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A review by tanja_alina_berg
Nation by Terry Pratchett
5.0
Mau is on the "Boy's Island" - about to become a Man - when his whole Nation on the home island in the South Pacific - in a parallel universe - is wiped out by a tsunami. The same lethal wave also sweeps the vessel "Sweet Judy" to shore and into the jungle, leaving a sole survivor. Well, two, if you count the parrot. So a young foreign girl and a devasted native boy must try to make a living together. It does not take long before survivors from other islands begin to trickle in. They all fear the same thing: that the Raiders will follow their trail and hit.
This is a very unusual Pratchett read. He is legendary dry wit appears here too, with the more unfamiliar elements of horror and tenderness. It's a book to make you gasp, laugh and cry - in turns and sometimes all reactions together. It's a stunning piece of imagination and the most unusual coming-of-age story I have ever read. It's not about having all the answers, but to never run out of questions. We are all children, playing with pebbles on the beach before a sea of unknown - as Newton put it.
This is a very unusual Pratchett read. He is legendary dry wit appears here too, with the more unfamiliar elements of horror and tenderness. It's a book to make you gasp, laugh and cry - in turns and sometimes all reactions together. It's a stunning piece of imagination and the most unusual coming-of-age story I have ever read. It's not about having all the answers, but to never run out of questions. We are all children, playing with pebbles on the beach before a sea of unknown - as Newton put it.