How is it that when I finish a Terry Pratchett book, I am always wiser and gentler than when I started? And how is this true when the books are also hilarious, clever, and comical as all get out? I don't know how Pratchett keeps it up, but I love it.
I find myself feeling a bittersweet sadness with every Pratchett book I read now that I've learned he has early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Will this be the last book? When will the cracks start to show? Will he be able to write all the stories he has in his head before his head becomes a strange place for him?
It must be ten times worse for him. I wonder if he feels pressured to make each book end well just in case it is the last. He's always made the Discworld books mostly self-contained. I've always liked that about him. No cliffhangers here.
However, this most recent Tiffany Aching novel feels like a last one since so many of the growing up type issues have been resolved. (And there are tons of cameos!) I'm sure Pratchett could revisit and make something else brilliant, but I wonder if he just wants to stop while he's at the top of his game?
Have you read this one? What do you think? Is he done with this corner of Discworld?
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