Monk's review
Small Gods: A Discworld Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
by Terry Pratchett
Monk's review
Small Gods: A Discworld Novel (Mass Market Paperback) by Terry Pratchett
Monk's review
rating:
bookshelves:
fantasy,
world_builders
This is the only Terry Pratchett book I've ever really been able to stomach. I've always found it odd that the stories of Discworld fail to strike home with me. I've tried to read several (Mort, The Color of Magic, Hogfather) and none have struck me enough within the first forty pages to keep reading.
This is the exception to the rule.
It covers the story of a forgotten god of the Discworld universe: the Great Turtle. Everyone knows about the Four Elephants holding up the great disc of the world, but most have forgotten that upon which the Elephants stride. All that is about to change when the Great Turtle speeks to a dimwitted monk and begins to preach the gospel of Discworld in a whole new light.
The book is laugh out loud funny and better yet it requires absolutely NO understanding of the rest of the Discworld series to enjoy (despite the presence of Death, who is a recurrent character in most Discworld novels, who has its own individual hangups).
Let there be lettuce. L...more
This is the exception to the rule.
It covers the story of a forgotten god of the Discworld universe: the Great Turtle. Everyone knows about the Four Elephants holding up the great disc of the world, but most have forgotten that upon which the Elephants stride. All that is about to change when the Great Turtle speeks to a dimwitted monk and begins to preach the gospel of Discworld in a whole new light.
The book is laugh out loud funny and better yet it requires absolutely NO understanding of the rest of the Discworld series to enjoy (despite the presence of Death, who is a recurrent character in most Discworld novels, who has its own individual hangups).
Let there be lettuce. L...more
