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A review by jwells
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
Always great to spend time in Discworld. This one felt slightly flat to me, though. I think it's because, compared to the Tiffany Aching books that I've been reading recently, the stakes were unconvincing. Or at least unconvincingly personal.
(Would Vetinari really execute his Postmaster General/Head of the Mint/I Forget What-All, just because of one failure at this point? Yes, Vetinari is supposed to be this terrible tyrant, but he's mostly always struck me as eminently practical. Why lose such a valuable resource as Lipwig by demanding the impossible?)
(Would Vetinari really execute his Postmaster General/Head of the Mint/I Forget What-All, just because of one failure at this point? Yes, Vetinari is supposed to be this terrible tyrant, but he's mostly always struck me as eminently practical. Why lose such a valuable resource as Lipwig by demanding the impossible?)