The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

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• The rat in the hat

  The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett 269pp Doubleday £12.99 A talking rat is fighting for his life against a terrier, inside a circle of excited men who whoop and roar and snarl. Another rat bungee-jumps down from the rafte ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents Share

  Strangely, this little novel doesn't appear to be counted amongst the Discworld series, despite the fact that it IS set in the Discworld...world. I have seen reviewers say this book is too simplistic, a side effect of apparently having been written w ... (read full critics)

  blogcritics published on Tue, 6 Jan 2004

3 Reviews

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  I have to admit that I struggled a bit to get into this book; the first chapters are entertaining but not too amazing, but once the Rat King appears, the tone and the rhythm rise a lot. Then, it is a great adventure written in Terry Pratchett's usual style, funny but vaguely creepy. Not a children b ... (continue)

  I have to admit that I struggled a bit to get into this book; the first chapters are entertaining but not too amazing, but once the Rat King appears, the tone and the rhythm rise a lot. Then, it is a great adventure written in Terry Pratchett's usual style, funny but vaguely creepy. Not a children book, maybe it could justify the use of the awful expression "young adults" as the intended target. Whichever the target, anyway, it is a really good read. And some of the "usual" Discworld characters make an appearance. To mention one... well, I guess I only need to write SQUEAK.

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  Marco Piva said on Mar 2, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A very good book. Refreshing, in a sense.
  After more than 20 Discworld books, I have to admit stories with the usual cast of characters start to wear thin. That's why a change is very welcome.
  Mind you: it's always the Discworld, and it's always Pratchett. This is both good and bad at the ... (continue)

  A very good book. Refreshing, in a sense.
  After more than 20 Discworld books, I have to admit stories with the usual cast of characters start to wear thin. That's why a change is very welcome.
  Mind you: it's always the Discworld, and it's always Pratchett. This is both good and bad at the same time, for the reasons above.
  Nonetheless, books like this one are refreshing: it's a little like discovering Pratchett for the first time. Again.

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  Simbul said on Aug 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Not my favorite Pratchett, but it's a charming children's book parodying the Pied Piper story.

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  guaddess said on Sep 23, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0552151424
• ISBN-13: 9780552151429
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Pub date: Oct 02, 2003
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
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