Medea and Other Plays
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Four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek...
Deity (Covenant, #3)
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Enter the world of Covenant... Alexandria's eighteenth birthday - and her Awakening - is...
Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors
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The true gods of Earth existed long before our ancestors crawled mindless upon the shore:...
Butterfly (Drakon IV)
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The fourth and final book in the Drakon series, the debut of C.A. Caskabel The thrilling...
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
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Based on ancient Japanese lore, Murumasa: The Demon Blade plunges players into the mystical Genroku...
A Day of Fallen Night
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Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none...
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David McK (3425 KP) rated Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31) in Books
Mar 31, 2023
I wonder how this was affected by Pratchett's 'embuggerance'?
Original 2011 review
Not one of the strongest of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, this is only loosely - even more so than normal - connected to any of his other books in the series. Loosely connected, but not to the level of ""Small Gods"" (which is set centuries before the rest of the series), or "Pyramids".
In "Monstrous Regiment", Pratchett introduces a whole host of new characters - none of who have yet, been heard of again - as well as some new nations, with Commander Sam Vimes (from the City Watch books) and William De Worde (from "the Truth") only really having cameos in the story. He also exaggerates, to comic effect, the famous stories of women secretly joining the army, with this providing the basis for his plot.
As I said at the top, this is not one of the best of Pratchetts works, but even a below-par Pratchett is miles above any other author in the same genre
Lords of Ragnarok
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Debbiereadsbook (1202 KP) rated The Witches Prophecy (The Blue Flamed Witch #1) in Books
Nov 22, 2023
My review for this book will be short, because, to be honest, I'm really not sure what I just read!
I'll summarise as best as I can though.
I liked that multiple people have a say. So we get to hear from all the important people.
I LOVED the sarcasm from everyone! Trouble, especially.
I did not like, and I think this was my biggest issue, that multiple names were used for the same person. I got a bit confused right at the prologue and I think that set the screen for the rest of the book.
Lots of paranormal themes: prophecies, soul mates, demons, witches and gods, and a rare one: reincarnations. I liked that.
But, like I said, the multiple names thing kinda threw for the whole book, and I'm still a little confused by it all!
Maybe not one for me, but I did finish it, so
3 stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
David McK (3425 KP) rated Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches #5) in Books
Mar 28, 2021 (Updated Aug 19, 2023)
So, around the time of the likes of 'Lords and Ladies, 'Small Gods', and this one, in other words.
(and I've just realised that 2/3rds of those books quoted concern The Witches Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax)
In this one, and following Magrat marriage to King Verence, the Witches find themselves down to a duo instead of a trio, and - since you can't have a coven of two ("When shall we ... two ... meet again ....") - are in need of a replacement (well, so Nanny Ogg thinks).
Said replacement is the first appearance of Agnes Nitt who, unfortunately (from their perspective) has moved to the city of Ankh-Morpork and joined the Opera.
Cue Pratchett's take on 'The Phantom of the Opera' (which, when I first read this, I'd never actually seen) ...