What aunt_zelda Thinks: Hogfather (the book)

[aunt_zelda]

Haven't got much time for a review, so I'll just put down my favorite 'auuuuuuuuuw!' moment:

Nobby going to the Mall Hogfather and getting a present. I dunno about you guys, but that hit me in the 'kid who never got what they wanted for Christmas' spot. I mean, I never had a traumatic or overly-disapointing Christmas, but something about that scene really hit home. It's just ... Nobby, y'know? For a weird little bastard who went to war just so he could STEAL, he sure gets a lot of Crowning Moments of Awesome/Heartwarming/Funny, doesn't he?

(Note: Death being all kinds of badass and heartwarming and introspective and Albert being snarky came in a close second, especially the scene where Death saves the Little Match Girl and Albert chucks snowballs at the angels.)

Also, HUZZAH for the homeless guys caterwauling and clanging things and getting a proper Hogswatch dinner! *SQUEE* Not that I was picturing Chester in with them the whole time or anything ...

I loved this book. I saw the movie a long time ago, before I knew what Discworld was, so I knew about some of the endings. I eagerly await Christmas, so I can watch the movie with friends and laugh at their confusion!

Comments

[hyarrowen.livejournal.com]

Been a while since I read the book, but I liked Nobby getting his present too - and going all shy in the process. I mean, this is Nobby, right?

And I liked the Hogfather morphing through his various forms. Pratchett manages to say with one image the kind of thing academics make a living arguing over.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Been a while since I read the book, but I liked Nobby getting his present too - and going all shy in the process. I mean, this is Nobby, right?
*sniffles* Yeppers!

And I liked the Hogfather morphing through his various forms. Pratchett manages to say with one image the kind of thing academics make a living arguing over.
Yes, I LOVED the mythology bits. I'm such a sucker for that kind of stuff.

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

I love Discworld.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Further proof that you're my Yoda.

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

I'm also short and I recognize that in the first three movies Yoda had an actual grammatical pattern to his speech and he didn't just put the prepositional phrase first in every damn sentence.

Also I own a lightsaber. It's boss.