It's been a little over a year since I've started the City Watch series by Terry Pratchett, and I just finished the eighth and final book in the series, Snuff. This series was incredible, but to me the best part is watching as the books grew in writing style and format.
The start of the series was incredible, with the main characters going through the motions of a fantasy story, while obviously parodying the themes of normal fantasy. One in a million chances, and ideas of the sort. After just one book, I found myself liking the characters, but not yet truly caring about their eventual fates. I expected to get to the third book and drop the series, seeing as the last series I had finished was four years before.
However, as I was on the last 100 pages or so of the last book, I was enraptured by the characters, having grown to really care about every one since the point they were introduced. Even characters that only became a truly pivotal character in the last book tugged at my heartstrings. The writing itself had transformed from an author writing about characters, to a person writing about adventures as if he had been through it himself. He also found what worked for him best, using his humor to move the story forward instead of just using it in between lines.
Yes, every blog post I've made has been about Pratchett. No, I will not stop just because I finishes the series. There are thirty-three more books I've yet to read. Buckle up.
How would you say your idea of the characters has changed from the end of the first book to now?
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