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Written by bomaus
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The Unseen Academicals
This is the 37th book from the Discworld and I have read every single one of them, most of them more than once. I was not sure what to expect, because the one before (Nation) left me quite bewildered. But with Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett is back to his usual perspicacious analysis of the human nature.
It is a book about football, not! It is a book about belonging. About where you belong to because of who you are, where you are and what you are. And on the other side about how you behave because of where you would like to belong to. And because of others people expectations towards your belonging. Are we really free to decide who we are? How much is inherited, how much shaped by our social environment?
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Written by bomaus
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An interstellar scandal explodes when a human diplomat assassinates an alien diplomat by farting at him, albeit using a scent-emitting communicator.This is how the book starts and the point when you really want to stop reading. Don't, because if you do, you miss out on a lot of fun! It is a satire of interstellar diplomacy and therefore need to have some infantile aspects... |
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Mercy Thompson, the heroin of the series, is not exactly normal. Besides from being a mechanic, she turns into a coyote from time to time. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she is fixing a VW bus for a vampire. Everything is set at the Tri-Cities of Washington State. The Tri-Cities world, in which witches, vampires, werewolves, and shape-shifters live beside ordinary people is plausibly constructed, the characters are complex and the plot keeps the pages flapping. |
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Written by bomaus
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Jesus, whatever you do, do not buy this book. It is one of the worst I have ever read. The story is not existent and merely wrapped around the very long, boring and not at all agitating sex scenes. In Germany we call stuff like this 'Hausfrauenporno', something like porn for bored housewifes... Complete waste of money and time! |
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Written by bomaus
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The whole Southern Vampire Mysteries are great fun if you are into vampires, shapeshifters, mindreaders, but also do not take the whole subject too serious. Elvis, now a vampire, the heroin is a blond, not too clever waitress named Sookie, the series is ideal for readers who like their vampire fiction light, humorous, and fast-paced. You definitely should read the books in order. Each one is a about a closed plot, but the main story and the characters are developed during the series. Here is the order: |
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