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Die Krone des Schäfers: Ein Märchen von der Scheibenwelt

(Discworld #41)

Terry Pratchett,

Regina Rawlinson (Translator)

4.36 · Rating details · 24,050 ratings · 2,821 reviews

Noch einmal tut sich Großes auf der Scheibenwelt …

Tiffany Weh, die junge Hexe aus dem Kreideland, musste einige beeindruckende Gegner bezwingen und viele Prüfungen bestehen, bevor die anderen, erwachsenen Hexen der Scheibe sie als eine der Ihren akzeptierten. Nun ist die sie die offizielle Hexe ihrer Heimat, stolz und glücklich – und steht doch vor ihrer bisher größten Her ...more

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Aug 27, 2015 Andrew Hickey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

It could have been a lot worse.
As Rob Wilkins explains in the afterword, Terry Pratchett hadn't actually finished writing this when he died. Pratchett's working methods, as described by Wilkins, involved writing scenes and piecing them together, finding the story, and then rewriting and adding scenes. Here we have something that isn't quite the end process of that. We have something that can be read, coherently, from beginning to end as a narrative, but is not quite formed.
There is, as Wilkins s It could have been a lot worse.
As Rob Wilkins explains in the afterword, Terry Pratchett hadn't actually finished writing this when he died. Pratchett's working methods, as described by Wilkins, involved writing scenes and piecing them together, finding the story, and then rewriting and adding scenes. Here we have something that isn't quite the end process of that. We have something that can be read, coherently, from beginning to end as a narrative, but is not quite formed.
There is, as Wilkins says, a beginning, middle, and end. But some of it has clearly been worked on rather more than other bits. There's some absolutely atrocious writing in the first few chapters -- Terrance Dicks-on-autopilot level simple sentences and "as you know, your father, the king" dialogue, with no hint of characterisation (not helped by some shoddy copyediting). This worried me at first, as given that Pratchett died of Alzheimer's, I was beginning to think that his faculties had declined so much in his last months that the writer who I loved so much had gone before writing this.
But somewhere around page sixty or seventy, the writing style starts to improve dramatically, and it's apparent that Pratchett *wasn't* failing as a writer -- the writing in the first few chapters is obviously a sketch of what would have been there, a skeleton onto which he would have added characterisation and prose style if he'd been able to do any further drafts.
And there are other signs that the book was unfinished, too. There's a subplot -- involving Geoffrey and the old men -- that has a couple of scenes, but which clearly would have been filled out much more if Pratchett could have finished the book in the way he wanted to. The climax is rushed, and rather unsatisfying.
But the middle two hundred and fifty pages or so of the book is up to the standards of the other Tiffany Aching books, and that's saying something. It's clearly a "last Witches book" -- everyone returns for one last time, including some unexpected cameos, and it's a book about death. Pratchett hadn't included Death, who had appeared in every Discworld novel up until his diagnosis, in the last couple of books, understandably, but here he returns, and entirely appropriately.
The Geoffrey subplot, sketched in though it is, clearly provides a reflection of the very first witches book, Equal Rites, closing the story where it began, but there are echoes here of many other books. The character growth of one villainous character is very like that of one in Thief of Time. Lords and Ladies and (to a lesser extent) Raising Steam are also present in between the words.
It's a book about death, but also about new life. Tiffany Aching has always been a character in the shadow of her dead grandmother, but one who has been growing into her own power, and that's continued here. We say goodbye here to favourite characters, and to an entire world, but it will live on without us.
It's also a sombre book -- there are very few laugh-out-loud jokes in here, but a lot that's thought-provoking, and moving.
It's very, very hard to judge this objectively. I've been a fan of Pratchett for a quarter of a century, since as an eleven-year-old I read Sourcery and assumed that "Terry Pratchett" must be a pseudonym for Douglas Adams, because who else could write like that?
Now, of course, I know the difference. Adams was a cynic -- a very funny writer, but a shallow one, able to see the world only through a filter of anger and despair. He was a great comedy writer, but limited.
Pratchett, on the other hand, was wise, and kinder-spirited. Pratchett, like Adams, could get enraged at the world's follies, but he could see that there were other things in the world. Temperamentally, I'm closer to Adams, but I like to think something of Pratchett has rubbed off.
And this is the thing. This is the last work of someone who has influenced my thought, and my life, in ways I can't begin to sum up sensibly. Without Pratchett, I wouldn't have the friends I have, wouldn't think the things I do, wouldn't be the person I am.
So yes, this is a first draft, a sketch of the proper book it should have been. But the book it's a sketch of might have been his best, and even in this state it's a far more fitting capstone to the Discworld and to Pterry's career than Raising Steam, which may have been his worst.
Goodbye, Pterry, and thank you. ...more

