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October 2018 - Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
By Sarah · 5 posts · 28 views
By Sarah · 5 posts · 28 views
last updated Nov 01, 2018 08:22AM
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For the last few years, I've read Hogfather over Christmas. It's the perfect holiday tradition, and every time, I pick up a little more of the meaning of the book.
Yes, it's a fun, campy Christmas mystery/heist/rescue mission, and Pratchett stays true to form by making whole paragraphs out of puns...but underneath the fun and jollility, Pratchett has a lot to say about what makes humans human.
It's that fact that keeps me coming back to his books, any of his books, time and time again. Hogfather ...more
Yes, it's a fun, campy Christmas mystery/heist/rescue mission, and Pratchett stays true to form by making whole paragraphs out of puns...but underneath the fun and jollility, Pratchett has a lot to say about what makes humans human.
It's that fact that keeps me coming back to his books, any of his books, time and time again. Hogfather ...more
This was a good Christmas fantasy book. I enjoyed the scenes with Death trying to do the right thing. I also liked the scenes with the wizards and their trying not to think of new gods and fairies.
Jan 02, 2020
Beth
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sword-and-laser,
fantasy
It's about Christmas and the nature of humanity and belief, and doing the wrong thing for the right reason, and the corruption of fine cuisine.
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It's weird. Like super weird. There are no chapters and there are a lot of scene changes so the audio was a touch tricky. Death is an awesome character that I can relate to on a fundamental level. The premise is great and I will probably check out another disc world in the future.
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"All that tinkly-wee stuff was for the old folks back home in the forest—when a tiny man hit Ankh-Morpork he preferred to get drunk, kick some serious ankle and search for tiny women."
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Never enough Pratchett!
This is Book #1 of 47 in a Pratchett Reading Challenge. Nice present to myself this holiday season :)
This is Book #1 of 47 in a Pratchett Reading Challenge. Nice present to myself this holiday season :)
Oct 09, 2015
Karen
marked it as to-read
Nov 17, 2015
Emily
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Jun 05, 2018
Steph
marked it as to-read
Dec 18, 2021
Megan, Empress of the Literary Kingdom, Conqueror of the Histories
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Jan 14, 2024
Caitlin
marked it as to-read
