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55 reviews

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Mort by Terry Pratchett

adventurous funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

A stirring and evocative book from Tania Brannigan; I read an extract in The Guardian Long Read and knew I had to read it in full. Partly a piece about the Cultural Revolution and how its fallout birthed modern China, Brannigan also considers memory; how the Cultural Revolution formed a collective traumatic memory for those that lived through it and how memory becomes distorted, faded, passed on and appropriated for other ends. Deftly written in cutting prose, each tale from Brannigan’s interviewees is chilling in many unexpected ways. Not exactly a fun read but it is an incredibly informative one that has helped me to understand the foundations of which 20th and 21st Century China  built itself.