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Aug 26, 2015 Vicki rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

"YOUR CANDLE...WILL FLICKER FOR SOME TIME BEFORE IT GOES OUT - A LITTLE REWARD FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED...YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT...NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT"

Thank you, Sir Terry for the joy and the sadness and for the many opportunities to escape to a wonderful world where humanity's failings (and more importantly) successes are reflected and cherished as what makes us unique. Your candle will flicker and your ripples will be growing for many years to come. ...more

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Aug 30, 2015 Alex Sarll added it · review of another edition

Yes, obviously it's unfinished (which is not to say it lacks a beginning, middle or end - just that it wants finish in the sense of polish). But for all that, I wouldn't recommend reading it in public unless your heart is a lot stonier than mine. The last Discworld story was never likely to be an apocalypse, but - while there are internal farewells on top of the obvious external one - I take some solace in the state in which it's left; like Blandings, the Disc will still be ticking along somewhe ...more

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Jun 15, 2016 Bradley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Re-read 10/1/10:

Just now having finished a full Discworld re-read, I have to admit I'm still misty-eyed and depressed.
Yes, by now it is 3/4 nostalgia and 1/4 hats-off respect, but the slider continually slides, and the sadness remains.

That being said -- Well done, Tiffany. It's a fine cottage and you have fine boots and I truly respect your third and fourth thoughts. Well done, indeed.

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Jun 06, 2015 Joey Woolfardis rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: champion, ce21, pterry, humour, goblins, own, masculine, bookshelf, 2015, sterling

If you are new to Discworld or Terry, don't start with this one. He was very ill and this was, I think it's safe to say, not written well, but by Jingo it was told well.

The story, the characters, the sadness and the happiness, all have their place here and indeed on Earth. It was probably the most perfect ending, but it was bittersweet and I shall never quite get over it.

"Mind how you go."

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Nov 26, 2017 Lyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

“Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.”

And so it ends. Our wonderful journey with Sir Terry Pratchett and his wonderfully inimitable Discworld. There will never be another like it or him.

It was difficult to read this and enjoy it just for what it was – another Discworld book, this one a Tiffany Aching story. Having been diagnosed in 2007 with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he had written with a greater sense of urgency and had published several more novels ...more

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Aug 28, 2015 Dan Schwent rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Upon the death of Granny Weatherwax, the elves seek to invade the realms of man once again. Can Tiffany Aching rally the other witches of Lancre and The Chalk and protect her two steadings (and the rest of the world)?

Here we are, the book Terry Pratchett was refining when Death finally showed up to claim him. PUT THE MANUSCRIPT DOWN, PRATCHETT. YOUR WORK IS DONE, or something to that effect. As a result, it doesn't quite feel finished but it was enjoyable just the same.

