Reviews for Thief of Time (Discworld Series)

The average rating for Thief of Time (Discworld Series) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-07 00:00:00 William Sandberg The Auditors didn´t think about the true potential of seemingly wacky teachings, although their manifestations have never been that sexy. Master and apprentice, the wise old man using very unconventional and seemingly strange teaching methods, concepts, and even finally achieved abilities, are driven to show what they really got by the good old auditors. That many ideologies and especially religious teachings are always to be taken with a truckload of salt is well known, but towards the end of the novel, the somewhat uselessness of real world applications turns out to be overwhelmed by the meta, psi, metaphysical options that come with true enlightenment. One could see it as a metaphor for the evanescence and ridiculousness of the short, physical life motivations in contrast to the big endlessness of immortal souls. Again, as always when they appear, I have to ask myself; and you, ha, fourth wall breaking, you didn´t see that coming, did you; about the background of the motivations of The auditors. What are they, Lovecraftian big one cosmic horror entities, bureaucracy going metaphysical and almighty before having been pedantic aliens before or, and I am mostly going with that, a satire of a philosophical concept I don´t know or don´t recognize with criticism about government in general. There are so many different innuendos to specific topics and pop culture themes included in this one, even more than normal in Pratchett´s works, that it made me consider checking the connotation list before rereading to be aware of watching out for the satires, because without knowing, one could miss a pun and that would be a shame. As if this wasn´t already great enough, there´s DEATH, his granddaughter, the relativity of time and time perception, reinterpretations of the four horsemen of the apocalypse with trivial real life and motivation problems, quantum physics, and martial arts gangsta pimp style. Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique: This one is added to all Pratchettian reviews: The idea of the dissected motifs rocks, highlighting the main real world inspirational elements of fiction and satire is something usually done with so called higher literature, but a much more interesting field in readable literature, as it offers the joy of reading, subtle criticism, and feeling smart all together.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-09 00:00:00 Brian Ashworth I could repeat what all the other reviews have said about this book, but I'm not. You should read it for a total of five reasons. 1. Susan (one of the best characters ever) 2. Pratchett's character of Death rules. 3. The wonderful use of chocolate in the novel. 4. Mrs. War 5. One of the best descriptions of a school room ever.