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charliesmum) wrote2015-09-03 06:23 am
charliesmum) wrote2015-09-03 06:23 am
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The Shepherd's Crown
I ordered The Shepherd's Crown from Amazon.co.uk around April. It came on Monday. I finished on Tuessday. After having to put it down for an hour or so because I was crying too hard.
I think in the last few books of Sir Terry's he was doing his best to give us a decent goodbye, having older characters come out and wave hello, as it were, but this book was really a goodbye.
More thoughts and spoilersI know for a fact that Granny Weatherwax was the one character that was Sir Terry's avatar more than any other, and that made her death so much more painful and sad. It wasn't just the death of a favourite character, it was him. If he hadn't have died before the book came out, it still would have been sad,and it still would have been him leaving us, in a way, but the fact that he did die really made it heartbreaking.
I still feel like i'm grieving for an actual friend, not just an author I happened to like. Even now, just looking at the book is enough to make tears want to spring into my eyes.
And the worst part is, there are still things left unanswered. WHY was Mrs Earwig unaffected by the elves? Geoffery was such a great new character, and we're never going to see him again. What will happen with baby Tiffany?
I'm glad I can revisit the DIscworld any time I like, but it's sad to know nothing more will ever be added to it.
I'm just hoping that the rumoured talk of a 'Night Watch' television series is a thing that will actually happen.
I think in the last few books of Sir Terry's he was doing his best to give us a decent goodbye, having older characters come out and wave hello, as it were, but this book was really a goodbye.
More thoughts and spoilersI know for a fact that Granny Weatherwax was the one character that was Sir Terry's avatar more than any other, and that made her death so much more painful and sad. It wasn't just the death of a favourite character, it was him. If he hadn't have died before the book came out, it still would have been sad,and it still would have been him leaving us, in a way, but the fact that he did die really made it heartbreaking.
I still feel like i'm grieving for an actual friend, not just an author I happened to like. Even now, just looking at the book is enough to make tears want to spring into my eyes.
And the worst part is, there are still things left unanswered. WHY was Mrs Earwig unaffected by the elves? Geoffery was such a great new character, and we're never going to see him again. What will happen with baby Tiffany?
I'm glad I can revisit the DIscworld any time I like, but it's sad to know nothing more will ever be added to it.
I'm just hoping that the rumoured talk of a 'Night Watch' television series is a thing that will actually happen.
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And, yeah, the world lost one of it's shining lights when Pratchett left us. The world needs more of the happiness and humor he brought.
For me, I was glad to find out I hadn't read all of his books yet. I've read all of the main Discworld series, but he apparently has some younger reader books set on Discworld that weren't published in America.
Interestingly enough, the hero in them is a little girl witch by the name of Tiffany Aching.
Could that be the baby you mentioned?
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