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Discworld #19
袚谢懈薪褟薪褨 薪芯谐懈
芦袚谢懈薪褟薪褨 薪芯谐懈禄 鈥� 褌褉械褌褨泄 褉芯屑邪薪 褨蟹 褑懈泻谢褍 芦袙邪褉褌邪禄 褋械褉褨褩 芦袛懈褋泻芯褋胁褨褌禄 孝械褉褉褨 袩褉邪褌褔械褌褌邪.
袦褨褋褜泻邪 胁邪褉褌邪 褉芯蟹锌芯褔懈薪邪褦 薪芯胁械 褉芯蟹褋谢褨写褍胁邪薪薪褟! 袩褉邪胁懈褌械谢褟 袙械褌褨薪邪褉褨 薪邪屑邪谐邪褞褌褜褋褟 芯褌褉褍褩褌懈, 邪薪泻-屑芯褉锌芯褉泻褋褜泻褨 褋褨褉褨 泻邪褉写懈薪邪谢懈 蟹薪芯胁褍 屑邪褉褟褌褜 胁褨写薪芯胁谢械薪薪褟屑 泻芯褉芯谢褨胁褋褜泻芯褩 胁谢邪写懈 褨 芦谢褨锌谢褟褌褜禄 褋芯斜褨 泻芯褉芯谢褟 鈥� 褏芯褔邪 褌邪泻 褔懈 褌邪泻 写谢褟 屑褨褋褌邪 褑械 薪械胁写邪谢邪 褨写械褟. 孝懈屑 褔邪褋芯屑 胁 袗薪泻-袦芯褉锌芯褉泻褍 芯写薪械 蟹邪 芯写薪懈屑 褋褌邪褞褌褜褋褟 褌邪褦屑薪懈褔褨 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪, 胁 褟泻懈褏 褔懈 薪械 褦写懈薪芯褞 蟹邪褔褨锌泻芯褞 褦 褋谢褨写懈 斜褨谢芯褩 谐谢懈薪懈. 小械褉械写 屑褨褋褌褟薪 蟹褉芯褋褌邪褦 薪械胁写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 覒芯谢械屑邪屑懈 鈥� 斜械蟹写褍褕薪懈屑懈 褎褨谐褍褉邪屑懈 蟹 胁懈锌邪谢械薪芯褩 谐谢懈薪懈, 褟泻褨 胁懈泻芯薪褍褞褌褜 胁邪卸泻褍 褉芯斜芯褌褍. 效懈 写褨泄褋薪芯 胁芯薪懈 鈥� 谢懈褕械 蟹薪邪褉褟写写褟 胁 褔懈褩褏芯褋褜 褉褍泻邪褏, 邪 褔懈 屑邪褞褌褜 胁谢邪褋薪懈泄 鈥� 蟹谢懈泄 邪斜芯 写芯斜褉懈泄 鈥� 褍屑懈褋械谢? 孝邪泻 屑懈 褋褌邪褦屑芯 褋胁褨写泻邪屑懈 蟹邪褉芯写卸械薪薪褟 锌芯褌褍卸薪芯谐芯 褉褍褏褍 覒芯谢械屑褨胁: 蟹 屑邪谢芯褩 褨褋泻褉懈 褋胁褨写芯屑芯褋褌褨 写芯 褌褉懈胁邪谢芯褩 褨 写褍卸械 锌芯屑褨褉泻芯胁邪薪芯褩 胁懈蟹胁芯谢褜薪芯褩 斜芯褉芯褌褜斜懈.
袦褨褋褜泻邪 胁邪褉褌邪 褉芯蟹锌芯褔懈薪邪褦 薪芯胁械 褉芯蟹褋谢褨写褍胁邪薪薪褟! 袩褉邪胁懈褌械谢褟 袙械褌褨薪邪褉褨 薪邪屑邪谐邪褞褌褜褋褟 芯褌褉褍褩褌懈, 邪薪泻-屑芯褉锌芯褉泻褋褜泻褨 褋褨褉褨 泻邪褉写懈薪邪谢懈 蟹薪芯胁褍 屑邪褉褟褌褜 胁褨写薪芯胁谢械薪薪褟屑 泻芯褉芯谢褨胁褋褜泻芯褩 胁谢邪写懈 褨 芦谢褨锌谢褟褌褜禄 褋芯斜褨 泻芯褉芯谢褟 鈥� 褏芯褔邪 褌邪泻 褔懈 褌邪泻 写谢褟 屑褨褋褌邪 褑械 薪械胁写邪谢邪 褨写械褟. 孝懈屑 褔邪褋芯屑 胁 袗薪泻-袦芯褉锌芯褉泻褍 芯写薪械 蟹邪 芯写薪懈屑 褋褌邪褞褌褜褋褟 褌邪褦屑薪懈褔褨 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪, 胁 褟泻懈褏 褔懈 薪械 褦写懈薪芯褞 蟹邪褔褨锌泻芯褞 褦 褋谢褨写懈 斜褨谢芯褩 谐谢懈薪懈. 小械褉械写 屑褨褋褌褟薪 蟹褉芯褋褌邪褦 薪械胁写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 覒芯谢械屑邪屑懈 鈥� 斜械蟹写褍褕薪懈屑懈 褎褨谐褍褉邪屑懈 蟹 胁懈锌邪谢械薪芯褩 谐谢懈薪懈, 褟泻褨 胁懈泻芯薪褍褞褌褜 胁邪卸泻褍 褉芯斜芯褌褍. 效懈 写褨泄褋薪芯 胁芯薪懈 鈥� 谢懈褕械 蟹薪邪褉褟写写褟 胁 褔懈褩褏芯褋褜 褉褍泻邪褏, 邪 褔懈 屑邪褞褌褜 胁谢邪褋薪懈泄 鈥� 蟹谢懈泄 邪斜芯 写芯斜褉懈泄 鈥� 褍屑懈褋械谢? 孝邪泻 屑懈 褋褌邪褦屑芯 褋胁褨写泻邪屑懈 蟹邪褉芯写卸械薪薪褟 锌芯褌褍卸薪芯谐芯 褉褍褏褍 覒芯谢械屑褨胁: 蟹 屑邪谢芯褩 褨褋泻褉懈 褋胁褨写芯屑芯褋褌褨 写芯 褌褉懈胁邪谢芯褩 褨 写褍卸械 锌芯屑褨褉泻芯胁邪薪芯褩 胁懈蟹胁芯谢褜薪芯褩 斜芯褉芯褌褜斜懈.
