and used it.

Solid 4 star experience

readacorn's review against another edition

4.0

Humor ist ja immer so eine Sache, aber bei dieser Lektüre hatte ich eine Schmunzel-Garantie. Die Reihe hat mir sogar um Längen besser gefallen als die Scheibenwelt-Romane. Johnny war mir als Protagonist sehr sympatisch. Seine Kumpels Yo-less, Wobbler und BigMac konnte ich mir auch richtig gut vorstellen. Die Lektüre war leicht und spannend und schnell. Und auch die Themen der einzelnen Bände, die man durchaus unabhängig voneinander hätte lesen können, fand ich alle ansprechend und auch gut umgesetzt. Eine klare YA-Fantasy-Empfehlung.

ladyjedi's review

4.0

I liked this one better than #2, but the first one is still my favorite of the 3.

beentsy's review against another edition

4.0

Great end book to the trilogy. I feel genuinely fond of the characters now and I'm going to miss them.

_nem_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

salot3's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? No

giselav's review against another edition

3.0

Eh. It was alright. Easy to read but not that captivating. I find Pratchett's usual dialogue on the funkyness of time and history to work better in his fantasy world than on this one.

bbqrplanting's review against another edition

5.0

I think this is my favorite of the Johnny Maxwell trio of books

yorkslass70's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

wyrmbergmalcolm's review

5.0

The third and final instalment in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy again takes the series in a completely different direction to the previous books: time travel. It has the welcome return of Kirsty (last seen in Only You Can Save Mankind. This book has the interesting take on social commentary, particularly regarding attitudes towards race and gender for both 1941, where Johnny travels to and the early 90’s when the book was written. The humour works at many levels and the story never talks down to the reader. It was also nice to see some concepts and mannerisms that later featured more prominently in the Discworld series.
A very enjoyable book, though not so much a conclusion to a trilogy but the final book of three.