‘You keep changing it until you find one that does.’ Here is one of my favourite lines from this novel: ‘If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story.’
In the midst of humour he throws in deep philosophical arguments and statements. Pratchett is brilliant – I honestly don’t think there is a living writer who can touch him. The rats history closely parallels human history and the problems they face are the same as what we face. He uses the story to deliver a message, and even some history. Think Pied Piper on steroids and you have the faintest gleamings of ‘The Amazing Maurice’. “The Amazing Maurice” is one of my perennial favourites.
I now have my kids hooked on Pratchett and have read every Practhett novel at least 3 times. I discovered Pratchett when I was in high school in the 1980s and have been a Pratchett evangelist ever since.
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