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4.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I honestly wasn’t crazy about reading this book, but it was the next one and I have trouble just saying no to a book whether I think it will be good for my brain or not. Not in the intellectual way, that would be my mind. I mean my brain- as in the risk of it turning into oatmeal.
You see, my atheist high school boy friend loved this book - because of the way that it supposedly made fun of religion and pointed out how stupid/evil it was.
The thing is, yeah, it does make fun of religion, and philosophy, and just belief in general - but what it doesn’t make fun of is someone trying to figure things out and being a good person just for the sake of being a good person. This book doesn’t actually say anything is wrong with believing, and that it can be a good thing as long as what you believe in isn’t your own perfection.
Though as a side note, I am grateful that my God isn’t like any of these gods, like, at all. Maybe that’s another reason I liked this book - this is a fantasy series and the gods and religions in this book are just that- fantasy with almost no grounding in reality.
In the end, I liked this book and yeah, I would recommend it.
If there wasn’t a God I would be an atheist, but there is, so I’m not.
You see, my atheist high school boy friend loved this book - because of the way that it supposedly made fun of religion and pointed out how stupid/evil it was.
The thing is, yeah, it does make fun of religion, and philosophy, and just belief in general - but what it doesn’t make fun of is someone trying to figure things out and being a good person just for the sake of being a good person. This book doesn’t actually say anything is wrong with believing, and that it can be a good thing as long as what you believe in isn’t your own perfection.
Though as a side note, I am grateful that my God isn’t like any of these gods, like, at all. Maybe that’s another reason I liked this book - this is a fantasy series and the gods and religions in this book are just that- fantasy with almost no grounding in reality.
In the end, I liked this book and yeah, I would recommend it.
If there wasn’t a God I would be an atheist, but there is, so I’m not.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As always with Discworld, a fun read. Some clever commentary going on. But somehow not quite as engaging as other by Pratchett - can't quite put my finger on it!
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Fun parody of religion and also a bit of knocking Greek philosophy. A very fun book, but pretty much all Pratchett books are.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the fourth and best Discworld book I've read so far. The ending was very good.