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First published January 1, 1996
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Terry Pratchett
625听books45.2k听followersSir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983鈥�2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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October 22, 2015
In my opinion, this is the book where Pratchett *really* hits his stride in terms of the city watch books. The characters are established, the setting is solid, and Pratchett is solidly in control of his craft here.
As I said before (or at least meant to say) the second book about the city watch was twice as good as the first. Similarly, this book is twice as good as the second one. Putting it solidly in the familiar A+ quality book that comprises easily half of Pratchett's work.
Of personal interest to me is the introduction of the Golem into the Discworld. In previous books, Pratchett has talked about issues of discrimination, but the Golems allow him to broaden the subject into a much larger discussion along the lines of "What makes a person a person?" and perhaps more importantly "What sort of person should a person be?"
It's also interesting to note the appearance of Buggy Squires who is called a Gnome. But for those who have read the entire series, he's obviously a precursor to the Nac Mac Feagles that eventually appear in the Tiffany aching books.
As an author, it's cool for me to see how that concept peeked its head up in Pratchett's work almost 10 years before it became fully realized in a much later book....
Is this book worth your time? Yes. A thousand times yes.
As I said before (or at least meant to say) the second book about the city watch was twice as good as the first. Similarly, this book is twice as good as the second one. Putting it solidly in the familiar A+ quality book that comprises easily half of Pratchett's work.
Of personal interest to me is the introduction of the Golem into the Discworld. In previous books, Pratchett has talked about issues of discrimination, but the Golems allow him to broaden the subject into a much larger discussion along the lines of "What makes a person a person?" and perhaps more importantly "What sort of person should a person be?"
It's also interesting to note the appearance of Buggy Squires who is called a Gnome. But for those who have read the entire series, he's obviously a precursor to the Nac Mac Feagles that eventually appear in the Tiffany aching books.
As an author, it's cool for me to see how that concept peeked its head up in Pratchett's work almost 10 years before it became fully realized in a much later book....
Is this book worth your time? Yes. A thousand times yes.
September 27, 2020
Golem slavery surrounding a conspiracy investigated by special City Watch forensic experts while a silent revolution takes place.
Golems, Hephaistos麓 machines, and similar mythological stuff are examples of ancient storytellers dealing with the always current 鈥濼hey are stealing our jobs鈥� problem. Depending on genre preference, it can be seen as a fantastic ability to give life to dead objects, an alien ability to give technology to primitive humans, or be welcomed as the option that humans already had sophisticated technology, but ruined everything. But to stay on Earth, one may prefer the boring option that human creativity thought up much of the nano, robot, and technical revolution before there even was a smallest piece of modern technology available to degenerate with.
Indirect, subtle slavery, cemented with the argument that the victims are too primitive to understand their mistreatment and exploitation, is nothing classical, not dark fantasy uses to deal with in detail. Especially is having pretty profound, although partly illogical arguments, that could be seen as innuendos to both faiths and colonial history. The legitimation of good violence plays in here too, because it strongly depends on the own ideology and subjective value system if someone sees a group as freedom fighters or evil rebels that should be crushed with anyone the fair, great state, and its military can offer.
A simple reason why such controversial topics, Pratchett dares to and excels at dealing with, are rarely seen in fiction is that it needs both expertise and talent to perform it in a way that is not half baked satire, provoking, discriminating, making bad puns about horrible things, or, worst and inherent funny case, propaganda for something the writer wants to have criticized.
I am not sure if this is 100 percent correct, but as far as I know, Pratchett began dealing with the really heavy stuff when he already was a category mega writer who could handle plot, character, and the integration of the sophisticated, cynical meta level to reflect on human stupidity.
