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dozylocal's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars
Better than the first one and not as good as the second one. Johnny and his friends do some time traveling and help save the day. Clever theories and interesting characters as always.
Better than the first one and not as good as the second one. Johnny and his friends do some time traveling and help save the day. Clever theories and interesting characters as always.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition
4.0
Johnny Maxwell finds old Mrs. Tachyon, a bag lady, in the cinema, and he learns that her grocery cart is, in fact, a time machine. Johnny and his friends go back in time to 1941 when his town was accidentally struck with German bombs and many people were killed. One of Johnny's friends is left behind in 1941, and they make plans to return for him.
Stories about time travel are always fun, I think, and this one is not only a story about time travel but it's also written by the masterfully funny Terry Pratchett.
A 1001 Children's Book You Must Read
Stories about time travel are always fun, I think, and this one is not only a story about time travel but it's also written by the masterfully funny Terry Pratchett.
A 1001 Children's Book You Must Read
melerihaf's review against another edition
3.0
I liked it, but it was almost too slick. The first two in this series were clever and funny, but also a little bit different from Pratchett's Discworld series. This one felt exactly like a Discworld book, which I thought was a little bit too bad. I wonder if Pratchett ever feels trapped by Discworld...
jennyanydots's review against another edition
4.0
Yes, there's a pattern! This time, Johnny and his friends find the local crazy bag lady injured in an alleyway, so being good samaritans they get her to the hospital and look after her mysterious shopping trolly of stuff, and a fairly evil cat (shades of Greebo, perhaps?) until she gets out. Except why does she have fresh fish and chips in a new newspaper from the 1940s, the day after a bomb fell on the town? Good fun and again has some interesting ideas, and Johnny and his friends are really developing into great characters here. Definitely a good one to share with a young reader.
frozencusser's review against another edition
5.0
One day I will have read every word of Terry Pratchett and I imagine the first will be as glorious as the last.
flowerbob's review against another edition
5.0
I am a big fan of the Johnny Maxwell books. They are easy to read but feature engaging and realistic characters involved in wonderful fantastic plots in the most normal and ordinary settings. You skip along through the tale with the odd chuckle, only to realise at the end that Pratchett has something real and serious to say, a point to make - but he doesn't need to yell it at you, he lets you reach your own conclusions. I love reading them and they always leave me wanting to be a better person.
grinslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
The last book of the trilogy and I am sad that I won't get to read about what Johnny is doing next. I have thoroughly enjoyed every book in this series and this was no exception. I loved how the idea of time travel was dealt with in this book, it felt like a completely different view to me. I thought the characters were all so odd and lovable in the way they fit together. I still wish I had discovered these books when I was younger, so I bought the first one for my nephew who really enjoyed it!
lordofthemoon's review against another edition
3.0
The last in the Johnny series, this one finds Johnny and friends time travelling to the 1941 blitz.
I enjoyed this book quite a lot. It's quite slim and I was able to read it quite quickly but there's a lot of ideas in it. And I smiled to see references to the Discworld and characters and ideas that would be re-used (with a fresh coat of paint) elsewhere.
I found Johnny himself interesting. Like Granny Weatherwax, he seems to have started off as a fairly ordinary person and become more powerful as time goes on. In Only You Can Save Mankind he was just a kid who's computer game came alive while here he seemed to have more powers. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's a recurring theme in Pratchett's work and I was interested to see it pop up again here.
I enjoyed this book quite a lot. It's quite slim and I was able to read it quite quickly but there's a lot of ideas in it. And I smiled to see references to the Discworld and characters and ideas that would be re-used (with a fresh coat of paint) elsewhere.
I found Johnny himself interesting. Like Granny Weatherwax, he seems to have started off as a fairly ordinary person and become more powerful as time goes on. In Only You Can Save Mankind he was just a kid who's computer game came alive while here he seemed to have more powers. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's a recurring theme in Pratchett's work and I was interested to see it pop up again here.