Fantasy Books > S Fantasy Books > Terry Pratchett > less than 5 GBP

Advantages: fun, readable, full of laughs
Disadvantages: none

The fifth in the ever popular discworld series sees the lovable rincewind trying to save the discworld again! i bet he gets sick of this dont you? THE STORY: Im not going to tell you to much other wise you will miss out on a great read but im going to tell you the basic plot, right it all begins with the power of eight, you see if a man as eight sons who have eight sons, the eighth son is a wizzard, simple enough see, but now lets say this wizzard ...
...goes and has eight sons we have a sourcer on our hands. Right back in the early days and the wild magic days on the discworld there was sourcers everywhere! these days were a bit dangerous to be alive in, everyday you wasnt sure what you would wake up as, eventually the sourcers died out and wizzards took over the discworld. Now we have our first sourcer in a very long time and his name is COIN, you see hes only a child but his staff (which has ... Read review

Advantages: Audio Cassette tape, starts where it stopped even when tape popped
Disadvantages: Audio Cassette tape, needs changing every hour (ish)

...Witches Abroad Lords and Ladies Small Gods Men at Arms Soul Music Interesting Times Maskerade Feet of Clay The Hogfather Jingo The Last Continent Carpe Jugulum The Fifth Elephant The Truth The Thief Of Time The Last Hero The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Night Watch The Wee Free Men Monstrous Regiment Going Postal I'm not going to review each because if you like Tony Robinsons narration of one of the books you will ...
...the narrator's voice did't jell with the storey. This is not so in this case. Tony Robinsons range and use of accent is suberb and my only complaint is where the script calls for a whisper I have to turn the car stereo up if I'm on the motorway. We all have our favourite characters or locales and mine is the watch's antics in Ankh Morpork but there is not a book that I don't like. Another good point is that they are nicely timelined. You don't get ... Read review

Advantages: What A BOOK!
Disadvantages: The introduction is a little draggy

Eragon is a masterpeice - A tale Paulini should be incredibly proud of. Not only because it has spun to the forefront of the fantasy world, but because it is, in my opinion, better than most books written. Move over, Potter. Move over... Everyone, make room for this debutante author. Paolini has not only established himself as a yarn-spinner, he has done it in style, with fireworks and such... If you don't believe me, then read for yourself! Then, ...
...fan of any book can recognise what a good read this is. I'm off for another read... I can't wait until the third one is out. If you would like more details about Eragon and the rest of the Inheritance trilogy, visit www.alagaesia.com buy the book.... ... Read review

Advantages: Great
Disadvantages: ...Perhaps TOO great...

...spellbinding last installment to the Harry Potter series that has left the world breathless, satisfied and in mourning - because there will be no more Potter books to come. If you haven't read this book I'm not giving anything away but the shock-thrill end keeps readers on their toes. This book is something special. Also, in this book it really is noticeable that the Harry Potter books have increased in reading age to keep aligned with the target ... Read review

Advantages: The movies made from the books are awesome
Disadvantages: The books are utterly boring

...to write could well be the last words i write because after this I'll probably have to go into hiding. But i thought the lord of the rings trilogy are the most boring books i've EVER read. Okay yeah the concept is great and the movies are probably my favourite movies of all time but the books where so dull i just couldn't finish reading them. I forced myself to finish the fellowship of the ring and I got half way through the two towers and I thought ...
...myself. Give me the films over the books anyday, the movies cut out all the dross and string of bad characters. Seriously guys save yourself hours and hours of talk about landscape and green hills and pretty flowers and silly songs just watch the movies and enjoy it dont touch the books they're no good. ... Read review