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Johnny and the Dead

2006Terry Pratchett

1.1/5

Of all the Terry Pratchett books I've read (and I've read them all, as far as I know) I was very surprised to see how much I enjoyed the books he'd written for children.This is no book for very young readers, but my ten year old son read it and greatly enjoyed it. Terry's usual razor sharp satirical wit is toned down just enough to not baffle a young reader, but enough to keep an adult flipping the pages happily.I loved the way he portrayed young Johnny's ability to comprehend the older generation, and marveled at how eerily similar his thinking is compared to how I remember childhood. I could easily see myself as Johnny, and cheered along each new revelation that he had. I maybe... even envied him a bit, wishing I could have had such an experience when I was a kid.As always, you'll put down a Terry Pratchett book and look around, seeing just a little bit more than you did before. It's good stuff.

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