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Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

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cat_queen005's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

audreyliz964's review against another edition

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3.0

I admit I originally picked up this book because I'm a bit fascinated with Ancient Egypt, and this book seemed at least a little bit related. I will say that I have never read a Discworld novel before now, and I haven't really read comic fantasy ever before either, so this book was kind of a new experience for me. But I did enjoy it!

The writing has a very unique voice to it, and that took a little bit to get used to. I also feel that the book's storyline sort of moves along slowly for while before picking up pace.

However, after I got used to the unique voice of the writing, I found myself really enjoying the humor, which is quite clever and often smartly composed, and I got sucked in by the story. The message and outcome, as well as the

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time paradox at the end

, are also things I liked. I love the science fiction-y vibe this book has, despite it technically being fantasy.

Overall it was an enjoyable read, though slow-going at first. As a side note, I love Pratchett's world building and clever characters. I might pick up another of his novels simply for that! Haha!

parallax_kimchi's review against another edition

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4.0

The same wit and clever, anachronistic writing, fun and likeable characters and rather mad story as per usual for Discworld. I liked this one a lot, but I do wish for a smaller-scale one; not every story needs to be have a dimension-folding meta metaphysical catastrophe.