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If his middle name is Luck, his first name must be Bad.

May 11, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

One of the worst curses you can fling at a Discworld character is “May you live in interesting times,” hence the title of the book. But aside from it’s promising title, the 17th Discworld book was a bit of a letdown after the fitting soulful musings of Soul Music, but it almost made up for it in sheer volume of jokes and witticisms alone. I wanted to quote something practically every other page. The perfect Discworld book is funny, biting, and deep-hitting. This one was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: discworld, fantasy, humor, interesting times, narfna, rincewind, Satire, Terry Pratchett, the luggage, the wizards

narfna's CBR7 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: discworld, fantasy, humor, interesting times, narfna, rincewind, Satire, Terry Pratchett, the luggage, the wizards ·
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