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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
What could you possibly say.
It's an incomplete could-have-been masterpiece.
It took me a year to want to resume reading it. And hours to finish it. I feel so so sad.
It's an incomplete could-have-been masterpiece.
It took me a year to want to resume reading it. And hours to finish it. I feel so so sad.
This is a hard book to review. Its very much an unpolished book with wonky transitions and bits of untuned dialog and actions sequences but it does really feel like the Discworld epilogue. Nothing too much really changed for Tiffany, I Shall Wear Midnight was the real finale for her character, instead it was almost like Discworld itself was going through some character development
I did had to put the book down for the evening after the events of the second chapter. I'm glad Terry was able to at least perfect that scene. It was necessary I feel like.
I did had to put the book down for the evening after the events of the second chapter. I'm glad Terry was able to at least perfect that scene. It was necessary I feel like.
It's a good end to the Discworld and Tiffany Aching series' but it not the best of either.
“FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT. . . .”
I am terribly sad to have reached the end of one of my favorite fantasy series. This was his final novel, and was written while he battled Alzheimer's, which made it all the more heartbreaking while reading it. He didn't not get a chance to finish it, and you can tell, not because it's badly written, just needed some editing and a bit more of his magic touch.
Thank you Terry Pratchett for giving us readers that magic, along with your wisdom and humor. I have the comfort in knowing I can just open one your books when I need to be swept away to another world, and I know I will for many years to come.
I am terribly sad to have reached the end of one of my favorite fantasy series. This was his final novel, and was written while he battled Alzheimer's, which made it all the more heartbreaking while reading it. He didn't not get a chance to finish it, and you can tell, not because it's badly written, just needed some editing and a bit more of his magic touch.
Thank you Terry Pratchett for giving us readers that magic, along with your wisdom and humor. I have the comfort in knowing I can just open one your books when I need to be swept away to another world, and I know I will for many years to come.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
Reread 2024 :
This is it.
The end of Discworld..
That afterword hits hard.
The beginning with Granny.. even harder.
In some kind of self-preservation, my brain had totally erased THAT info, and I couldn't believe I had forgotten about it.
4 years after my first read, I can safely say it now : I love Granny Weatherwax.
And I can also say : Discworld still is my favourite series ever, and will follow me for the rest of my life.
Thank you, Sir Pratchett, for all you've created and shared with the rest of the world.
Read 2019 :
I've always said The Witches sub-series was one of my least favourite.. and yet, I love Nanny Ogg, and the witches/wizards rivalry, Lancre, etc.
I just have had a problem with Granny Weatherwax ever since I first read about her.
Along the books, my appreciation of her would fluctuate, up until she met Tiffany, where it just stayed at its highest level. In the end, I ended up quite liking her.
So, the beginning of this last Discworld novel.. it hit me. Hard.
I cried. A lot. I tried not to, and then I ended up crying even more than I probably should have.
This last novel felt bittersweet.. this amazing journey has come to an end, and Sir Pratchett has given us so many good memories about this strange world on the top of Great A'tuin..
The best series I've ever read, and I don't think there will ever be another one to take its place, ever.
This is it.
The end of Discworld..
That afterword hits hard.
The beginning with Granny.. even harder.
In some kind of self-preservation, my brain had totally erased THAT info, and I couldn't believe I had forgotten about it.
4 years after my first read, I can safely say it now : I love Granny Weatherwax.
And I can also say : Discworld still is my favourite series ever, and will follow me for the rest of my life.
Thank you, Sir Pratchett, for all you've created and shared with the rest of the world.
Read 2019 :
I've always said The Witches sub-series was one of my least favourite.. and yet, I love Nanny Ogg, and the witches/wizards rivalry, Lancre, etc.
I just have had a problem with Granny Weatherwax ever since I first read about her.
Along the books, my appreciation of her would fluctuate, up until she met Tiffany, where it just stayed at its highest level. In the end, I ended up quite liking her.
So, the beginning of this last Discworld novel.. it hit me. Hard.
I cried. A lot. I tried not to, and then I ended up crying even more than I probably should have.
This last novel felt bittersweet.. this amazing journey has come to an end, and Sir Pratchett has given us so many good memories about this strange world on the top of Great A'tuin..
The best series I've ever read, and I don't think there will ever be another one to take its place, ever.
A worthy ending to Pratchett's career and the Tiffany Aching-series <3 As always, I enjoyed every moment of it, and found this book to have a few more thought-provoking bits than the others (which I liked a lot)!
The last ever novel written by Terry Pratchett about the Discworld. A brilliant ending. A bit sad, but also so full of hope.
You never know what you're gonna get when you read the last book in a loooong series, especially when this was not really the end but Pratchett had a bunch more books he wanted to write about the Discworld. But even so, this felt like such a good ending.
We follow Tiffany Aching, a young witch who now is almost an adult. We have followed her since she was 8 and fought the fairies. Now the fairies are back. But that is not all, there is a big change among the witches, and everyone is handling it their own way.
