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Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett

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leonwheeler's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

One of my favourite Discworld books! This was the latest on my discworld reread (skipped Soul Music as I read it recently and didn’t feel like rereading it so soon) and god I enjoyed it. As usual, very, very funny whilst also managing to discuss social and political issues with a degree of nuance and insight.

The exploration of Cohen’s character as this elderly hero realising that life is actually finite is incredibly well done - his anger at hearing about how the world is moving on from the era of barbarians and heroes and that many he used to know have now died is a real high point.

Loved the depiction of the ancient “Great Wizard” as opposed to the ‘great wizzard’. Wish there could have been more revealed about the history of the original Red Army.

jennyag's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.25

draxin's review

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adventurous funny hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

Okay, I gotta say that this book started out SLOW compared to the other Discworld books I read. It took nearly half of the book to get into the story. Otherwise, once it got going, it was entertaining and a clever mix of satire and funny dialogues (sometimes both at the same time). The cast was loveable and endearing, I grew to love them.
Some humour has that 2000s less careful approach and it was bad with the sumo warriors, but otherwise it landed well.