“Terry Pratchett has done it again. Put out a book that had me engaged from the beginning to the end.
Snuff features Commander Vimes of the City Watch (of Ankh-Morpork) being strongly encouraged (forced) to go on vacation with his wife the duchess and his now 6 yeard old son, Sammy. As usual, nothing is as simple as a vacation - there's something going on at his family estate.
Goblins are being persecuted and a form of Shanghai slavery is going on. It unfolds gradually, with Vimes catching a whiff (really, the goblins have a strong odor) of what's going on and not stopping until he gets to the middle of things.
Not only is he getting involved in a rather long lasting and complicated intrigue, but his son is getting involved with the family estates - via poop. Yes. He's beginning to learn about farming and animals (and science and biology) by studying poop - and what little boy isn't happy with that?
I enjoyed the usual mix of humor, dry wit, a bit of social snark and wonderful action scenes via Pratcett's writing. He's is a genious with words. I love the way he keeps two or three action scenes going on at once, going back and forth with micro cliffhangers between the differing characters. Love this type of writing and Pratchett is a wiz at this.
If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett, you're going to enjoy this latest novel very much. I really believe he is a genius at social satire, as well as writing suspensful yet funny, engaging stories. I love all the discworld novels, and this one is just as good as I expected from Pratchett. I hope to be able to read many more by Terry Pratchett.”
Mardel wrote this review Wednesday, December 7, 2011.
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