Once again I haven麓t read enough crime, thriller, and detective novels to get all Pratchett offers the reader, I just can麓t get warm with the genre, so many characters, so less worldbuilding, if there would at least always be extreme violence, gore, and madness, but often it麓s even about personal relationships and just character麓s motivations and the psychological investigation, no thanks, not my cup of beer. But at least I get more out of it than out of his satires of classical literature and that麓s at least something.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
This one is added to all Pratchettian reviews:
The idea of the dissected motifs rocks, highlighting the main real world inspirational elements of fiction and satire is something usually done with so called higher literature, but a much more interesting field in readable literature, as it offers the joy of reading, subtle criticism, and feeling smart all together.
Golems, Hephaistos麓 machines, and similar mythological stuff are examples of ancient storytellers dealing with the always current 鈥濼hey are stealing our jobs鈥� problem. Depending on genre preference, it can be seen as a fantastic ability to give life to dead objects, an alien ability to give technology to primitive humans, or be welcomed as the option that humans already had sophisticated technology, but ruined everything. But to stay on Earth, one may prefer the boring option that human creativity thought up much of the nano, robot, and technical revolution before there even was a smallest piece of modern technology available to degenerate with.
Indirect, subtle slavery, cemented with the argument that the victims are too primitive to understand their mistreatment and exploitation, is nothing classical, not dark fantasy uses to deal with in detail. Especially is having pretty profound, although partly illogical arguments, that could be seen as innuendos to both faiths and colonial history. The legitimation of good violence plays in here too, because it strongly depends on the own ideology and subjective value system if someone sees a group as freedom fighters or evil rebels that should be crushed with anyone the fair, great state, and its military can offer.
A simple reason why such controversial topics, Pratchett dares to and excels at dealing with, are rarely seen in fiction is that it needs both expertise and talent to perform it in a way that is not half baked satire, provoking, discriminating, making bad puns about horrible things, or, worst and inherent funny case, propaganda for something the writer wants to have criticized.
I am not sure if this is 100 percent correct, but as far as I know, Pratchett began dealing with the really heavy stuff when he already was a category mega writer who could handle plot, character, and the integration of the sophisticated, cynical meta level to reflect on human stupidity.
Once again I haven麓t read enough crime, thriller, and detective novels to get all Pratchett offers the reader, I just can麓t get warm with the genre, so many characters, so less worldbuilding, if there would at least always be extreme violence, gore, and madness, but often it麓s even about personal relationships and just character麓s motivations and the psychological investigation, no thanks, not my cup of beer. But at least I get more out of it than out of his satires of classical literature and that麓s at least something.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
This one is added to all Pratchettian reviews:
The idea of the dissected motifs rocks, highlighting the main real world inspirational elements of fiction and satire is something usually done with so called higher literature, but a much more interesting field in readable literature, as it offers the joy of reading, subtle criticism, and feeling smart all together.
December 18, 2024
This may be the funniest Discworld novel.
And definitely one of the best.
Terry Pratchett, ever the clever turn of phrase artist, is here in rare form. This is literally chock full of puns, clich茅s, similes, metaphors and enough droll word play to make Nabokov choke a chicken. His easy, almost swaggering virtuosity makes this a fun read; I was literally reading the story, but waiting for and expecting his next verbal tickle.
It is as though when he got to this one, his 19th Discworld novel first published in 1996, he had hit his stride and was making it look easy.
Captain Carrot, Sir Samuel and the members of the City Watch are investigating a murder mystery, Lord Vetinari gets mysteriously attacked, there is a strange Golem uprising and Nobby Nobbs is getting some very unexpected attention.
And Foul Old Ron takes a bath.
Just kidding.
Besides the gigglingly good word play and the Ankh-Morpork action, Sir Terry explores themes of monarchy, leadership, gender roles and what it means to be alive.
If you鈥檝e been thinking about getting started reading the Discworld (yes, you should) this would not be a bad start.
*** 2021 reread 鈥�
My return visit to the Discworld continues with this, his 19th novel set in his fantastic world building, his 3rd featuring the hilarious City Watch and being first published in 1996.
Leadership is a central theme, but also people鈥檚 need / want of leadership. Do we want to be governed, or do people in charge have a knack for making it seem that way? And who should be the leader? One born into the role as a hereditary monarch or one made for the role? Would the hereditary monarch be qualified for the job or would one who arrives at the position from behind the scenes machinations be a better fit?
All good questions that Sir Terry fields with his usual aplomb. He explores how Lord Vetinari, though not well liked, is grudgingly respected as things seem to run fairly smoothly under his guidance. We also find out about Sir Samuel鈥檚 ancestor Stoneface was the watchman who, ages ago, took matters into his own hands when needed.
All this and lots of golems. On the Discworld, a golem is a construct who is made to toil and knows no other existence. But do golems live? Do they think and dream?
Another great Discworld gem, a must read for fans and a good place to start if you have not read any others.
*** 2024 reread -
A very good mystery.
Anyone familiar with Terry Pratchett's writing will know he's funny and a satirical genius on the level of Kurt Vonnegut, but he shows us here that he can write one hell of a mystery novel with plenty of action thrown in.
