Christi

I enjoyed this massively. Failing to understand the vitriol in some other reviews really. It's a work of fiction and the author can take us on whatever journey he likes. Suspension of disbelief is a skill most readers of fiction should have in bucketfuls.

I really enjoyed the journey, even if it was a fair departure from the first book. It's easy to see the influence of Terry Pratchett here and to my mind, that's a good thing. It saved the series from being entirely too po-faced.

Horrendous psychobabble Trojan horse pretending to be about creativity, but instead tries to convince you that you create through god's will.

Utter tripe. And dishonest too. Not a word of the heavy religious text element of this book is up front in the blurb, but you won't get very far at all without seeing quotes from prominent theologians and constant yammering about accepting God as the real creator through which you yourself can then create.

It's vile.

Edit:
I have never ever just thrown out a book. If I don't like a book I always find someone who might like it and give it to them, or take it to a charity shop. This is the first time I've thrown a book straight in the recycling bin.

I ended up really enjoying it. Many parallels between this and his work with Terry Pratchett.

I often describe the arrival of a newborn or the death of a loved one as like the shock of being ripped out of this universe and slammed unceremoniously into a new one where you're expected to understand how it all works now.

This whole series describes that sensation in great detail.