The Shepherd's Crown is a ...more

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Oct 03, 2014 Miyu rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

New Tiffany Aching and here I thought "I shall wear midnight" was the last one... *heavy breathing*

edit: This little treasure came to me yesterday and it already made me cry (first 10%) I hope the end will be worth all the tears since this is truly the last one. :(
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Sep 01, 2015 Phrynne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is really a four star book but I am giving it five anyway because it was his last and because he was a wonderful author who gave me an incredible amount of enjoyment over the years. I think the Discworld series ran to 41 books, all of them brilliant. So sad it is all over but he has left a great legacy for us to remember him by and I will certainly read those 41 books again!

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Apr 10, 2015 Jasmine rated it really liked it · review of another edition

*sobs forever*

6.6.2015 -- Cover Release

*sobs even harder* ...more

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Sep 01, 2015 Lindsay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ignore the star rating. Like many other people reading the last book of a deeply loved and missed author, objectivity is impossible.

Tiffany Aching comes full circle, taking on the elves again, but this time as the leader of the Discworld's witches instead of as the newest. But she has allies.

The last couple of books of Pratchett's have been sad, both in terms of being obvious goodbyes to his world and characters, and the obvious diminishing of his craft. The ideas are still there, and much of th ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 Trish rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

*takes a deep breath*
It's done. Over. This was the last book in the series. I feel somewhat empty now while being aware that I should feel warm and fuzzy on the inside.

We start in The Chalk and Lancre with Tiffany and Granny Weatherwax. Granny, as people knowing me are aware, is my absolute favourite character in this series. Thus, it ripped out my heart to start off this adventure with her death. No, that is no spoiler or great big secret. While I never had confirmation (didn't go look for it), ...more

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Aug 26, 2015 Nisha-Anne rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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No.

This book did not work for me. It took me nearly twenty per cent to realise why. I couldn't hear Pratchett in the prose. There were far too many repetitions, far too much exposition. The dialect was heavyhanded and not true to the other books. Tiffany was nowhere as clearly cut as I've known her.

It felt like someone was very carefully trying to write a Terry Pratchett novel. Like the better calibre of fan fiction but not quite there.

Only twice did the authentic fire of Pratchett burn through ...more

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Jul 05, 2015 Jennie Rigg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I can't be coherent about this. I just can't. I cried so hard between pages 37 and 41 that I had to put the book down and go do something else.

It's not perfect, and if you read the afterword you'll understand why: it's not been drafted and redrafted to the extent most Pratchett books have, and in places it shows. I do like the way Pratchett, as he always has, acknowledges that most people perceive gender essentialism as normal and natural while absolutely celebrating those of us who don't. Pratc ...more

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Jan 18, 2015 Rachel (Kalanadi) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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After finishing this, I caught myself thinking about the next Discworld book... but no. So many more stories that will never be told, and it makes me ache. I've spent half my life reading Discworld books. The Shepherd's Crown is a good farewell. It's not as strong or polished as it could have been (let's not talk about could have beens), but it has the feel and the flavor of Tiffany Aching, the Chalk, Nac Mac Feegle, and Granny Weatherwax in its bones. Goodbye! ... until I start rereading. ...more

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Mar 13, 2015 Melindam rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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HOW MUCH I HATE giving 2 stars to a Terry Pratchett book, especially his very.... very .... last one

I also hate knowing that there won't be any more of his books... EVER

It also makes me infinitely sad.

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I liked the first 3 Tiffany Aching books, but was strongly of the opinion that the 4th one (I Shall Wear Midnight) already lost steam.

It's hard to describe how I feel about this 5th book about Tiffany's, but there it goes.

THIS BOOK WAS SUCH A WASTE with recycled, weak storylines that were alrea ...more

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Dec 29, 2019 Julie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This was a truly moving read. It was lovely to witness Tiffany Aching coming into her own. There was kindness, gentleness, thoughtfulness, comfort, and strength, as well as much to ignite our imaginations.

