I FINISHED IT. I really did! I read the last quarter this morning and it was lovely and beautiful and just... Pratchett every time leads you through his book with hilarious one liners ("Mrs Evadne Cake was a medium, verging on small."), hilarious running gags such as the aforementioned Mrs Cake forgetting to turn her premonition off and answering questions before they are asked, and then, just near the end, hits you with beautiful lines which lead you to question who you are, how you live, and why we are alive.
Pratchett's Death remains one of my favourite characters in contemporary fiction, his humour, and love for humanity despite his job just make him a fantastic character to read about.
The story involving Windle Poons dragged a little in the beginning, as I often find with Pratchett's wizards, but was definitely worth sticking with for some of the jokes that came about from it, such as Lupine the reverse werewolf. A wolf for 3 weeks out of the month until the full moon when he becomes a wolfman.
If you haven't read any Pratchett I strongly suggest you do so. And stick with it, because the laughs and the stories are worth the effort!
8/10
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