Nation - Terry Pratchett Reviews

I'm not normally a fan of Terry's writing outside of Discworld, however this book peaked my curiosity and when Waterstones had a half-price offer on, I picked it up and brought it home. For a book I wasn't expecting to be so impressed with, I read it in just over a week of bedtime reading! For those that don't read ...  Read the complete review

Two things separate Nation from most of Terry's work and make it something of a curiosity. Firstly it's his first non-Discworld Novel in a while. Secondly it's the first novel that was written after the onset of his, recently much publicized, Alzheimer's Disease. Personally I love the Discworld but it's nice to see Terry set works in ...  Read the complete review

Nation by Terry Pratchett is a brilliant young adult novel that can be enjoyed by both adolencents and adults. It offers a refreshing change from the wonderful discworld novels that Pratchett is more commenly known for, but maintains his origional wit, comicality and excellent absurdity. The novel peels back its ...  Read the complete review

'Nation,' Terry Pratchett's most recent and possibly final novel, is a shift away from his highly-successful Discworld series, which now numbers over 30 titles. In it, the characters inhabit a world similar to our own, in roughly 1800. Mau, a teenage boy who lives on a island in the pacific ocean returns to his village after a tidal wave to ...  Read the complete review

Nation by Terry Pratchett. ~ About the Author ~ Terry Pratchett is one of the best known of Fantasy writers out there. He began writing in 1983, and when I first began reading his books (I read his second novel The Light Fantastic just after publication) no-one really knew who he was! It couldn't be more different today, and ...  Read the complete review

Mau thinks he is the only known survivor of "The Wave". He returns to his home island of "Nation" scared and alone ready to give himself to the Dark Current. Then the Grandfathers start shouting at him, a Ghost Girl arrives and everything changes. "Nation" is a weird novel even by Terry Pratchett ...  Read the complete review