Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

(This wasn't the actual book cover, but I couldn't find a good pic of the one I read.)

323 pages

Paperback

Fantasy

1989

RIP, Sir Terry Pratchett. If you have read much of my blog before than you know I love Pratchett. He past away last year and I was sad to know that his world wouldn't be growing anymore. I think everyone who has read even a couple of his books knows that he made a tremendous contribution to writing, but specially to fantasy. He made it so that fantasy could be funny. 

The reader finds themselves on disc world again, but this time in the desert Kingdom of Djelibeybi. But it soon revealed to be a parody of ancient Egypt. The pharaoh is dead and Teppic must now take his place. Tradition says that he must make the greatest of all pyramids in honor of his father, but he really doesn't want to.

He soon finds him self dealing with the mystic powers of the pyramids, architectural contracts, demanding priests, and a beautiful handmaiden. We join him on his quest to help his kingdom and also come to terms with his new found authority.

3 Emotional/Intellectual - Pratchett always does a great job of making characters lovable and endearing this book is no different.

4 Style/Readability - Though his books are set in a fantasy world, they always closely resemble our own world. He is a master of making fun of everything without ever hurting those he is kidding.

2 Long Term Impact - This is a stand alone book within a series of books that have loosely tied books throughout. Pratchett deserves all the praise he receives, but it is never enough. This book will probably always be an outlier.

9 out of 13. This is a great read of fans of Pratchett, but I would recommend picking up some of he other better known work before reading this one. Even though it stands apart from the others getting used to his style would be worthwhile first.

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