Raising Steam: Finally Finished

I finished reading Terry Pratchett's "Raising Steam" today, and can conclude though this isn't my favorite Pratchett novel, and though it's uneven in its Pratchettness, it certainly is a good story.

I won't spoil anything, but I will say I was capitvated by the last third of the novel above all else. There were some surprise callbacks to past events I should have seen coming but didn't, so even with the Embuggarence making writing a lot harder for him in the end, Pratchett can certainly out-novel me in every respect. Of course, he's had a lot more practice. And gumption.

What a legacy to draw on, over forty Discworld novels.

The last line of this novel in particular gives me hope for my own writing efforts:

"What little thing will change the world because the little tinkerers kept on tinkering?"

Thank you for the stories, Mr. Pratchett. I'll keep reading, and hopefully one day, have one written.