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“Can’t you understand that, when you have to be careful all the time, it’s dreadful to see things like that being accepted? They’re not even alive.” Pratchett’s Look at Oppression and Personhood

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

January 5, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I’m a Discworld fan but have never done a complete read of all the books, and so my experience has been a bit chaotic in reading these. I picked this up on a trip randomly and just got around to it a few months later, so another entry in my piecemeal approach to Pratchett’s work. Often times my big grand plans like that end up coming face to face with reality (and the monetary cost of buying 40 books), but sometimes the slow and steady […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, british humor, fantasy creatures, human rights, philosophizing, Terry Pratchett

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, british humor, fantasy creatures, human rights, philosophizing, Terry Pratchett ·
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A Perfect Book

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst by Jaclyn Moriarty

January 22, 2022 by GentleRain 6 Comments

Most of us have heard of Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies), but did you know she has a sister who writes perfect YA and middle-grade novels? You haven’t? Well, I’m not surprised, because no one I’ve talked to has ever read any of Jaclyn Moriarty’s Australian school YA novels (The Year of Secret Assignments, Feeling Sorry For Celia, etc) or her fantasy novels (The Colors of Madeline series and others). But I am here as a lone voice in the book wilderness, having just read another […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, abusive adult, bullying, fantasy creatures, friendship, good dad, Jaclyn Moriarty, magic

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, abusive adult, bullying, fantasy creatures, friendship, good dad, Jaclyn Moriarty, magic ·
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