This was also a demonstration of his ability to play word games. I've noticed before the similarities between Pratchett's writing and Piers Anthony's Xanth novels and in Feet of Clay, Sir Terry ratcheted up his droll word play to Nabokovian levels.
We also see a fascinating allegory for the golems, who operate from the written instructions in their heads, with how we get by using rules, laws and codes to decide how we should act. Pratchett serves up some devilishly fun satire, but so playful and subtle, many readers may not get it. I did not fully grasp what he had accomplished until this read.
Highly, highly recommended.
And definitely one of the best.
Terry Pratchett, ever the clever turn of phrase artist, is here in rare form. This is literally chock full of puns, clich茅s, similes, metaphors and enough droll word play to make Nabokov choke a chicken. His easy, almost swaggering virtuosity makes this a fun read; I was literally reading the story, but waiting for and expecting his next verbal tickle.
It is as though when he got to this one, his 19th Discworld novel first published in 1996, he had hit his stride and was making it look easy.
Captain Carrot, Sir Samuel and the members of the City Watch are investigating a murder mystery, Lord Vetinari gets mysteriously attacked, there is a strange Golem uprising and Nobby Nobbs is getting some very unexpected attention.
And Foul Old Ron takes a bath.
Just kidding.
Besides the gigglingly good word play and the Ankh-Morpork action, Sir Terry explores themes of monarchy, leadership, gender roles and what it means to be alive.
If you鈥檝e been thinking about getting started reading the Discworld (yes, you should) this would not be a bad start.
*** 2021 reread 鈥�
My return visit to the Discworld continues with this, his 19th novel set in his fantastic world building, his 3rd featuring the hilarious City Watch and being first published in 1996.
Leadership is a central theme, but also people鈥檚 need / want of leadership. Do we want to be governed, or do people in charge have a knack for making it seem that way? And who should be the leader? One born into the role as a hereditary monarch or one made for the role? Would the hereditary monarch be qualified for the job or would one who arrives at the position from behind the scenes machinations be a better fit?
All good questions that Sir Terry fields with his usual aplomb. He explores how Lord Vetinari, though not well liked, is grudgingly respected as things seem to run fairly smoothly under his guidance. We also find out about Sir Samuel鈥檚 ancestor Stoneface was the watchman who, ages ago, took matters into his own hands when needed.
All this and lots of golems. On the Discworld, a golem is a construct who is made to toil and knows no other existence. But do golems live? Do they think and dream?
Another great Discworld gem, a must read for fans and a good place to start if you have not read any others.
*** 2024 reread -
A very good mystery.
Anyone familiar with Terry Pratchett's writing will know he's funny and a satirical genius on the level of Kurt Vonnegut, but he shows us here that he can write one hell of a mystery novel with plenty of action thrown in.
This was also a demonstration of his ability to play word games. I've noticed before the similarities between Pratchett's writing and Piers Anthony's Xanth novels and in Feet of Clay, Sir Terry ratcheted up his droll word play to Nabokovian levels.
We also see a fascinating allegory for the golems, who operate from the written instructions in their heads, with how we get by using rules, laws and codes to decide how we should act. Pratchett serves up some devilishly fun satire, but so playful and subtle, many readers may not get it. I did not fully grasp what he had accomplished until this read.
Highly, highly recommended.
May 12, 2022
One of the best Pratchett books, and possibly the funniest book ever written.
It took Terry Pratchett a decent number of books to really hit his stride, and while he certainly hit it before this book - this book feels like peak Pratchett when it comes to humor. This book feels like you are reading the literary version of a Naked Gun movie, not because the humor is the same, but because of the sheer volume of comedy that is given to the reader on quite literally every page. You can't help but laugh constantly, and when you are not laughing you have a constant smile on your face.
But it's not just the humor that makes this book absolutely wonderful, it's that Pratchett somehow gives you a healthy dose of philosophical musings that balance out the humor oh so perfectly. It's almost as if Pratchett needs his own genre, because he's the only author that I am aware of that is somehow able to achieve this balance.
The story here is nothing to write home about, but it almost never is in a Discworld book. It's really just a murder mystery, but the plot serves as a vehicle for the other things that make this book amazing.
Everyone needs to read the "City Watch" books, starting with Guards! Guards! You won't regret it.
July 7, 2010
What interests me most about Terry Pratchett is that he explores (with great subtlety and wit) issues that other fantasy and speculative writers only pay lip service to -- racism, sexism, identity politics. Pratchett's hero, Sam Vimes, dislikes everyone: Dwarves, trolls, werewolves, gnomes, and, most especially, vampires. He is an equal opportunity curmudgeon, but his dislikes (with the exception of vampires) are not based on the identity of "the other" as much as they are on the identity of Sam Vimes. He is, as he says repeatedly, a bastard. He has no faith in the goodness of humankind. He loves his wife, he loves his son, and he loves honesty. He is as unsparing in his assessment of himself as he is aware of the faults of the world around him.
