Terry Pratchett, Snuff

Have finished reading latest. I liked it. But it was weird, all the people in my head were suddenly played by new actors and actresses. Except for some cameos. It's not like saying they were out of character, they were just different. *big shrug* My brain is an odd place.

Also, I'm not sure there was a moment when all the parts came together. It's not like it had loose threads at the end, but it seemed like a simple investigation plodded on along the middle, and some other threads sort of waved around it a bit and went away when they were done. I couldn't see a scene where you realised why all the parts were necessary. This might be due to the preach-to-choir effect of the basic 'everyone is people' message. Maybe I didn't get it because it seemed too obvious to get. But if this book were a hairdo I'd unwrap it and braid it again.

Also, I'm not sure I like it that it concludes with everyone being people because oh look they have all these wonderful natural skills. I mean, ( Read more... )

I don't know, I started the night with an irritating headache, middled it with nausea, and end it at six in the morning, so chasing down the source of my niggly feeling something isn't quite in focus is tricky, and it may well be that I'd feel differently about how involving the book is if I read it without biological distractions.

But I liked the book. Not loved. And don't quite know what to do with it.