My favorite quotes, which warmed me as I read, knowing this was the last book in the series:

"There was always a brew on" - it's always time for tea.
"and a broken biscuit for Mephistopheles" - the best humans also provide a treat for our pets.
"dealing with witches was like carrying a tray full ...more

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Mar 12, 2015 Lauren Deaner marked it as to-read · review of another edition

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. Part of me is crazy excited over the fact that there's another Tiffany book, and the other part is just confused and worried because I Shall Wear Midnight was such a perfect ending. ...more

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Sep 23, 2015 Sam Quixote rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I discovered Discworld at age 11. I read the Rincewind novel, Sourcery (Discworld #5), first and read the rest of the series out of sequence, picking up whichever second hand paperback was available at this small, hidden bookshop that no longer exists (it’s now a butcher’s). I used to read entire Pratchett novels in a day and burned through the series in no time. I was a Discworld fanatic.

My love of the series continued through high school and into my 20s, though something had changed at the tu ...more

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Aug 27, 2015 Andrea added it · review of another edition

Shelves: have-e-version, fantasy

The Shepherd's Crown brings to a close both Tiffany Aching's witch arc, and the Discworld as a whole. Like Raising Steam, it is about the arrival of a new era, and the fading of the old.

Sadly, like Raising Steam, it is not Pterry at his height. It starts powerfully, but the novel as a whole is a sketch, a half-finished painting, where events come and go without the emotional heights and depths that should accompany them. Particularly the arc of Nightshade, which should have been an extremely pow ...more

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Aug 27, 2015 J. Bebbington rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Every single human being alive today!

Shelves: outstanding, fantasy, favorites, funny-comedy, thought-provoking, pratchett

I cannot write a full review right now, as tears - of both sorrow and mirth - are still pouring down my cheeks. I shall write a full review, and it shall be the finest I have ever written. It will be a glowing tribute to a golden book by a man whose writing changed my life.
It was stunning, glorious and heartbreaking. A grand finale and a fitting swan song from one of the greatest writers of this -and the last- century.

GNU-TERRYPRATCHETT

UPDATE:
Here is my completed review. It was so fresh in my mi ...more

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Aug 11, 2015 Bettie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: autumn-2015, series, witches-and-wizards, fantasy, women, published-2015, unfinished-by-author

Description: A SHIVERING OF WORLDS: Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.

This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.

As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.

T ...more

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Aug 29, 2015 Gabriel Clarke added it · review of another edition

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Sigh. I'm not rating this. For many reasons, it makes no sense to think about this above all the other Discworld novels in that fashion. Best read as a basically unfinished but heroic sprint for the finish line. ...more

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Aug 25, 2015 Denis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I knew I was going to cry while reading this book, from the moment I read the dedication. And I did. A lot. Reading it you get the feeling that the author knew it would be his last book, and pulled out all the stops to bring his readers closure and joy.

Pratchett is such a great loss to literature, he had so many more books in him - but then again, he has left behind such a brilliant body of work, and I look forward to re-reading it many more times.

*2018 re-read: Words fail me to describe how mu ...more

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Aug 12, 2015 Paul Bowler rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This really isn't a five star book, but I can't bring myself to give Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel anything but five stars.

If you've read every other Discworld novel, then you're going to read this. If you're new to Discworld, then read the other forty plus books first.

As for the plot. Death makes an early appearance. I'm bereft. Bereft. ...more

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Dec 25, 2014 Natalie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Just finished I Shall Wear Midnight, which was bittersweet because I thought it was to be the last of Tiffany. So EXCITED!!

RIP Sir Terry, sad that this is to be your last book in the series.

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Jan 02, 2015 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I don't think it's possible for me to write an objective review of The Shepherd's Crown. As someone who has been a fan of Terry Pratchett for over 20 years I think it's fairly obvious to say that I went into this final Discworld novel feeling very emotional. We all know that we lost Terry Pratchett too soon, he was truly one of the best British fantasy writers and his voice will be deeply missed. I'll always be grateful that we have so many of his books though and I'm very pleased that he was ab I don't think it's possible for me to write an objective review of The Shepherd's Crown. As someone who has been a fan of Terry Pratchett for over 20 years I think it's fairly obvious to say that I went into this final Discworld novel feeling very emotional. We all know that we lost Terry Pratchett too soon, he was truly one of the best British fantasy writers and his voice will be deeply missed. I'll always be grateful that we have so many of his books though and I'm very pleased that he was able to give us one final adventure before he left.

