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A solid four star book. After some time I'm picking up the discworld books again. And as I've read up until this book in publication order years ago, why not start where I left off. The last hero is a wonderfully illustrated and comic tale about the elderly heroes of the discworld who want to do one last badass thing and it involves the gods...

Of course hilarity ensues as we find out that they might destroy the world and we need the inventiveness of Leonard of Quirm, the combined effort (or lack thereof) of Unseen University's wizards (including Rincewind) and one of the watches most wholesome guards.

Pratchett revisits his criticism of and themes surrounding religion, heroism (and its aftermath), and the woes of the world from previous books, while somehow also retelling the story of the first man on the moon? Ah well, it's pratchett, its fun and its beautiful book.

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Content warnings: violence, death, mentions of slavery, mentions of rape

This is one of the tiny number of Discworld books that I hadn't read before and so I was really excited to read it because, like, NEW PRATCHETT OMG!!!!! Unfortunately, this one just didn't quite work for me? I think it's because I've never really liked Cohen as a character and Rincewind is......not my favourite. But it's also because I just flat out didn't get this one. I didn't understand why, out of the blue, Pratchett is focusing on the gods AND space travel at the same time. I wasn't invested in the story, and I honestly found the illustrations distracting. Sigh.

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