Relentlessly good. Sir Terry P's most enduring skill was arguably the ability to build parodies of the real world and its features into his works. I'd love to try to count how many topics, people, organisations, places and/or cultures he in some sense depicts (and, usually, gently mocks) in this book. It'd be a high number.

A note of caution: one of the wonderful things about this book is how many themes and threads it pulls together from previous Discworld books. It's a rightful occupant of the final spot on the list. If you're new to Discworld, don't start here. Read the others first: it's worth the wait.

Great book

Another classic story from the author of the Disc World Series. Steam power comes to the big city. Where does he dream these things up?

Not up to his normal, its like someone else wrote it, perhaps they did! It doesnt flow, and you end up trying to join the dots. I waited with anticipation for this novel, and was disappointed. Have a read (or listen) and lets see what you think.

....but not his worst, and still pretty much better than anyone else's :)

I finished this with real regret. Terry Pratchett on top form with clever allegories, sideswipes and jokes. I loved the 'Railway Children' and the development of goblins as a species on the Discworld is both interesting and superbly handled. My only regret was a complete absence of Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax but, perhaps, they will appear when the railway starts to go wrong and resembles the average commuting experience into London. I'd love to hear GW's comments on the wrong sort of snow.

Am still reading but am writing this review to say love the footnote system, finally able to enjoy Mr Ps writing digitally without hunting down the footnotes.