Terry Pratchett's 31st book, Monstrous Regiment is about as good as you would expect it to be. He is, after all, Terry Pratchett. His fluid, funny style feels spontaneous, is quirky, and playful. If you like his style, you'll like it; if you don't, you probably will not.
The themes he explores are valuable for anyone. The raucous stupidity of war, sexism and feminism, how important it is to have some socks. It is for this reason that I this book is Recommended so highly. It allegory, it is one of his greater works.
Literally, it has its few faults. He moves so quickly though the beginning and introduces so many characters that I had trouble differentiating between Lefty and Shufti for pretty much the entire book. Wazzer only really stood out in the end, which, I suppose, was the point. The end feels a little rushed. After he said what he wanted to say and just had to wrap it up to get to his next story. It begins to wax philosophical so that man paragraphs are so thick with inside jokes and information and poetic refrain that it's hard to tell what it actually means.
That said, I love Terry's books. They are right up my alley.
The themes he explores are valuable for anyone. The raucous stupidity of war, sexism and feminism, how important it is to have some socks. It is for this reason that I this book is Recommended so highly. It allegory, it is one of his greater works.
Literally, it has its few faults. He moves so quickly though the beginning and introduces so many characters that I had trouble differentiating between Lefty and Shufti for pretty much the entire book. Wazzer only really stood out in the end, which, I suppose, was the point. The end feels a little rushed. After he said what he wanted to say and just had to wrap it up to get to his next story. It begins to wax philosophical so that man paragraphs are so thick with inside jokes and information and poetic refrain that it's hard to tell what it actually means.
That said, I love Terry's books. They are right up my alley.
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