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Title: Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Book Beginnings quote:
Now consider the tortoise and the eagle.
Friday56 quote (from somewhere in the book):
Belief, he says. Belief shifts. People start out believing in the god and end up believing in the structure.
Summary: Small Gods, the 13th Discworld novel, satirizes religion and philosophy through the story of Om, a small god trapped in the very limited body of a tortoise, and Brutha, his only believer.
Review: I consumed Small Gods in two huge gulps, listening to all 12 hours of the audiobook in just two days. I am so sick of what is happening in our country with a president and his followers doing unthinkable and despicable things in the name of Christianity, it felt good to laugh at a book which makes fun of religion and its followers. Sometimes the only thing that will break through the malise is laughter. Small Gods served up a healthy offering of humor to feast upon.
Though the summary says Small Gods is the 13th book in the Discworld series, which is Terry Pratchett's magnum opus, it is really a standalone book. One doesn't need to read any other books in the series to appreciate this one. Fortunately just about everything in this book made me laugh. But just to help me make my point, here are a few more quotes:
The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish.
I've felt that way listening to some know-it-all of some topic of which I know little. I recognize the words but don't understand what they have to do with each other.
Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.
I concur. Once, while walking the dog, I tripped and went sprawling onto the sidewalk. I wondered, as I laid bleeding on the ground, how I got there so fast.
The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.
We all need help sometimes and it is nice to know that that there is a G[g]od that hears us when we call out in prayer. But what happens if you are a small god? Where do you turn for help?
Thoughts always moved slowly through Brutha’s mind, like icebergs. They arrived slowly and left slowly and when they were there they occupied a lot of space, much of it below the surface.
I'll let you think about that.
I don't recall who recommended this book to me, but whoever you are, thank you. I needed it.
My rating: 5 stars.
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