The Shepherd's Crown isn't quite as polished as his other stories, it states quite clearly in the afterword that Terry hadn't quite finished working his magic on this book. It definitely has a beginning, middle and end but there are parts you can tell have had more polishing than others and there were definitely a few threads that I felt sure Terry would have expanded upon if he'd had the time. While this hasn't quite been finished it's still a wonderful story and I do think it would have been his best Discworld book yet if he'd been able to complete it. It was certainly the most poignant book and it's the only one in the series that has made me sob my heart out as well as laugh out loud.

I expected to feel sad after reading The Shepherd's Crown but I wasn't quite expecting the story to be as heartbreaking as it was. It's hard to talk much about why without giving spoilers so I'll just leave it that there is a devastating loss of one of my favourite characters within the first couple of chapters. This particular character has a wonderful, poignant and heart wrenching conversation with Death and I couldn't help but think about Terry while reading it. Those two pages of this book were absolutely priceless to me and I think they probably give a little insight into how Terry was feeling about his own battle with illness. They certainly touched me deeply and I'm tearing up again now just thinking about it.

It was wonderful to revisit Tiffany Aching and the Nac Mac Feegles up on the Chalk too. Tiffany has come a long way since she started her witch training and I've loved taking that journey with her, she is wise and powerful but more than anything she loves her home and her people. She isn't afraid of hard work and she always puts everyone else above herself which can sometimes be her failing as much as it's one of her strengths. Now she is facing an old enemy and she has to realise that it's okay to ask for help, she will need all of the witches to come together if they are going to put a stop to the fae a final time. There are a lot of other familiar faces in this book and it was nice to get a last chance to catch up with them all. I'm still not quite ready to say goodbye to this world but like I saw someone post on Twitter we shouldn't be sad that this is the final Discworld book, just grateful that Terry Pratchett wrote so many in the first place.

RIP Sir Terry, thank you for the memories!
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Nov 19, 2015 Mariel rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Larbi Layachi

Recommended to Mariel by: a bigger shovel

A witch is always on the edge, between the light and the dark, good and bad, making choices every day, judging all the time. It was what made her human. But what was it that made an elf?

The morals of the story were good ones. People need people, try not to be an asshole, you’re not too good to do what is needed, there’s no such thing as men or women’s work. But do you ever feel shitty when someone does something nice for you, like they really want you to know they are putting themselves out to do nice stuff? When the heroine of getting in the dirt isn’t wet on her broomstick, doing for everyone what they most likely should be doing for themselves, I felt like shit. There is a new witch trainee, a boy Geoffrey. He’s a personality Gary-Stu. He’s inherently suited to be perfect in everything he does because he has the bestest most calmest mood and everyone he meets likes him best. He’s vegan. I don’t eat meat either but I still felt like I was probably stepping on butterflies and killing the dinosaurs at some point. He has a goat that can count and if you didn’t already know that Geoffrey is better than everyone else, well, the goat picked him and not you so there. Even Tiffany doesn’t measure up and she has the specialness cat that chooses to follow her around.

