The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett

 

The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

So here we are once again with the final novel of the Discworld series and I doubt I would be able to add anything new and insightful with Terrys final work, I've read quite a few of the reviews and opinion pieces myself and this novel isn't going to be used to sell anyone on the series so we can quietly step away without disturbing anyone. The story, well Discworld started with the witches and thus it ends with the witches, the circular narrative is not uncommon within the Discworld and it fits very well in the telling of change both for good and bad.
I will say I enjoyed the novel immensely being a fan of the Tiffany Aching books and while we all know this isn't the story Terry would have written if he was in his prime it still feels right and wraps so much up and gives us the feeling that all is well with the Discworld, ot at least as well as can be expected. I wasn't really surprised that aspects of the story continued to hit me with quite an emotional blow and maybe that indicates how long I have been invested in the Discworld, certain characters and the writing of Terry Pratchett but the turtle moves and all things end.
The Shepherd's Crown in worthy of the best of Discworld, although you will get more out of it if you are invested in the Witches subseries or the Tiffany Aching story but as a wrap to a wonderful adventure Terry continued to do us proud.

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