The Shepherd's Crown

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The Shepherd's Crown is a comic fantasy novel, the last book written by Terry Pratchett before his death in March 2015. It is the 41st novel in the Discworld series, and the fifth based on the character Tiffany Aching. It was published in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2015 by Penguin Random House publishers, and in the United States on 1 September 2015.In early June 2015, Pratchett's daughter Rhianna Pratchett announced that The Shepherd's Crown would be the last Discworld novel, and that no further work, including unfinished work, …

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Published Jan. 7, 2015

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reviewed The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett

Review of "The Shepherd's Crown" on 'Goodreads'

Viimeisessä Kiekkomaailma-romaanissa seurataan sitä, kuinka teininoita Tiffany Aching nousee noitien tunnustamattomaksi johtajaksi ja kokoaa joukkonsa viimeiseen taistoon haltioita vastaan. Kahden edellisen, varsin käppäisen kirjan jälkeen tämä tuntuu taas vuorostaan paljon käypäisemmin soljuvalta, ehkä siksi, että näissä Tiffany Achingeissa on kauttaaltaan ollut sellainen nuortenkirjamaisempi ote ja kerrontatyyli, jossa se kahdessa edellisessä, luonteeltaan erilaisessa kirjassa pahasti haitannut käppäisyys ei näy. Ihan jees lopetus sarjalle, kirjan valmistumisen olosuhteet huomioon ottaen.

reviewed The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett

Review of "The Shepherd's Crown" on 'Goodreads'

A fitting final Discworld novel from Sir Terry, whom Death sadly led away from this world last year.



Esme Weatherwax is also dead. Who will fill her boots? Who will fill the boots of Terry Pratchett? At least the first of these questions is answered in The Shepherd's Crown. The second.... well, maybe we will find out in the future. Like Granny Weatherwax, Terry will be a difficult act to follow. But, maybe we don't need another Terry, but somebody who does things their own way. Not another Granny, but somebody more.. Tiffany.





reviewed The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching, #5) by Terry Pratchett

Having previously read and enjoyed almost all the Discworld books, I approached this one with some trepidation. Would it live up to the rest of the series, or would it be a disappointment, and therefore affect my memory of Discworld as a whole.
While not the funniest of the novels, that award goes to the early ones, it still has some great humour. This is mostly generated by the Nac Mac Feegles - always up for a fight, never up for thinking they provide the comedy and the muscle when it is needed. The story centres around Tiffany and the return of the Elves to our world, but things have changed. No only does Granny Weatherwax die early in the story, but the Discworld has progressed and we have trains.
In many ways it is a story about a young woman (don't dare call her a girl) maturing under difficult …

reviewed The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching, #5) by Terry Pratchett

I've had this book on my shelf, waiting for me to read it for quite a while. My reluctance to read it wasn't because I didn't think I would enjoy it, but because I almost couldn't bear to admit that Terry Pratchett was gone, and that there would be no more novels from him.

Given the weight of all that, I'm not sure I'm capable of reviewing this book objectively. I loved it. I was always going to love it, and I'm not ashamed to say that I had a bit of a tear in my eye at various points while reading it. I love the witches (particularly Granny Weatherwax, and the non-nonsense Tiffany Aching), and this book is a wonderful tribute to them, and to Discworld itself. Like all of Terry Pratchett books, it is rich, humane and wonderfully tolerant of the messy, annoying, brave, deceitful, wonderful creatures that …