The Last Hero - Terry Pratchett > Reviews

Advantages: Stunning artwork, usual Pratchett humour
Disadvantages: Not much story or character development, hardback very over-priced

...than a normal novel, and the story is interspersed with some fabulous and inspired art. Unlike books for small children however, there's a fair amount of text, and some of the artwork consists of amazingly complex and detailed diagrams. The story is set on the Discworld. This is Terry Pratchett's imaginary world which is shaped like a disc, and travels through space on the backs of four gigantic elephants, who stand on an even more enormous turtle. ... Read review

Advantages: great illustrations, nice story
Disadvantages: over-priced for just a story; aimed solely at Discworld fans

...say I fall firmly into the former category, and the release of a new Discworld novel is always a bit of an event. I must say, though, even I’m a bit concerned about just how many new releases there are these days – it used to be a new book in time for Christmas (very handy), and probably another one midway through the year. This year, however, we’ll just have to make do with this. The Last Hero isn’t really a ‘proper’ ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful illustration.
Disadvantages: Short, expensive.

The Last Hero is billed a Discworld Fable. Dictionary definition: Discworld- a flat world supported by four giant elephants. They in a turn are perched on the back of Great A'Tuin the world turtle which swims through space. Fable- a legendary story of supernatural happenings. In order to set the scene it might be best if I introduce you to some of the characters: Cohen the Barbarian- aging hero The Silver Horde- Cohen's band of fellow ... Read review