I was a bit worried about this book, mostly because of what a trainwreck (pun intended) Raising steam was. But the Shepherd's crown was funny, sweet, a bit sad, dark, and not way too long. I read that this one was written at the very end of Pratchett's life, and he wanted to do more with it but didn't have time. Maybe that was a good thing. While Raising steam was so long with so much detail that the story disappeared, the Shepherd's Crown felt just right. I wouldn't want it to be more detailed. Sure, it would be fun to know more about the characters in new books, but there should not be more information in this one. So I am happy with it.
The big shocker in the book was also done well. I had thought about it for a while, if he would dare do something like it, and when it now happened, it was exactly as it should be. But I'm not gonna say what and ruin stuff for people. G
Maybe my biggest qualm was how murder was treated. When Tiffany killed some fairies who had taken a human baby, she never really felt sad about it, and even Nanny Ogg said that she had done the right thing. Tiffany is still very young, and killing someone changes you. So having her just kill three nameless fairies was dark. The explanation for it did not satisfy me either. This was not an end justify the means situation. I would have liked to see her show another kind of strength. I get it that she had taken a liking to the child that the parents forgot, it was named after her, the fairies could hurt it, but still. She murdered them. Put this is parallell with her treating the damaged queen like an equal and refusing to let her die and instead calls her a friend.
I did like many of the characters a lot more. Tiffany and Preston and their relationship was so adult and I LOVED IT. They loved each other, but they also both loved their work and would never ask the other one to give up their dream, their life, to be with them.
Geoffrey was fun. He has some mystery around himself, but I was so happy we got a male witch.
Mrs Earwig has always been seen as a joke, but now even she got to be powerful, and I was happy about it because she is that weirdo that noone really understands. So I was really happy her powers got to shine a bit. I mean, she is a witch, so of course she much have some talent.
Magrat stepped up as well.
I was just happy to see that the characters are kind of happy and are living the life they want, being who they want, not trying to be someone else just because of a man or something.
Like I said, I really enjoyed this one. Not many quotes I wanted to save, which is weird for a Discworld novel, but the story was great. I feel like the books about Tiffany Aching is the strongest series. All of them are really good.
So now I've read all Discworld novels. Feels weird that I'm done with that project now. 41 books. Over 14 000 pages read in a year. Should I just start over now? Maybe not yet.
You never know what you're gonna get when you read the last book in a loooong series, especially when this was not really the end but Pratchett had a bunch more books he wanted to write about the Discworld. But even so, this felt like such a good ending.
We follow Tiffany Aching, a young witch who now is almost an adult. We have followed her since she was 8 and fought the fairies. Now the fairies are back. But that is not all, there is a big change among the witches, and everyone is handling it their own way.
I was a bit worried about this book, mostly because of what a trainwreck (pun intended) Raising steam was. But the Shepherd's crown was funny, sweet, a bit sad, dark, and not way too long. I read that this one was written at the very end of Pratchett's life, and he wanted to do more with it but didn't have time. Maybe that was a good thing. While Raising steam was so long with so much detail that the story disappeared, the Shepherd's Crown felt just right. I wouldn't want it to be more detailed. Sure, it would be fun to know more about the characters in new books, but there should not be more information in this one. So I am happy with it.
The big shocker in the book was also done well. I had thought about it for a while, if he would dare do something like it, and when it now happened, it was exactly as it should be. But I'm not gonna say what and ruin stuff for people. G
Maybe my biggest qualm was how murder was treated. When Tiffany killed some fairies who had taken a human baby, she never really felt sad about it, and even Nanny Ogg said that she had done the right thing. Tiffany is still very young, and killing someone changes you. So having her just kill three nameless fairies was dark. The explanation for it did not satisfy me either. This was not an end justify the means situation. I would have liked to see her show another kind of strength. I get it that she had taken a liking to the child that the parents forgot, it was named after her, the fairies could hurt it, but still. She murdered them. Put this is parallell with her treating the damaged queen like an equal and refusing to let her die and instead calls her a friend.
I did like many of the characters a lot more. Tiffany and Preston and their relationship was so adult and I LOVED IT. They loved each other, but they also both loved their work and would never ask the other one to give up their dream, their life, to be with them.
Geoffrey was fun. He has some mystery around himself, but I was so happy we got a male witch.
Mrs Earwig has always been seen as a joke, but now even she got to be powerful, and I was happy about it because she is that weirdo that noone really understands. So I was really happy her powers got to shine a bit. I mean, she is a witch, so of course she much have some talent.
Magrat stepped up as well.
I was just happy to see that the characters are kind of happy and are living the life they want, being who they want, not trying to be someone else just because of a man or something.
Like I said, I really enjoyed this one. Not many quotes I wanted to save, which is weird for a Discworld novel, but the story was great. I feel like the books about Tiffany Aching is the strongest series. All of them are really good.
So now I've read all Discworld novels. Feels weird that I'm done with that project now. 41 books. Over 14 000 pages read in a year. Should I just start over now? Maybe not yet.
Not quite as tight and polished as his other books but I still loved the pieces out of it.