And if this sounds like a dry assessment, then I have done Terry Pratchett a great disservice. He's one of the best writers out there, consistently smart and funny, and if you're feeling low, if the idea of a McCain-Palin administration has you breaking out in a cold sweat, then there is nothing more comforting than reading a book like Feet of Clay. Somehow, Sam Vimes' sour take on his Discworld makes me feel a bit better about our Earth.
And that, my friends, is the genius of comedy.
And if this sounds like a dry assessment, then I have done Terry Pratchett a great disservice. He's one of the best writers out there, consistently smart and funny, and if you're feeling low, if the idea of a McCain-Palin administration has you breaking out in a cold sweat, then there is nothing more comforting than reading a book like Feet of Clay. Somehow, Sam Vimes' sour take on his Discworld makes me feel a bit better about our Earth.
And that, my friends, is the genius of comedy.
October 5, 2024
Re-Read 10/5/24:
This is something like my third time reading this book.
Obviously, I have found something worthwhile in reading them.
This time, it's really Cheery Littlebottom that did it for me. So, she isn't a novelty candle--but not for lack of trying. :)
Great stuff. Period.
Original Review:
I really enjoy the City Watch novels because every character is a hoot. Vimes is off the hooch, Nobby is about to be crowned king, and there are truly mysterious murders going on. And attempted murders. Of Vetinari, no less.
This is one of those super-solid Discworld novels. Pratchett has his thing going on, full tilt. Discrimination is explored on a much broader basis than ever before and just imagine... GOLEMS! So everywhere that NO ONE NOTICES them. Solution?
Revolution. Of a sort. If you're going to demand your freedom, make damn sure you ask for a receipt. :)
This is something like my third time reading this book.
Obviously, I have found something worthwhile in reading them.
This time, it's really Cheery Littlebottom that did it for me. So, she isn't a novelty candle--but not for lack of trying. :)
Great stuff. Period.
Original Review:
I really enjoy the City Watch novels because every character is a hoot. Vimes is off the hooch, Nobby is about to be crowned king, and there are truly mysterious murders going on. And attempted murders. Of Vetinari, no less.
This is one of those super-solid Discworld novels. Pratchett has his thing going on, full tilt. Discrimination is explored on a much broader basis than ever before and just imagine... GOLEMS! So everywhere that NO ONE NOTICES them. Solution?
Revolution. Of a sort. If you're going to demand your freedom, make damn sure you ask for a receipt. :)
March 8, 2019
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孝械褉懈 袩褉邪褌褔械褌 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪 写芯褋褌邪 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪邪 褌械屑邪 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌褉械写懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯 写邪 褋械 褉邪蟹斜褍薪懈 蟹邪 薪械褟. 袣褗屑 屑芯屑械薪褌邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋褗褌 蟹邪 懈蟹泻褍褋褌胁械薪懈褟 懈薪褌械谢械泻褌 懈 写邪谢懈 褌芯泄 屑芯卸械 写邪 懈蟹屑械褋褌懈 褔芯胁械泻邪 (懈 写邪 谐芯 蟹邪褋褌褉邪褕懈 褎懈蟹懈褔械褋泻懈) 械 写芯褋褌邪 邪泻褌褍邪谢械薪. 袧械 褋褗屑 屑薪芯谐芯 褋懈谐褍褉薪邪 芯褌泻褗写械 懈写械 褋褌褉邪褏褗褌 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 褔械 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪懈褌械 懈屑 褌胁芯褉械薪懈褟 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 芯斜褗褉薪邪褌 褋褉械褖褍 褌褟褏. 袦芯卸械 斜懈 械 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 锌褉邪褋褌邪褉邪 芯褋褌邪薪泻邪 芯褌 懈写芯谢芯锌芯泻谢芯薪薪懈褔械褋褌胁芯褌芯 鈥� 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈谢 褋懈 褋懈 褌懈 褌芯褌械屑 懈 褋械 锌褉械泻谢邪薪褟褕 薪邪 薪褟泻邪泻胁芯 斜芯卸械褋褌胁芯, 蟹薪邪械褕 谢懈 谐芯, 屑芯卸械 懈 胁褗褌褉械 薪褟泻褗写械 写邪 械. 袦械褉懈 楔械谢懈 械 写芯斜邪胁懈谢邪 谐芯褌懈褔械褋泻懈 芯褌褋械薪泻懈 薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 斜芯褟蟹谢懈胁芯褋褌 褋 鈥炐ぱ€邪薪泻械薪褖邪泄薪鈥�, 袪芯斜褗褉褌 袥褍懈褋 小褌懈胁褗薪褋褗薪 械 锌褉芯写褗谢卸懈谢 褌褉邪写懈褑懈褟褌邪 褋褗褋 鈥炐⊙傃€邪薪薪懈褟褌 褋谢褍褔邪泄 褋 写芯泻褌芯褉 袛卸械泻懈谢 懈 谐芯褋锌芯写懈薪 啸邪泄写鈥�. 袠谢懈 锌褗泻 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 懈屑 械 褟褋薪芯, 褔械 泻芯谐邪褌芯 锌芯褌懈褋泻邪褕 薪械褖芯 卸懈胁芯, 褉邪薪芯 懈谢懈 泻褗褋薪芯 褖械 懈屑邪 写邪 褋械 泻邪械褕 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪. 袩褉懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋谢褍褔邪懈 褋懈 锌褉懈泻谢械褖械薪 懈 谐芯 蟹薪邪械褕.
