Anything Terry Pratchett writes just has the Midas touch for me and I tend to love it from start to finish. Truckers was no exception. Fun.

Charming and whimsical, with gentle humour and sharp wisdom on virtually every page. The thing is, the characters are quite slight in this first novel, and the plot is very linear, but Sir TP's talent for finding the meaning in anything is undoubted. Not his best, but far from his worst.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

Imagine that all around you, hidden from sight, there are thousands of tiny people.
They are four inches tall, brave, stubborn and resourceful.
They are the nomes.
The nomes in this story live under the floorboards of a large Department Store and have never been Outside. In fact, they don’t even believe in Outside. But new nomes arrive, from – where else? – and they bring with them terrifying news: the Store is closing down and Everything Must Go...

I realise this is the great Terry Pratchett.

I realise that he quite possibly wrote the best fantasy series of all time with Discworld.

I also realise that this isn't one of his best books...

Sure, there are glimpses of the magic that he created later in his career - as well as some of the wit and pun he is famous for, but this YA/children's novel from 1989 really doesn't hit any spectacular highs for me like Discworld did.

If you are someone who needs to have everything your favourite author every wrote, then you will get this anyway. If you are looking for a really good children's fantasy novel, I really think there is much better out there.


Paul
ARH