I'm approaching the end of Monsterous Regiment (Pratchett). I find, these days, that I can get too much TP (time was when I could read Discworld novels back to back). A couple of (or more) years between works better for me now, and I've quite enjoyed this one. Nice to see Vimes back in action, and Angua. 300 pages in and Death has only had a cameo so far, and that more out of respect than plot necessity.
It feels like a continuation of the theme raised in one of the Watch stories (discrimination in the workplace), but it's none the worse for that, and handled in the usual, insightfully off-handed way he has/had.
3.5 Galleons (out of a possible 5).
I recently finished How to Build a Girl. I enjoyed Raised by Wolves when it was on, so risked a few £s on this, and was well repaid. I was genuinely shocked by some of the content, but in a good way. It was a funny, serious, rude story about being a (female) teenager. The femaleness did not make the story inaccessible to me. I don't know whether that is because - despite sex differences - the experiences are largely the same, or because it was just written in a way that made it feel so. And maybe it doesn't matter.
It may have helped that many of the cultural references resonated with me, although I'm a Brummie and a few years older than Moran, and I'm not sure how well the story would work for someone without those connections.
4 Bill Murrays (out of 5)
