{"id":4385,"date":"2017-12-01T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2017-11-26T19:21:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T03:21:06","slug":"mark-reads-the-last-hero-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2017\/12\/mark-reads-the-last-hero-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads ‘The Last Hero’: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the second part of The Last Hero<\/i>, Vetinari seeks out an ally and a resource, and Cohen prepares for the end. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

You know, this might be the most serialized book we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve gotten to because so much of it relies on an understanding of Rincewind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s past and the events of Interesting Times<\/i>. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really call it a sequel, since all the Rincewind books are inherently linked, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s certainly a continuation of that story. What do men do after they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve conquered everything? The Silver Horde are approaching the end of their lives, and in that context, I suppose I understand why<\/i> attacking the gods would be one hell of a way to go out. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve exhausted everything on the ground, why not take it to the gods up in the sky?<\/p>\n

But since this book hides Cohen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s motivation, all I can do is guess<\/i>. I have a suspicion that this is not as straightforward as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m being led to believe. Cohen is more methodical than that; he wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just make up this plan for the sake of it, would he? (Oh gods, now that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thinking of it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 he actually might<\/i>. He hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t conquered the gods, so why not<\/i> try to destroy them?) Regardless, his kidnapping of the minstrel is just confusing<\/i>. Why not get an actual bard who will compose the saga of the Horde\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last fight? Why choose someone who has no experience writing adventure epics? Because this guy seems ill-equipped to compose what these men want\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, until they handed him a giant pile of rubies. Look, at least the Horde pays a living fucking wage, okay??? Granted, they also KIDNAPPED <\/i>their employee, so maybe we shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t emulate their hiring practices, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be fine getting a giant bag of rubies for every job I did.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Ankh-Morpork, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s SCIENCE happening. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually quite fun that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m reading about orbital gravity after The Science of Discworld<\/i>, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to imagine that The Last Hero<\/i> takes place immediately after that book. From one experiment to the next! In this case, Leonard da Quirm appears to have devised a means to get three people\u00e2\u20ac\u201dCarrot, Rincewind, and Leonard\u00e2\u20ac\u201dup to Cori Celesti. Great! That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wonderful! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll only take TWO HUNDRED SWAMP DRAGONS. Oh, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll only have to drop off the edge of the Disc and make it all the way around the underside in order to get high enough to fall down on Cori Celesti.<\/i> No big deal! No pressure! I DO NOT VOLUNTEER FOR THIS.<\/p>\n

But Rincewind does<\/i>, since he knows that by some confluence of events, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll still end up on that ship, and you know what that means??? Carrot and Rincewind. Together. Like\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 have they ever even interacted much at all??? And now they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll both be in the majority of this book? OH, THIS IS EXCITING. I WANT MORE.<\/p>\n

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