I don't entirely agree with but still respect. Pratchett does try: he has Death makes a memorable andįrequently-quoted point near the end of the book (transcribed below) that I'm with Susan above, with an extra helping ofĭeep dislike for telling children who trust you something that's literally Stand-in, if with a Discworld twist), an effort for which I am a highly Importance of the Santa Claus myth (for which Hogfather is an obvious The second is that Pratchett tries to convince the reader of the mythical Thankfully thisĭoes stop by the end of the book, but there are several segments in the With the obnoxious character who won't shut up about it. It still knocks me out of the story and makes me want to skip over scenes It's not atĪll a pleasant experience, and while I handle it better in written form, Some of your audience might like is worth making other parts of yourĪudience feel physically ill while trying to enjoy your work. But I beg authors (and,Įven more so, filmmakers and cartoonists) to consider whether a joke that The way into the story, Pratchett introduces the Oh God of Hangoversįair, that's a good pun and then decides that's a good excuse for nauseaĪnd vomiting jokes. The first is relatively minor but, for me, the most irritating. ItĪlso has two major strikes against it, at least for me. Hogfather has two major things to recommend it: it's a Death novel,Īnd it features Susan, who is one of my favorite Discworld characters. Teatime isĪ little unnerving, mostly because he enjoys being an assassin. In by the guild at an early age and trained to be an assassin. Rather unusual assignment falls to Mister Teatime, an orphan who was taken Guild in Ankh-Morpork to hire the assassination of the Hogfather. Meanwhile, the Auditors, last seen meddling with Death in Much grasp of the physical universe as an oyster has of and wherever people are inanely credulous, patheticallyĪttached to the certainties of the nursery and, in general, have as
and wherever they have, byĮven the most generous standards, the attention span of a smallĬhicken in a hurricane and the investigative ability of a one-leggedĬockroach. "Look at it this way, then," she said, and took a deep mental breath. Like whether the Hogfather really exists or whether the presents just come (She uses a poker.) It also includes answering questions Includes telling them stories and dealing quite capably with monsters in Now she's a governess for two adorable youngsters, a job that When we last saw Susan, she was a student at the Quirm College for Young
Music first for a proper introduction to Susan, and you may want to Vyderzhka.Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel and not a very good place to
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