People from the Sisters disapproving when a girl takes the trolley bus.

There’s a lot of character development as she grows to understand how the limits she thinks exist are really just imaginary and she doesn’t have to live the life she thinks she does.Ĭrab bucket, thought Glenda as they hurried towards the Night Kitchen. She starts out in the beginning a very capable and helpful person who’s trapped by her beliefs about how the world should run and how she should behave. I loved Glenda, who is one of the main protagonists and her struggle to find her identity. It gets very philosophical at points, which is one of the reasons I was first drawn to Pratchett’s books in the first place. There is also an unusual servant named Nutt who seems gentle and weak, but in actuality has some very peculiar skills and strengths.

SummaryĪ girl who bakes pies works doggedly to clean up other people’s messes while the Wizards of the Unseen University embark on a quest to create a football team…with rules and everything! However this proves challenging as they get distracted by pie, food, and snacks along the way. Before I get too far into my analysis let me provide you with a short, snarky summary of the plot. In fact, food is a major theme in this book, as one of the main characters, Glenda bakes pies. I love how obsessed they all are with food! All of the stories that focus on the Wizards of the Unseen University, for example, tend to be a favorite for me. I’m not sure that’s the best strategy though, because there’s series within the series, and certain groups of characters that I prefer. However recently I went back to the beginning and tried to start reading through them methodically. I started out reading The Thief of Timeby Terry Pratchett and kind of hopscotched around a couple books in the series. Unlike many of his earlier books in the Discworld series though, this one wasn’t just funny it also was meaningful. They won’t let themselves see that what they believe is wrong.’ Unseen Academicals, Terry PratchettĪnother hilarious book by Terry Pratchett. Sometimes that can be quite dangerous for the person. ‘Sometimes people fool themselves into believing things that aren’t true. ‘It’s a kind of medicine with words,’ said Nutt, carefully.

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