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Feb 28, 2010nightshift rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book seemed to me to be different than his usual style of book writing. Instead of one story idea running through the whole book with one big moral speech at the end, this one seemed to have 3 mini stories running side by side with only a small hint in a case or two about morality or 'the summing up'. It was almost as if he had 3 short stories of 100 pages each and was running low on a deadline so he intertwined the 3 and got a 300 page book out of the deal. There is the usual witty comments and word play that Pratchett has a huge talent for in his earlier books and I did laugh at a few points however I have not been laughing at many of his later books as I did in the earlier ones. Perhaps after having poked fun at government, believes, traditions, medicine, theatre, policing, war/peace negotiations as well as a few other things....there really isn't much left for him to poke fun at. Guess he might just have to invent TV in Discworld so that he can make fun of reality TV or sitcoms.