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A review by julcoh
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
4.0
This is a great Discworld novel. I mean, every book in the series is an entertaining read— satirical and entertaining and humorous, surprisingly deep in their dissection of civilization and the human experience. This one is no exception. It has some issues in the way the story is told and the plot develops, and some characters feel less developed than in other novels. Of course Sir Pratchett’s health was deteriorating at the time.
Raising Steam is extraordinary in that we get to see interactions between deeply developed characters from multi-book arcs— Vimes and Moist, Harry King, The Patrician. It also deals wonderfully with the Industrial Age development story of the steam engine, from a uniquely Pratchett angle.
Without any spoilers... the storyline here of Dwarven politics in the face of a rapidly industrializing and globalizing world is particularly biting in May 2020 as I write this.
Raising Steam is extraordinary in that we get to see interactions between deeply developed characters from multi-book arcs— Vimes and Moist, Harry King, The Patrician. It also deals wonderfully with the Industrial Age development story of the steam engine, from a uniquely Pratchett angle.
Without any spoilers... the storyline here of Dwarven politics in the face of a rapidly industrializing and globalizing world is particularly biting in May 2020 as I write this.