Pros & Cons
Pros
The amazing maurice and his educated rodents is book #28 in the discworld comic fantasy series, beginning with the color of magic in1983. Maurice is a changeling cat who can think and talk. He joins a group of rats on a heist in the town of bad blintz... Read More
The story is a riff on the german fairy tale about the pied piper of hamelin. There's the characteristic irreverence and humor, along with some adventure and misadventure, culminating in a satisfactory moral. What's not to like? The under current of a... Read More
It is the first “discworld’ novel for children instead of adults. The only real differences between this book and the tiffany aching books are that they have chapters and younger leading characters. While it's not a top-tier discworld book, it's still... Read More
It's an adult book made more palatable to grownups by pretending it's for kids. They link up with a young student in the musician's guild who plays a pipe.
Cons
This isn't a book-it's a cruel hoax. Pratchett's incandescent words deserve better.
Highlights
Quality
Since his death, i've been filling in my library's gaps with the few books of his that i had somehow missed.
As you'd expect from pratchett, the amazing maurice is pretty frequently hilarious, playing with the expectations we have about... Read More
In theory, the amazing maurice is pratchett's take on the story of the pied piper, only with the cat and mice being intelligent... Read More
Competitiveness
A fun discworld book, with different setting and characters than the standard ones.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Dont let the fact that this is considered a childrens or ya book fool you into thinking its dumbed down
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It was actually a little too intense for one of my sons
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And if a certain scene featuring a cameo by a couple of beloved discworld characters doesnt reduce you to tears i dont know what to say
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Terry pratchett remains one of my all time favorite authors but i agree with patrick rothfuss that this is not one of his best books
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They also say it is his first discworld book but im not sure whyunless theyre saying it for marketing reasonsfor it is unlike the other books in that series
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The piped piper comes to a town in uberwald but finds that he’s late to the show that features cats rats and stupidlooking kids talking to one another
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A mixed troupe of “rat piper” conartists arrive just outside the town of bad blintz lead by a streetwise tomcat who a clan of talking rats and a stupidlooking kid named keith on the streets of ankhmorpork
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But everyone is getting fed up with just going around and doing the same old thing the rats want to find a home to build their society and the kid would like to play more music