Review: The Last Continent
EricMesa
- One minute read - 182 wordsThe Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
This is my second time reading. I dropped the rating from 2 to 1 star
The first time I read this book, I thought, “I’m done with Rincewind stories”. And this second time around cemented that. The book is essentially Pratchett riffing on every Australian stereotype, Mad Max parodies, and what I think (having learned about it recently, but not having seen it) a parody of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
By this point in the Discworld novels most of the other books - The Watch, The Witches, Death - are full novels. That is, there may be some elements of fantasy parody, but mostly they are just straight, funny novels that take place on the Discworld. I think Pratchett’s wit is sharpest in those novels and they are more satisfying as a reader anyway.
Feel free to skip this Discworld novel if you want. I think it’s the last we hear of Rincewind anyway and nothing that affects the wider Discworld happens.