Poslední hrdina

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Terry Pratchett: Poslední hrdina (Czech language, 2017, Talpress)

Czech language

Published Nov. 11, 2017 by Talpress.

ISBN:
978-80-7197-228-0
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5 stars (1 review)

An illustrated storybook.

13 editions

reviewed The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett

Ah, well, life goes on. Here, have a cucumber.

5 stars

I want to emphasise that I’d probably not give this such a high rating if that was merely a book, and perhaps that’s the reason why people rate it so low.

But it is a piece that was made specifically to be illustrated and published with illustrations! Which is magnificent even for a non-discworlder with no relation to the characters described. Also, a very welcome and missed by many homage to the simpler times of Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic, just done way better than both.

The cast is packed and diverse and it’s always a pleasure to see Patrician do some fieldwork. Not that I like him as a person or anyone who works for him.

Now to quotes. There are some I liked, but if I had to pick one, I’d pick the hook that the author “told” in the beginning to “show” it later. Kind of …