Reading: Hogfather

[white_hart]

Given the time of year, I thought Hogfather might be an appropriately seasonal re-read. I have to say that it's never been one of my favourite Pratchetts; I love Susan Sto Helit, and really like the central exploration of the relationship between fantasy and humanity, but there are a lot of subplots and some of them seem a bit superfluous, and Teatime is a fairly cartoonish villian and a lot less chilling than similar characters in some of the other books. I enjoyed re-reading it, but it didn't leave me with the overwhelming sense of how much of a loss to the world Pterry's death was that some of my other recent re-reads have done.

Comments

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, Hogfather is one of my favourites. I totally agree with you about Teatime, but I think Death as Father Christmas works almost too well - I think he was sorry to give it up, pillow and all.