Carpe Jugulum - Terry Pratchett Reviews

Contains spoilers..... As with all of Pratchett's Discworld books the author has a great amount of fun taking well established plotlines and scenarios and deconstructing them to humours effect. In this book it's the turn of the Vampire stories when we are introduced to the Magpyr family, who have been invited to the ...  Read the complete review

Returning to the Witches was always going to be difficult for Terry Pratchett after Maskerade - probably the funniest and most inventive of his witches books. Given the popularity of the characters, though, a return to Lancre was inevitable - and Carpe Jugulum was the result. The plot is quite an interesting one, though, and features ...  Read the complete review

Vampyres have invaded Lancre. Well I say invaded, more like invited to the naming ceremony of the King's daughter. This makes it difficult to ask them to leave. It is made all the more improbable when it is discovered they are keen to make Lancre their new home and there seems to be little anyone can do about it, especially when the Discworld's ...  Read the complete review

I really haven’t done much reading lately. I have even given up on two novels after reading 70-80 pages, which is so unlike me. It’s another symptom of my depression though, as I can’t concentrate for long. So the fact that a 425-page novel gripped me enough for me to finish the whole thing is just a few days is really ...  Read the complete review

For those who enjoy fantasy, wizards, witches, trolls and mystical creatures, a dip into Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels is well worth the time. This book is the twenty third in the Discworld Chronicles, but you do not have to have read any of Pratchetts work before to enjoy this novel. This tale is set in the Kingdom of Lancre, a ...  Read the complete review

This book is part of the three wicthes storyline. Vampires are ariving in the ramtops... they are not afraid of religious symbols... they like garlic... at first all is well, but soon he vamps are revealed to be not quite as friendly as they try to make out. you know as well as i do that a coven needs a mother, a ...  Read the complete review

The vampire mythos has existed for centuries, especially in central Europe, and is a combination of legends from a wide variety of sources and of varying antiquity together with more modern additions made through the guise of novels and films, with the dash of historical inspiration added for good measure. Ancient legend held that ...  Read the complete review

Carpe Jugulum is a book about vampires and witches and small blue people. Well what else would expect from Mr Pratchett? The main characters in this book are the 3 witches - Granny Weatherwax - who is tough, calculating and a very scary witch (but she has a soft side honestly!) Nanny Ogg - who is big, round and cuddly. Always ready with ...  Read the complete review

This is not the first outing of Vampires in Pratchetts strange and bizarre Discworld. And if Carpe Jugulum is anything to go by, It will not be the last. Pratchett's style has progressed from the dry humour of 'The Colour of Magic' into the raucous storylines of his more recent titles. The 'Laugh out Loud Count' for ...  Read the complete review

Once again Terry Pratchett comes up with the goods in this the 23rd Discworld novel. Featuring vampires for the very first time as well as bringing in characters introduced in previous novels this is i feel one of his best offerings to date. Set once again in the mythological world of Discworld a flat disc which goes floating through space ...  Read the complete review

Another masterpiece by Terry Pratchett, this deals with what happens when vampires go modern! they even eat garlic in their food, for that matter. The vampires in question, decide to move over from Uberwald, to take over the little hillside kingdom of Lancre, home of Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. This is where the fun really starts, ...  Read the complete review

I am a great Terry Pratchett fan having read almost all of his books. This was an entertaining book and one that i would read again. However, there was a remarkable similarity to his book "Lords and Ladies". The idea of an external "group" trying to occupy Lancre and being saved by the witches (again) was quite ...  Read the complete review

I enjoyed this book very much. In this story, agnes/perdita takes on a much more developed and funny role, instead of being just the replacement for magrat. Some have said that this is a rewrite of terry's older book, "lords and ladies" but I have to disagree. Although the book does have a broadly similar plot, it clearly comes into ...  Read the complete review

The King of Lancre is having a party for the naming of his new child, and he's invited everyone. That's everyone, including the vampires from the neighbouring kingdom. No one told him that inviting vampires into your own kingdom gives them power over everyone. It's a good thing Lancre is crawling with witches. There are several ...  Read the complete review

first up a confession: until a couple of weeks ago i was a pratchett virgin. unbelievable to some i realise, but true. ok they'd been some previous flirtation, mainly when insomnia struck in someone elses house & i'd read a couple of pages here & there to see what all the fuss was about. it left me unimpressed & confused. why did people ...  Read the complete review

King Verence II of Lancre, a king whose previous occupation was that of a Fool, has just made the stupidest move to date. He's invited a family of vampires (sorry, they like to be called "Vampyres") to his daughter's christening. These so-called "vampyres" can control your mind and they're not adverse to a ...  Read the complete review

You'd think there was a limit to how many times one author could turn out something truly original, especially when he chooses to work within the confines of one make-belief world. But at the 23rd Discworld novel Pratchett is still going strong, and possibly even getting better. This one concerns a family of vampires who live in the ...  Read the complete review

I started reading the Discworld series quite a few years ago - and now I'm addicted. Be warned! Fortunately, Terry is an amazingly prolific writer, so I can usually guarantee a couple of fixes a year. If you haven't visited the Discworld yet - you should understand that it is a disc shaped world, carried on the back of four ...  Read the complete review

This is another great book in Terry's Lancre series. For years, Lancre has been safe from the neighbouring vampires because no-one would be silly enough to invite them in. Unfortunatly, the King is a fool, and this is the century of the Fruitbat, and Verence decides that the baptism of his child would be a good time to get to know the ...  Read the complete review