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Sam
Dec 10, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, proper-books
I thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed this one, the comparisons with Ancient Egypt were amusing and surprising enlighting and the social satire that arose from the clash between traditional and progressive views was entertaining and hysterically funny. Pratchett's one liner's were witty and often unexpected and had me giggling out loud frequently. The characters of this book were well conceived and well written and you can identify traits in each that at least one person you know has (including yourse ...more
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Cora
Jan 15, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: religion, fantasy, assassins, british, royalty, british-author, tradition, series, lost-in-fire
This was an entertaining satire of religion, government, tradition, and resistance to change. The story was OK. The characters were not as interesting as some of the other Discworld characters. There was a bit of humor, but nothing that made me laugh out loud. Overall it was an average Discworld novel, not one of my favorites but also not my least favorite.
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Catsalive
May 16, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2022, 2015, pre-bc
I love the world's greatest mathematician, You Bastard. This is such a fun Pterry, set in the old kingdom of Djelibeybi, original home of Prince Teppic, although his spiritual home is Ankh-Morpork. It's funny how it seems to be Dios' calves that ache the most, maybe there's something to be said for walking like an Egyptian... ...more
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Dave
Jun 03, 2008 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, humour, novels
Illyria
Jun 25, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, 2008
Luann
Jul 15, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2016, fantasy, adult, e-book
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May 06, 2009 rated it liked it
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May 28, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: laughs, read-in-english, own
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Mar 27, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Åsa
Apr 04, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, fiction, fantasy, humor, series
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Aug 31, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Oct 27, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Jan 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Sep 26, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy, humour
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Shelves: ebook, fantasy, 2017
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