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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
Related Items:
Rating:
- The best of Pratchett
First of all I have to say that I love Discworld. I knew Nation was not a Discworld book, but it's a Prachett book and I thought it was worth a try.
And I was right. This is not Discwold, and, after reading it I wonder why does Pratchett lose his time writin Discworld when he can create such a wonderful book...
It's a story abot what makes us human, about love (not only to a person, but to your whole nation), about the nature of gods...
Read it, it will amaze you
Rating:
- Not what I expected.
I only gave this book 4 stars as I was expecting the usual side-splitting TP novel. It wasn't. It was still funny but not laugh-out-loud (except perhaps the shark story) and it didn't have the twisting and turning plots of his other novels. It was also fairly obvious where the story was going but what made it magical was the way in which the story was told. It's basically a story of growing up and the responsibility that brings but TP has such a creative way of explaining things that you won't be ... Read More
Rating: - Pratchett at his most thoughtful
Terry Pratchett had been talking about a book called Nation he'd really wanted to write for almost half a decade when he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. According to rumour, he'd already begun working on the next Tiffany Aching Discworld novel, I Shall Wear Midnight, but upon hearing the news he dropped it immediately to make sure Nation was written first.
Nation is not a Discworld novel, but is instead set in an alternate history very similar to our own late 19th Century ... Read More
Rating:
- Disappointing
As a great Pratchett fan I found this book bitterly disappointing. It drops everything that Pratchett is good at. There were no intricate plot, no strong characters and didn't have the magic that we have come to expect from such a great writer. I actually had trouble motivating myself to finish this book.
Rating: - Island of Hope?
Pratchett's books for young people have a tendency to reach beyond the intended age group and are just as enjoyable and relevant for adults. His latest novel, "Nation", is no exception. Anybody who has read his Tiffany Aching books will also know that Pratchett also has a fondness for headstrong young girls, delighting in exemplifying how they grow more or less smoothly into maturity. In this delightful novel Daphne, or Ermintrude as she was named by her family, is another example. Just for the ... Read More
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Nation
by: Terry Pratchett
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EAN: 9780385613705
ISBN: 0385613709
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Date: September 11, 2008
Publisher: Doubleday
Studio: Doubleday
Related Items:
- The Folklore of Discworld
- Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle)
- The Colour Of Magic (2-disc edition) [2008]
- Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox: 6 (Artemis Fowl)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition
- see more
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- The best of PratchettFirst of all I have to say that I love Discworld. I knew Nation was not a Discworld book, but it's a Prachett book and I thought it was worth a try.
And I was right. This is not Discwold, and, after reading it I wonder why does Pratchett lose his time writin Discworld when he can create such a wonderful book...
It's a story abot what makes us human, about love (not only to a person, but to your whole nation), about the nature of gods...
Read it, it will amaze you
Rating:
- Not what I expected.I only gave this book 4 stars as I was expecting the usual side-splitting TP novel. It wasn't. It was still funny but not laugh-out-loud (except perhaps the shark story) and it didn't have the twisting and turning plots of his other novels. It was also fairly obvious where the story was going but what made it magical was the way in which the story was told. It's basically a story of growing up and the responsibility that brings but TP has such a creative way of explaining things that you won't be ... Read More
Rating:
- Pratchett at his most thoughtfulTerry Pratchett had been talking about a book called Nation he'd really wanted to write for almost half a decade when he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. According to rumour, he'd already begun working on the next Tiffany Aching Discworld novel, I Shall Wear Midnight, but upon hearing the news he dropped it immediately to make sure Nation was written first.
Nation is not a Discworld novel, but is instead set in an alternate history very similar to our own late 19th Century ... Read More
Rating:
- DisappointingAs a great Pratchett fan I found this book bitterly disappointing. It drops everything that Pratchett is good at. There were no intricate plot, no strong characters and didn't have the magic that we have come to expect from such a great writer. I actually had trouble motivating myself to finish this book.
Rating:
- Island of Hope? Pratchett's books for young people have a tendency to reach beyond the intended age group and are just as enjoyable and relevant for adults. His latest novel, "Nation", is no exception. Anybody who has read his Tiffany Aching books will also know that Pratchett also has a fondness for headstrong young girls, delighting in exemplifying how they grow more or less smoothly into maturity. In this delightful novel Daphne, or Ermintrude as she was named by her family, is another example. Just for the ... Read More
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