鈥炩€� 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯, 泻邪泻胁芯褌芯 褖械 写邪 芯蟹薪邪褔邪胁邪 锌褉芯泻谢械褌邪褌邪 写褍屑懈褔泻邪, 薪械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 褋懈 锌邪写邪 锌芯 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 胁褗褉褕邪褌 懈谢懈 泻邪蟹胁邪褌 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褌芯.鈥�
袚贸谢械屑懈褌械 薪邪 孝械褉懈 袩褉邪褌褔械褌 褍写褉褟褌 锌芯 屑邪褋邪褌邪 懈 蟹邪写邪胁邪褌 谢芯谐懈褔薪懈褟 胁褗锌褉芯褋 鈥炐毿靶盒残� 械 写邪 褋懈 卸懈胁?鈥�. 孝芯胁邪, 褔械 褋懈 褋褗蟹写邪谢 薪褟泻芯谐芯, 锌褉邪胁懈 谢懈 褌械 薪械谐芯胁 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉? 袗泻芯 锌懈褌邪褌械 褏褉懈褋褌懈褟薪褋褌胁芯褌芯 懈 小胁械褌邪褌邪 懈薪泻胁懈蟹懈褑懈褟 泻邪褌芯 褍锌褗谢薪芯屑芯褖械薪 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌械谢 薪邪 斜芯谐 锌褉械蟹 褋褉械写薪芯胁械泻芯胁懈械褌芯 鈥� 写邪. 袨褌 泻邪泻胁芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褋懈 薪邪锌褉邪胁械薪, 蟹邪 写邪 褌懈 械 锌芯蟹胁芯谢械薪芯 写邪 屑懈褋谢懈褕 懈 写邪 褔褍胁褋褌胁邪褕 懈 泻邪泻 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪褕, 褔械 懈屑邪褕 褌芯胁邪 锌褉邪胁芯? 袦芯卸械褕 谢懈 写邪 懈屑邪褕 写褍褕邪, 胁褗锌褉械泻懈 褔械 褋懈 谐谢懈薪械薪邪 斜褍褑邪? 袠谢褗薪 袦褗褋泻 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉 褋屑褟褌邪, 褔械 懈屑邪 胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯褋褌 褏芯褉邪褌邪 写邪 褋邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌懈芯薪泻懈 胁 薪械褔懈褟 鈥炐敌恍敌貉傃€芯薪薪邪 懈谐褉邪鈥�, 泻芯褟褌芯 薪褟泻芯泄 械 褋褗褌胁芯褉懈谢 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌写邪胁薪邪 懈 褋械谐邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪邪斜谢褞写邪胁邪 泻邪泻 写褉邪锌邪屑械 胁 屑懈谐薪芯胁械薪懈褌械 褋懈 斜懈褌懈械褌邪. 袗泻芯 械 胁褟褉薪芯 (蟹邪褖芯褌芯 袦褗褋泻 械 械写懈薪 芯褌 锌芯-械褉褍写懈褉邪薪懈褌械 褏芯褉邪, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 褋械褖邪屑), 胁褋械 锌邪泻 薪懈械 写褍褕邪 薪褟屑邪屑械 谢懈鈥� 袗 谐贸谢械屑懈褌械...?
鈥炐澬� 褋械谐邪 褑褟谢邪褌邪 屑邪褕懈薪邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 斜褉褗屑褔械褕械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褌懈褏懈褔泻芯, 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻懈 蟹邪斜褉邪胁褟褏邪 蟹邪 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪薪械褌芯 褲 懈 褟 斜褗褉泻邪褏邪 褋 械褋褌械褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 褍褋褌褉芯泄褋褌胁芯 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪, 懈蟹胁械写薪褗卸 锌褉懈褋褌褗褉谐邪 蟹谢芯胁械褖芯.鈥�
袨斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯 械 泻邪锌褉懈蟹械薪 懈 褋谢芯卸械薪 屑械褏邪薪懈蟹褗屑. 小褗褋褌邪胁械薪芯 械 芯褌 屑薪芯卸械褋褌胁芯 蟹褗斜褔邪褌泻懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 褋械 写胁懈卸邪褌 胁 褋懈薪褏褉芯薪, 蟹邪 写邪 胁褗褉胁懈 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌邪. 袣邪泻褌芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 芯褔邪泻胁邪, 褌芯胁邪 (锌芯褔褌懈) 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 褋械 褋谢褍褔胁邪. 