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krilves 's review for:
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-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:
Complicated
I really struggled with this one. The main reason I finished it is because I unexpectedly found myself in the hospital emergency room for five hours and had this in my bag, so I got through a big chunk of it then while waiting to be seen.
Especially the start was sluggish. I’m not keen on religion in general and I wasn’t enjoying the descriptions of the Omnian religion (sounded very much like the bad bits of Catholicism amplified) or Brutha as a character. The plot itself was chaotic - and this isn’t my first discworld novel so it’s not like I didn’t know that the books can be chaotic, but this just didn’t really click with me at all.
In the end I liked it ok. It wasn’t a bad book. It just wasn’t for me.
Especially the start was sluggish. I’m not keen on religion in general and I wasn’t enjoying the descriptions of the Omnian religion (sounded very much like the bad bits of Catholicism amplified) or Brutha as a character. The plot itself was chaotic - and this isn’t my first discworld novel so it’s not like I didn’t know that the books can be chaotic, but this just didn’t really click with me at all.
In the end I liked it ok. It wasn’t a bad book. It just wasn’t for me.