He manages to turn everything you thought you knew about stories on its head, but instead of being lost, you are thoroughly entertained. There's the story, and then underneath it, The Story.
He's beyond hilarious, and hits on so many of the things that make a book worth reading. I've long thought Terry Pratchett to be one of the best over-all authors I've ever encountered. I listened to this one as an audio book, and the reader was terrific.more As usual, the dialog is fast and funny, and the insights into human nature and institutions profound. There is a ghost in the opera house and foul play that needs sorting out and our heroines are up to the task with theri insight and persistence. They go there to straighten matters out and encounter a local witch candidate who is ghosting for a budding diva at the opera house. Local witch Nanny Ogg has written a book revealing some passionate recipes and Granny Weatherwax sees she has been ripped off by the Ankh-Morpork publisher. There is a ghost in the opera house and foul play that needs sorting out and our heroines are up to the task w In this episode on the Disc world, Pratchett gives an affectionate skewering to the world of opera. In this episode on the Disc world, Pratchett gives an affectionate skewering to the world of opera. I would be wary of expecting literary genius after picking up a Pratchett novel but they would undoubtedly make a top rate holiday time filler.more There is no denying whether this is a good book, just whether it is a great one. This is at times distracting and without any question, self indulgent tosh - it simply adds nothing to the story and slows it down too much. Pratchett never uses one word when he can use fifty - again, particularly if he can write a la dafte. To compound this, although I say the book was well written, it is written in the style of a children's fairy tale and more often than not, the humour is in the ridiculous style of writing rather than the story itself. Well, for my personal tastes, it was simply too daft. Pratchett never uses one word when he can use fifty - again, particularly if he ca This was definitely well written, pretty descriptive and evocative, rather funny and with not too bad a storyline.
So, where did it all go wrong? Well, for my personal tastes, it was simply too daft. This was definitely well written, pretty descriptive and evocative, rather funny and with not too bad a storyline.
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