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Advantages: Entertaining read, good descriptions, amusing style Disadvantages: Still too fantastical for my tastes
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The Discworld novels have been a series of books that friends and family have raved about for years and they?ve certainly made Terry Pratchett a household name. But I?ve never read them.
Recently, a customer persuaded me that I ought to give them a go, just to see what I?m missing out on, and suggested Pyramids as a good standalone novel in the Discworld series, so I settled down to bury myself in some comic fantasy and see what the fuss is all about.
Even now, having read the book and started writing this review, I?m a little confused as to whether I enjoyed myself whilst reading it or not. Certainly, Pratchett?s writing style is both easy to read and amusing. Sarcastic wit drops in at the end of paragraphs and quirky, offhand observations make you think about the way the world turns. His literary style is descriptive enough to form ...
Advantages: Great Song Disadvantages: Heard too much
I first heard that Mero were a new band through BMG, when i was sent a demo CD asking me to review them. At first i thought their musci sounded really cheesy, as it sounds more motown than pop. I liked it though as it was different. I was pleased to discover they came from my home town of Glasgow (of near enough, Tommy's from Paisley), and when they done a signing i was one of the first in the queue.
"It Must Be Love" was supposed to be released in April - May '99, then it was put off until June, until finally it was released in around March 2000. They done the wrong thing by promoting their single last year. I believe this is why they didn't do as good in the charts as i hoped, as everyone had already heard the song quite a lot so weren't interested in buying it a year later.
People were saying also that the song should ...
Advantages: You get to climb these babies! Disadvantages: Getting there is a chore
We walked in through Gate 1, ignoring the offers of a taxi. This is a huge con, since the entrance is maybe 200m away. I suppose they could have been offering to take us nearer to the Pyramids, i.e. the other entrances, but still. We bought tickets from the man on the gate, walked in through a row of shops and came out onto the site.
Teotihuacan is an absolutely massive archaeological site that pre-dates the Aztecs. They thought it had been built by giants, and celebrated it as a sacred place, but who actually built it (and whether or not they were on the tall side) remains a mystery. The whole site is set around the Avenue of the Dead, and we entered at one end of this. Again, we can thank the Aztec's mistakenness for the name, since they believed (wrongly) that the buildings lining it on either side were royal tombs. They weren't, but ...
