Hogfather by Terry Pratchett Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hogfather
Book Review: HogFather of Soul
Summary: 4 Stars
For me,little frenchy of Marseille, this book has been a real jolly play time... It's a good book with Death in, and a bit o' this & a bit o' that, like Bilious said. I think it is not a mayor book that have to be read for understanding the followers but it have to be read for the fun... And Death his so fu.. cheerfull...Book Review: A darkly beatiful story with Death observing human life
Summary: 5 Stars
O.K. so this is one of Pratchett's darkest books, but I think it's also one of his best (if not the best). First of all, it's Death again. And, as always Death GETS INVOLVED. This time because he is forced to for the Auditors want to destroy human life. The do this by hiring the rather excentric assassin Teatime. He is hired to "kill" the Hogfather (= the Discworldian equivalent of Santaclaus). Death treis to prevent the Hogfather from being killed by taking over his duties. So that's the story in short. Apart from the very original and well-constucted story (and ofcourse Death), what struck me most in this book is the very keen and intelligent (and in my view true) observation Pratchett makes about what it means to be human, and what makes us human (and who better to express the observation than Death, the only one that is absolutely objectve about is (well, not absolutely)). I've read the book three times now and I'm still struck by the idea expressed in this book. For anyone who just wants a good laugh (and expects nothing more from Pratchett), this is not the right book. For anyone who wants a brilliantly inventive story which gives you lots to think about and which expresses a very intelligent an thought- through idea (the way only Pratchett can), this is the book.Book Review: one of the best !
Summary: 5 Stars
Ithink hogfather is one of the best discworld books and anyone who disagrees has no sense of humour or are so weak minded they cannot get into the book. This book really gets into the spirit of things and if you find some parts un amusing just look at the overall picture, mad! Death is incredibly amusing even though he is not trying to b as well as Quoth. I would recomend this to any discworld fan or for someone getting into discworld as it started me off and I was hooked. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just boring.Book Review: Pratchett back to his best!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best Discworld books to date I found I had to concentrate on the plot more with Hogfather than with some of the previous books but this was not such a bad thing as it kept me enthralled right to the endBook Review: Would rate six or more crowns, if I could
Summary: 5 Stars
Probably the best book Pratchett has ever written (but then, I would give »Lords and Ladies« a bad credit). To give some arguments: The plot is great because of a) the characters, led by Susan, Death (going HO, HO, HO), the Death of Rats (going HEEK, HEEK, HEEK), Ridcully the Brown and the Oh God of Hangovers; b) the villain, which is Mr. Jonathan Teatime, who has a mind like a mirror crack'd: Lots of brilliant and beautiful facettes, but nevertheless something that's broken; and c)the plot itself, which is a thrilling whodunit, because though you know who had it done and who did it, you don't know How or, even more important, WHY. The resolution ... I won't tell you, but it's brilliant (like Mr. Teatime's brain?). Read this book. Read it again. At least each year when christmas is drawing near. Then think about the sun, and blood in the snow, and an assassin with a eyeball of glass ...