Diggers
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Diggers” keeps the warmth and humour of Pratchett’s nome trilogy, sending its tiny heroes to shelter in an abandoned quarry. Much of the comedy comes from the nomes meeting winter, and then humans, with no idea what either will do. Some readers find this middle volume less essential than the first and third; others enjoy the room it gives to characters who were secondary before. It reads best straight after the opening book.
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About the book
A Bright New Dawn is just around the corner for thousands of tiny nomes when they move into the ruined buildings of an abandoned quarry. Or is it? Soon strange things start to happen. Like the tops of puddles growing hard and cold, and the water coming down from the sky in frozen bits. Then humans appear and they really mess everything up. The quarry is to be re-opened, and the nomes must fight to defend their new home. But how long will they be able to keep the humans at bay - even with the help of the monster Jekub? Diggers is the second title in a hugely inventive and hilarious fantasy trilogy about the nomes, a race of little people in a world of humans.
Reading order · Bromeliad Trilogy
Full order & progress →- TruckersStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - DiggersThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Wings
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 79 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 35% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 79 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Diggers?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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