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Nation by: Terry Pratchett List Price: £16.99 Childrens Bookshop Price: £8.49 You Save: £8.50 (50%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780385613705 ISBN: 0385613709 Label: Doubleday Manufacturer: Doubleday Number Of Pages: 300 Publication Date: September 11, 2008 Publisher: Doubleday Studio: Doubleday Sales Rank: 14 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A Large Diamond Among GemsMore than 20 years ago now, a good friend pressed a copy of "The Colour of Magic" into my hands that launched a love affair with Terry's books that lasts to this day. Like most frustrated authors who lack the talent to deliver themselves, I read a lot, and I think I have read pretty much all that Terry has written since 198whatever, and yes some of it is quite a lot better than some other bits, but his work has never once been a disappointment. So I was delighted to see Nation appear ... Read More: Rating:  - Not as good as I had hopedI had high hopes for this book, possibly too high. Despite the majority of readers giving this rave reviews I'm afraid I'll have to stick with the opinions of the few nay-sayers. I really couldn't get into this book as much as I had hoped - it meanders along at a fairly gentle pace and has a very different 'feel' to Pratchett's other works, but it rarely engaged my emotions or imagination and I didn't feel like I could 'connect' to any of the characters. There are good moments of course, but it really ... Read More: Rating: - Wonderful - and this is a kids book???What a fantastic book, I had already read the pre-amble when I ordered the book so I wasn't expecting a discworld novel. This is fabulous though and in it's own way as good as or better than the discworld books. Rather than ride just the frothy waves of humour, this book often dives below the surf into the deeper darker world of real emotions. The storytelling is magical and I could easily have read this in one sitting but instead I made it last 4 days :)The characters were fantastic and you really ... Read More: Rating: - A Classic in the truest senseI want to add my review here of Nation but it's actually an extraordinarily difficult thing to do. The reason is that I don't want to appear to be `gushing' with praise for it. If ever I read such a review, it normally has the effect of turning me off the book completely, as it's obviously written by a fan who hasn't read a different author or genre since they left primary school. In view of this, here's what I genuinely thought of it: I finished the book last night and my immediate thought was `Oh ... Read More: Rating: - One of those feel-good experiencesEvery so often you come across a book that just makes you feel good. The first time I read "The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency" was like that, and even though I've been reading Terry Pratchett's books for many years now, this book was another of those experiences. That's not to say that this is all warm, fuzzy stuff. Indeed, there's death aplenty (and since this isn't a Discworld book, no DEATH) but the way that Pratchett handles all the less palatable aspects of life and death still gives you a ... Read More: |
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