鈥炐撔恍感叫敌叫� 泻褉邪泻邪鈥� 械 屑械褌邪褎芯褉邪 薪邪 褉邪蟹褋谢芯械薪懈械褌芯, 薪邪 褋褔褍锌械薪邪褌邪 锌褉懈蟹屑邪 薪邪 褋邪屑芯芯斜褟胁懈谢懈褟 褋械 械谢懈褌 懈 薪邪 斜芯褉斜邪褌邪 蟹邪 褉邪胁薪芯锌褉邪胁懈械. 袧械 褋邪 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪邪褌懈 懈 褌邪泄薪懈褌械 芯斜褖械褋褌胁邪 懈 写卸褍写卸械褌邪褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 锌懈褌邪褌 写邪谢懈 械 褍屑械褋褌薪芯 写邪 褋懈 芯斜褉褗褋薪邪褌 斜褉邪写邪褌懈褌械. 小 褉懈褋泻 写邪 褋械 锌芯胁褌芯褉褟 (泻芯谐芯 蟹邪斜谢褍卸写邪胁邪屑, 褌芯胁邪 谐芯 锌懈褕邪 胁褗胁 胁褋懈褔泻懈褌械 褋懈 褉械褑械薪蟹懈懈 蟹邪 褉芯屑邪薪懈 薪邪 孝械褉懈 袩褉邪褌褔械褌), 薪械 褋械 褋械褖邪屑 蟹邪 写褉褍谐 邪胁褌芯褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 写邪 褍屑械械 褌邪泻邪 褌芯褔薪芯 写邪 薪邪褋懈薪懈 芯泻芯褌芯 懈 写邪 褉邪蟹泻褗褉胁邪胁懈 薪芯褋邪 薪邪 褋褌邪褌褍泻胁芯褌芯 懈 械写薪芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯 褋 褌芯胁邪 写邪 褌械 泻邪褉邪 写邪 锌芯写褑胁懈谢胁邪褕 芯褌 褋屑褟褏 屑械卸写褍 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟褌邪.
小谢械写胁邪褖懈褟 锌褗褌, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褋械 锌芯褔褍胁褋褌胁邪褌械 薪械褖芯 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 写褉褍谐 胁懈写, 蟹邪锌懈褌邪泄褌械 褋械 写邪谢懈 懈 胁邪褋 薪械 胁懈 谐谢械写邪 薪械褖芯 芯褌薪褟泻褗写械 懈 写邪谢懈 薪械 褋懈 屑懈褋谢懈 褋褗褖芯褌芯.
鈥炐⑿拘� 屑懈褋谢懈, 褔械 械 卸懈胁, 懈 薪邪 屑械薪 褌褍泄 屑懈 褋褌懈谐邪.鈥�
孝械褉懈 袩褉邪褌褔械褌 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪 写芯褋褌邪 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪邪 褌械屑邪 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌褉械写懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯 写邪 褋械 褉邪蟹斜褍薪懈 蟹邪 薪械褟. 袣褗屑 屑芯屑械薪褌邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋褗褌 蟹邪 懈蟹泻褍褋褌胁械薪懈褟 懈薪褌械谢械泻褌 懈 写邪谢懈 褌芯泄 屑芯卸械 写邪 懈蟹屑械褋褌懈 褔芯胁械泻邪 (懈 写邪 谐芯 蟹邪褋褌褉邪褕懈 褎懈蟹懈褔械褋泻懈) 械 写芯褋褌邪 邪泻褌褍邪谢械薪. 袧械 褋褗屑 屑薪芯谐芯 褋懈谐褍褉薪邪 芯褌泻褗写械 懈写械 褋褌褉邪褏褗褌 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 褔械 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪懈褌械 懈屑 褌胁芯褉械薪懈褟 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 芯斜褗褉薪邪褌 褋褉械褖褍 褌褟褏. 袦芯卸械 斜懈 械 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 锌褉邪褋褌邪褉邪 芯褋褌邪薪泻邪 芯褌 懈写芯谢芯锌芯泻谢芯薪薪懈褔械褋褌胁芯褌芯 鈥� 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈谢 褋懈 褋懈 褌懈 褌芯褌械屑 懈 褋械 锌褉械泻谢邪薪褟褕 薪邪 薪褟泻邪泻胁芯 斜芯卸械褋褌胁芯, 蟹薪邪械褕 谢懈 谐芯, 屑芯卸械 懈 胁褗褌褉械 薪褟泻褗写械 写邪 械. 袦械褉懈 楔械谢懈 械 写芯斜邪胁懈谢邪 谐芯褌懈褔械褋泻懈 芯褌褋械薪泻懈 薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 斜芯褟蟹谢懈胁芯褋褌 褋 鈥炐ぱ€邪薪泻械薪褖邪泄薪鈥�, 袪芯斜褗褉褌 袥褍懈褋 小褌懈胁褗薪褋褗薪 械 锌褉芯写褗谢卸懈谢 褌褉邪写懈褑懈褟褌邪 褋褗褋 鈥炐⊙傃€邪薪薪懈褟褌 褋谢褍褔邪泄 褋 写芯泻褌芯褉 袛卸械泻懈谢 懈 谐芯褋锌芯写懈薪 啸邪泄写鈥�. 袠谢懈 锌褗泻 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 懈屑 械 褟褋薪芯, 褔械 泻芯谐邪褌芯 锌芯褌懈褋泻邪褕 薪械褖芯 卸懈胁芯, 褉邪薪芯 懈谢懈 泻褗褋薪芯 褖械 懈屑邪 写邪 褋械 泻邪械褕 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪. 袩褉懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋谢褍褔邪懈 褋懈 锌褉懈泻谢械褖械薪 懈 谐芯 蟹薪邪械褕.
