Come the next election, one of the first things I’ll want to know from my candidate is how much Terry Pratchett he or she has read. At a time when I’ve felt pretty bleak about human nature, it’s been a ray of light. There’s fiery rage at the injustice of society – and yet also gentle delight in the way things keep on moving in spite of that injustice, and a determination that people can do the right thing. There is some wonderful, inspiring material in this novel about the rule of law and the benefits of simple decency. In spite - or because of - the anger, it sometimes feels as though he’s writing to make us better. “He is, of course, writing about us,” said AS Byatt of Terry Pratchett. Whichever view you incline towards, this last week has been a good time to read Night Watch. the bastards, the rich bullies, the wheelers and dealers in people’s fates, the leeches, the hangers-on, the brown-nosers and courtiers and smarmy plump devils in expensive clothes, all those people who didn’t know or care about the machine, but stole its grease.” Or maybe you blame the people at the top?
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There were moments where I considered putting the book down until the next day. I also found it to be a bit more creepier. I felt like it had more depth and levels to the plot than the previous books, and that there was a lot more going on than I even realized. I really enjoyed the story line of The Last Echo. My biggest complaint is that there just isn’t enough of Jay or Violet’s friends. We also get to see Violet struggle with her ability, as she tries to figure out a way to make it more useful. Rafe is such a mysterious character that I really enjoyed learning a little bit more about him. We also get to learn a little bit more about Sara and Rafe, which I really enjoyed. Since they all have abilities, they add some interesting dynamics to the story. We meet some new characters in Crystal, Sam, and Gemma. At this point, Violet realizes that she wishes she could do more with her power, stopping crimes, rather than just discovering them after the fact. She finds a girl’s body in a freezer in a warehouse, who is believed to have been killed by The Collector. So, at the beginning of The Last Echo, Violet is working a case with Sara Priest’s team. It still had some slow parts, but I felt like there was more going on than in the previous book, especially since Desires of the Dead was a bit disappointing. I think that The Last Echo was probably my favorite book of The Body Finder series so far. 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