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A philosophical drama about the human condition

I think this was my most favourite of Terry Pratchett'stories. An amazing adventure as always, but a philosophical twist. An interesting perspective on religion, war, evil and good.

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funny as!!

Provocative, fantastical tale about belief, god, church politics, war, and human tendencies with the usual pithy Terry Pratchett humour at its best. Couldn't put it down or turn Audible off...I was hooked because The Turtle Moves!

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Wonderful place to begin

I've long wanted to read Terry Pratchett and had never known where to begin, as he is so prolific in his writing. After starting with Small God's, I am a convert and will listen and read the rest! such a brilliant book and so well performed. It's a rare thing to see philosophy and theology presented in such an approachable and funny way. I simply loved it! The only issue I had was the quality of the recording, which is ok if you're using headphones but not much else.

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Loved Small Gods

Fantastic witty lines. Fabulous humour. I thought that the performane was great. Recommend for a light read

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Great listen

Love it! Another great listen!Terry and Nigel work so well together! Another really enjoyable book.

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  • kev
  • 02-06-2017

My favourite discworld book so far

This book has some really insightful views on philosophy, religion, atheism and humanity all with the measured lunacy I love from Terry Pratchett. Brilliant

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  • Stef
  • 23-02-2018

Praise be to Om

Another fantastic story by of prophet Pratchett. An interesting view on religion and philosophy entertwined with humour and sass.

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  • John Davie
  • 16-02-2018

Awesome

I love all of Pratchett's work and this was no exception. Excellent characterization by Nigel Planer

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  • bindibelle
  • 28-04-2016

Not really like the other Discworld books

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Definitely. I've yet to find a Terry Pratchett book I haven't loved, and would do anything I can do to expose others to how great the Discworld books are.

What did you like best about this story?

It deals with possibly controversial subject matter in a way that is very thought provoking, and exposes readers to different viewpoints.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This book made me laugh quite frequently. There are also a few bits which are quite sad

Any additional comments?

It's quite clearly still set in the Discworld universe, yet manages to feel quite different by featuring unique characters and settings. I believe it's also set in the past of the main Discworld books.

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  • Iina
  • 21-02-2016

Enjoyed it very much

I'm glad I found this. No real complaints. Brutha's voice was exactly as I'd imagined.

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  • Dara
  • 15-03-2015

Perhaps my favorite book

audio quality was poor, but this is an old recording. Loved every moment of it.

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  • Anna
  • 08-03-2015

5 stars all round

This is one of my favourite Discworld novels. Nigel Planer is EXCELLENT at different voices and accents and brings the whole story to life.

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  • fabfawkes
  • 27-01-2015

So good

I am a huge fan of Discworld and am currently re-living them through audiobook. This was so much fun to listen to. Nigel Planer does a great job narrating. I am looking forward to listening to the rest of the series.

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  • Michael
  • 07-03-2013

somewhat confusing...

What did you like best about Small Gods? What did you like least?

i found this perticular story to be quite confusing, but i admit that it might be because it took me a long time to get through the book and i only got to listen to it for short amounts of time at any given time so that might be why i had trouble following the story

Would you be willing to try another book from Terry Pratchett? Why or why not?

i've read or listened to almost all of his books so indeed yes :)

What about Nigel Planer’s performance did you like?

Nigel has a good strong voice that i never get annoyed with or tired of listening to

Was Small Gods worth the listening time?

no, but like i said, that might be due to real life making me unable to follow my usual listening habits

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  • Franny T
  • 25-04-2016

terrible recording quality

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

no - because the recording quality was appalling and very hard to put up with

What was one of the most memorable moments of Small Gods?

when the main character plays chess with death

What didn’t you like about Nigel Planer’s performance?

he gabbled and spoke far too fast so much of the writing was lost - the terrible recording quality didn't help the performance at all. The sound level fluctuates throughout

Do you think Small Gods needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No - worked ok as a stand alone story

Any additional comments?

don't convert poor recordings to digital and offer on Audible - it reflects badly on your quality control [or lack of]

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  • Andrew J Chamberlain
  • 09-12-2015

Good content dated recording

A good book but the audio track sounds old, it needs to be redone or cleaned up to improve the overall quality

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  • Marc Lawrence
  • 04-04-2015

Wonderful

An insightful novel which works on a lot of levels, it's an adventure story, a travelogue and a philosophical treatise on the nature of the Church as opposed to religious.

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  • gina
  • 15-08-2018

Small Gods

Not as compelling as most Terry and Pratchett books, it took some while to get into the Storey, a different sort of humour.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 13-07-2018

Brilliant maybe Terry's best! Narration spot on!

This book was spellbinding and brilliant when reading it, which i have done many times. The listening experience added a new, lovely layer of enjoyment to this perfect story.

Nigel planer's narration was as brilliant as the authors story line! Excellently defined characters! I won't add much more as anything too specific may ruin other listeners enjoyment.

Just get it and listen to an utterly unique book. Sir Terry Pratchett at his very best, and Nigel Planer narrated wonderfully well!

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  • Julian Franklin
  • 12-06-2018

This might be my favourite story so far.

One of the best put together philosophical and insightful of Mr Pratchett's books. Just brilliant, and I look forward to hearing it again.

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  • Kindle Customer
  • 15-05-2018

So close

Wish amazon had used this book to base a TV show on instead of American God's
And I love American God's!

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  • Anthony
  • 13-05-2018

oooh! this one is very good! moved me!

oooh! this one is very good! moved me! That's about all I have to say. listen to or read it.

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  • 5below
  • 28-04-2018

😍

I love this story and have heard it over and over, will again. Try it, you'll like it!

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  • MISS J A CALVO
  • 12-12-2017

Too sad to finish another disc world novel.<br />

Read this years ago, but still such a pleasure to hear it read to me.
Pratchett takes life, people, religion and the human condition as we know them, tumbles it all away to disc world and unveils it all for us to reflect on and have a bloody good laugh at :)