Granny Weatherwax died (You was her cat) and I wished they’d stop being so big about it and just miss their friend who always had their backs. When did life become only about work? What were the old men doing when the witches weren’t cutting their nasty toe nails for them? What bothered me more than anything, though, was the subtle sexism. Sure, the moral of the story is against that but there were far too many wink winks about wives making their decisions for them. Tiffany’s father, the king and queen, the baron and his wife. The group of retired old men who flock like sheep to the sheep in hero’s clothing. When they were “in the way” at home for their wives because they are retired why was I the only one there disturbed that the men got to retire but these old ladies were still cleaning all damn day? Come on! I had enough of “This dude’s wife is going to tell MY wife what I said so I had better tack on something she won’t be mad at me. Women! Irrational and angry! Har har har”. Another dude traded in his wife for a wheel-barrow and felt he got the better of the bargain. It was irritating as shit. She tells this teen mom who only has eyes for her strapping twin boys that they can take care of themselves and the ignored baby girl will need watching after her whole life. Really, Tiffany? Her whole life? I feel like that kind of thing out weighed just having the characters make pretty speeches to work as a bow on a moral box. There was more being taken for granted than Tiffany doing everything by herself. There were good things about the book, though. I'm too bummed out about that stuff. I don't like feeling like I got the bad end of the self-righteous stick (okay there's no good end of that stick). ...more

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Aug 31, 2015 Philip rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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It feels wrong to give this a star rating, because my response to it – like that of all Pratchett's regular readers – is far more nuanced and conflicted than that. In terms of actual quality, it's no higher than a three, but the emotional response it elicited from me deserves a five.

In terms of what happens in the story, it’s a bittersweet culmination – moving in places, exciting and shocking in others – of the wonderful Tiffany Aching sequence, about the education and growth to maturity of a yo It feels wrong to give this a star rating, because my response to it – like that of all Pratchett's regular readers – is far more nuanced and conflicted than that. In terms of actual quality, it's no higher than a three, but the emotional response it elicited from me deserves a five.

In terms of what happens in the story, it’s a bittersweet culmination – moving in places, exciting and shocking in others – of the wonderful Tiffany Aching sequence, about the education and growth to maturity of a young witch, and of the older and larger saga of Granny Weatherwax, the wisest and most powerful witch of the Discworld. It ties together strands from multiple previous Discworld books, notably acting as a sequel to The Wee Free Men (which introduced Tiffany) and drawing in characters and themes from Granny’s first appearance in Equal Rites onward. As an end to that strand of the Discworld – and to Pratchett’s oeuvre as a whole, since it’s been clear for some time that Granny, along with Sam Vimes, is the closest thing to Pratchett’s spokesperson in the books – the story’s a perfect one.

And yet… sadly… it's been increasingly clear in recent years that Pratchett's tragic illness – or perhaps the accommodations he had to make with it, whether dictating his novels aloud to an amanuensis or just trying to write faster so he could publish the books he wanted to before his faculties failed – affected his ear for prose and dialogue rather badly, while leaving his killer storytelling instincts remarkably intact. There are some admirable passages in the book, but on the whole the story is told in dull, lacklustre and sometimes even perfunctory prose, with little of the nimble, muscular wit of mid-period Pratchett. Based on the afterword by Pratchett’s assistant, this would very likely have been mended with some further work in polishing and rewriting, but the book that was published is the book we have.

If this was by a first-time writer, I'd call it lazy. Given its actual source, I imagine that it involved an almost superhuman degree of effort. It's difficult to judge it as a book, though, rather than – on the one hand – a dissected specimen of the writing process, and – on the other – the final farewell of a beloved writer, sadly diminished by illness, whose passing nevertheless diminishes us all. ...more

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Jun 21, 2016 Toby rated it liked it · review of another edition

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It actually feels like a solid attempt to close the Discworld series, almost justifying the boring awfulness of Raising Steam. The world turns, magic moves on, science has finally found its place on the Disc and from there we all know that magic and wonder and fantasy becomes insignificant in the face of machinery and progress and reality. The wailing over the death of a a much loved character that occurred in the wake of this books publication should really have been aimed at the death of a muc ...more

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The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)

Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch #1)

Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches, #1)

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“FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT. . . .” — 66 likes

“Esme Weatherwax hadn't done nice. She'd done what was needed.” — 65 likes

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