Donald E. Westlake reviews Terry Pratchett’s Thud!
The Trouble with Trolls: “The Trouble with Trolls
In a new Discworld novel, a dwarf has died under mysterious circumstances.Reviewed by Donald E. Westlake”
Tip of the hat to the Washington Post for a perfect pairing of reviewer and material. Without giving anything away, comic master Donald E. Westlake appreciates comic master Terry Pratchett. The interesting thing, though, is that Westlake’s review kind of misses the substantive point of the book … he doesn’t really get the moral fervor that drives Pratchett’s Sam Vimes in this and every book. And, while Pratchett’s Vimes does a great job of reminding the reader what it’s like to be a new father, that seems to have sailed right over Westlake’s head. There’s a dimension to Pratchett’s writing that simply isn’t present in Westlake’s, and it makes Pratchett the superior artist.
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