In the eleventh part of\u00c2\u00a0The Last Continent<\/i>, water, drop-bears, and horses, oh my! Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>.<\/p>\n
So let me start this off with a question: How do all of you Australian readers feel about this book? I figure this is a question I should ask at the end of the book, too, but it struck me as I read about Rincewind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mishaps. Does this feel like an accurate satire of your country so far? Does it sound like someone who knows what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re talking about has written this? I have no idea if Pratchett traveled there, but I imagine there have to be\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0fans there. (I KNOW TWO OF THEM\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 except I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pretty sure\u00c2\u00a0one of them doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00c2\u00a0live there anymore. OKAY SO I KNOW ONE.) Regardless, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s some of this I understand because I know that the Australian wilderness can be a harsh and unforgiving place. In terms of slang, I\u00c2\u00a0feel<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0like I get what Pratchett is poking fun at, but at the same time, some of these jokes might have other meanings that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m unfamiliar with.<\/p>\n
In some sense, that\u00c2\u00a0does<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0affect my experience reading this. As I said in the previous review, this book is unfolding in a manner I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not used to for\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0books. Part of that is because this feels a lot more like the early books, and part of it is because the recent batch of novels since Rincewind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last one are so plot-heavy, so full of mystery. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the mystery of time-traveling wizards in this one, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not as clandestine or hidden from me. I get how they ended up in the past, and Rincewind is the one destined to save them\u00c2\u00a0and<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0Fourecks in the process.<\/p>\n
The book is all about the journey at this point. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re taken from one mishap to another, each one just as ridiculous as the last one. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re riddled with references to different aspects of Australian culture, language, geography, and wildlife. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a bad thing by any means! The reason I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m bringing it up isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t to criticize the writing or to offer up what Pratchett\u00c2\u00a0should<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0be doing. Instead, it just comes down to preference. I got so used to the story told in the last four books that this feels massively, massively different. AGAIN, NOT A BAD THING. I actually had a lot of fun reading this! Seriously, that scene with Snowy scaling the cliffs and canyons was incredible, and if anything, I appreciate how much more\u00c2\u00a0absurd<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0this book feels. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the upside of stitching one weird scene to another; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m never ready for what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to read next. LIKE THE DROP-BEAR SEQUENCE. BLESS.<\/p>\n
If there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s any criticism to be offered, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that this\u00c2\u00a0might<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0be starting to feel a bit repetitive. Rincewind deals with the budgerigars; then he deals with the lack of water near one of the windmills; then, the wild horses. Meanwhile, Scrappy hangs off just out of sight of Rincewind, fixing events so that he can gently push the wizard where he wants him. (Which I assume is still Bugarup, though I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why.) My hope is that this pattern of scenes will change once Rincewind gets to the city, and hopefully, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have a better idea of what this novel is shaping up to be.<\/p>\n
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– I am now on Patreon<\/a>! There are various levels of support, from $1 up to whatever you want! You’ll get to read a private blog, extra reviews, and other such rewards. I POST A LOT OF CUTE PHOTOS, OKAY. Think of it like a private Tumblr blog that only SPECIAL PEOPLE get to read.<\/b> In the eleventh part of\u00c2\u00a0The Last Continent, water, drop-bears, and horses, oh my! Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[451],"tags":[463,248,522],"class_list":["post-4062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discworld","tag-mark-reads-discworld","tag-terry-pratchett","tag-the-last-continent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– I have updated my list of conventions and events for the remainder of the year and much of next year.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Check the full list of events on my Tour Dates \/ Appearances page.<\/a>
\n– My Master Schedule<\/a> is updated for the near and distant future for most projects, so please check it often.\u00c2\u00a0My next Double Features for Mark Watches have been announced here.<\/a>
\n<\/b>-\u00c2\u00a0Mark Does Stuff is on Facebook!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0I’ve got a community page up that I’m running. Guaranteed shenanigans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"