The new Discworld novel, the 40th in the series, sees the Disc’s first train come steaming into town.
Change is afoot in Ankh-Morpork. Discworld’s first steam engine has arrived, and once again Moist von Lipwig finds himself with a new and challenging job.
Saying goodbye? If you look on this book as a standalone, it’s perhaps two stars, in my opinion. Everything proceeds far too easily, nearly everyone is honorable and nice, and it’s a gentle little ride with the few conflicts being all too easy to overcome and resolve.I look on it, though, as Terry Pratchett wrapping up loose threads and saying a gentle “goodbye” to his characters. Nearly every character from the Ankh-Morpork books is included, sometimes for specious reasons, sometimes…
Not his best effort, but after 39 amazing books I can readily forgive him this one. As any new Terry Pratchett book, Raising Steam was one of my most anticipated books of 2013. And indeed the book started well, reminiscent of his previous book, The Truth, where a new technology is discovered in Ankh Morporck. We are introduced to the principal characters, old and new, and the stage is set for a rollicking ride through Discworld.Sadly though the ride was monotonous and dull as a, wait for it, railway journey through a kilometer long tunnel. Halfway through the book,…