author: Terry Pratchett
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at: 2020/01/07
date added: 2020/01/07
shelves: sword-and-laser
review:
'Hogfather' by Terry Pratchett was the December book for my online book club. I love a chance to read Terry Pratchett and a book about Discworld's version of Santa Claus made for a good seasonal read.
The hit is out on Hogfather. A creepy assassin with a glass eye has a plan involving brutish thugs and piles of children's teeth. Death and his granddaughter, Susan, decide to separately act. Susan by directly confronting the assassins, Death by donning Hogfather's robes and taking over his duties, in hopes that belief won't falter and the sun will still rise.
Filled with lots of humor and call outs to things in our world, like Christmas stories and traditions, this was a fun read. I liked the odd computer that the wizards at the Unseen University were using that ran on ants. I also loved the odd gods that showed up as belief faltered, like the god of hangovers. This was a fun light read to close out the year.
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