Nation by Terry Pratchett

Rating: 7 out of 10
Summary: The sea has taken everything.

Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne—a girl from the other side of the globe—is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave.

Together the two confront the aftermath of catastrophe. Drawn by the smoke of Mau and Daphne’s sheltering fire, other refugees slowly arrive: children without parents, mothers without babies, husbands without wives—all of them hungry and all of them frightened. As Mau and Daphne struggle to keep the small band safe and fed, they defy ancestral spirits, challenge death himself, and uncover a long-hidden secret that literally turns the world upside down. . . .

Commentary: Pratchett has a very distinct style, something you can recognize straighaway even without having read many of his books (I’ve read maybe like 1 or 2 Discworld novels). At times I felt like it didn’t exactly fit with the story of Nation, but it was a good read nevertheless.

I like the world that Pratchett invented, and recognized a lot of the aspects of the island culture of Mau. Good read, several comedic parts, philosophical parts.