These are just some of the reviews written by Guardian children’s books site members about books by Sir Terry Pratchett:
Cupcake Kate on Dragons at Crumbling Castle
The worlds he creates are crazy, like on specks of dust and in carpets. It is a great read and inspires you to write small fantasy stories yourself.
BMDH on Dodger
I hadn’t read any of Terry Pratchett’s books before, but when my granddad bought this book for me for Christmas I got straight into it. From the front cover I was intrigued, about the look of murder in his eyes and the look of mystery of it, from the clothing that he was wearing to the razor or knife in his dirty left hand, and the brown scruffy matted dog showing its ribs leaning next to him… It’s a 335 page book that is brilliantly written with awesome wordplay.
Cate on Nightwatch
I admit it, the title of this review only mentions one Discworld book, but this review is a recommendation for them all. You’ve probably heard of Discworld, which isn’t so much a series as a collection. It’s all set on a world shaped like a disc, surprisingly, where magic and gods are resolutely real, to the extent that they are the constant despair of many of the characters.
It is, like all Discworld stories, a complicated and potentially grim scenario. In places, it is. It sounds cluttered and hard to follow, but it’s not. It’s truly genius.
Groovy Dhruv on Johnny and the Dead
It is as hilarious as nothing I can describe in words, reading this book I was laughing so hard that the house shook.