There are so many layers to most of Pratchett's work, and this is no exception. I think Guards! has become even more relevant in this age of resurgentThere are so many layers to most of Pratchett's work, and this is no exception. I think Guards! has become even more relevant in this age of resurgent nationalist politics....more
Honestly I was expecting something totally different, probably because I loved the documentary My Friend the Octopus, and I thought it would be somethHonestly I was expecting something totally different, probably because I loved the documentary My Friend the Octopus, and I thought it would be something equally serious and science based. Instead there was a delightful story, at times light hearted, and other times dark, that was ultimately a great read. The voice of Marcellus was my favorite part. ...more
North Woods grew on me, quietly, and by the time I was done I was glad to have spent time in the company of those past inhabitants of the wild, westerNorth Woods grew on me, quietly, and by the time I was done I was glad to have spent time in the company of those past inhabitants of the wild, western woods of Massachusetts. It didn’t hurt that I have fond memories of those woods from time spent at a summer camp there as a child, so I can easily imagine people falling under their spell. I confess to having grown frustrated with one of the themes early on, but am glad I stuck with it for the author resolved it quite neatly. I confess to being as pessimistic as Daniel Mason at times, and also stuck with the annoying ability to see something at once as it was and how it will be, but ultimately tend to be more optimistic than he is. Overall a very creative and richly detailed story. ...more
Oh Mr. McBride, you have done it again. Maybe your only fault is that you have not written enough, but I don't know that there will ever be enough of Oh Mr. McBride, you have done it again. Maybe your only fault is that you have not written enough, but I don't know that there will ever be enough of your writing to make me happy. Did I cry at the end of the book? Of course I did. But I also laughed, smiled and scowled through the rest of it. I love that McBride's writing captures a language and a cadence I knew in my youth, maybe one that not too many other people remember either. I love that he can take a large cast of characters and somehow they all become real in my mind, none of them two dimensional or trite.
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