鈥炩€� 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯, 泻邪泻胁芯褌芯 褖械 写邪 芯蟹薪邪褔邪胁邪 锌褉芯泻谢械褌邪褌邪 写褍屑懈褔泻邪, 薪械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 褋懈 锌邪写邪 锌芯 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 胁褗褉褕邪褌 懈谢懈 泻邪蟹胁邪褌 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褌芯.鈥�
袚贸谢械屑懈褌械 薪邪 孝械褉懈 袩褉邪褌褔械褌 褍写褉褟褌 锌芯 屑邪褋邪褌邪 懈 蟹邪写邪胁邪褌 谢芯谐懈褔薪懈褟 胁褗锌褉芯褋 鈥炐毿靶盒残� 械 写邪 褋懈 卸懈胁?鈥�. 孝芯胁邪, 褔械 褋懈 褋褗蟹写邪谢 薪褟泻芯谐芯, 锌褉邪胁懈 谢懈 褌械 薪械谐芯胁 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉? 袗泻芯 锌懈褌邪褌械 褏褉懈褋褌懈褟薪褋褌胁芯褌芯 懈 小胁械褌邪褌邪 懈薪泻胁懈蟹懈褑懈褟 泻邪褌芯 褍锌褗谢薪芯屑芯褖械薪 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌械谢 薪邪 斜芯谐 锌褉械蟹 褋褉械写薪芯胁械泻芯胁懈械褌芯 鈥� 写邪. 袨褌 泻邪泻胁芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褋懈 薪邪锌褉邪胁械薪, 蟹邪 写邪 褌懈 械 锌芯蟹胁芯谢械薪芯 写邪 屑懈褋谢懈褕 懈 写邪 褔褍胁褋褌胁邪褕 懈 泻邪泻 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪褕, 褔械 懈屑邪褕 褌芯胁邪 锌褉邪胁芯? 袦芯卸械褕 谢懈 写邪 懈屑邪褕 写褍褕邪, 胁褗锌褉械泻懈 褔械 褋懈 谐谢懈薪械薪邪 斜褍褑邪? 袠谢褗薪 袦褗褋泻 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉 褋屑褟褌邪, 褔械 懈屑邪 胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯褋褌 褏芯褉邪褌邪 写邪 褋邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌懈芯薪泻懈 胁 薪械褔懈褟 鈥炐敌恍敌貉傃€芯薪薪邪 懈谐褉邪鈥�, 泻芯褟褌芯 薪褟泻芯泄 械 褋褗褌胁芯褉懈谢 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌写邪胁薪邪 懈 褋械谐邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪邪斜谢褞写邪胁邪 泻邪泻 写褉邪锌邪屑械 胁 屑懈谐薪芯胁械薪懈褌械 褋懈 斜懈褌懈械褌邪. 袗泻芯 械 胁褟褉薪芯 (蟹邪褖芯褌芯 袦褗褋泻 械 械写懈薪 芯褌 锌芯-械褉褍写懈褉邪薪懈褌械 褏芯褉邪, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 褋械褖邪屑), 胁褋械 锌邪泻 薪懈械 写褍褕邪 薪褟屑邪屑械 谢懈鈥� 袗 谐贸谢械屑懈褌械...?
鈥炐澬� 褋械谐邪 褑褟谢邪褌邪 屑邪褕懈薪邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 斜褉褗屑褔械褕械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褌懈褏懈褔泻芯, 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻懈 蟹邪斜褉邪胁褟褏邪 蟹邪 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪薪械褌芯 褲 懈 褟 斜褗褉泻邪褏邪 褋 械褋褌械褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 褍褋褌褉芯泄褋褌胁芯 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪, 懈蟹胁械写薪褗卸 锌褉懈褋褌褗褉谐邪 蟹谢芯胁械褖芯.鈥�
袨斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯 械 泻邪锌褉懈蟹械薪 懈 褋谢芯卸械薪 屑械褏邪薪懈蟹褗屑. 小褗褋褌邪胁械薪芯 械 芯褌 屑薪芯卸械褋褌胁芯 蟹褗斜褔邪褌泻懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 褋械 写胁懈卸邪褌 胁 褋懈薪褏褉芯薪, 蟹邪 写邪 胁褗褉胁懈 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌邪. 袣邪泻褌芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 芯褔邪泻胁邪, 褌芯胁邪 (锌芯褔褌懈) 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 褋械 褋谢褍褔胁邪. 鈥炐撔恍感叫敌叫� 泻褉邪泻邪鈥� 械 屑械褌邪褎芯褉邪 薪邪 褉邪蟹褋谢芯械薪懈械褌芯, 薪邪 褋褔褍锌械薪邪褌邪 锌褉懈蟹屑邪 薪邪 褋邪屑芯芯斜褟胁懈谢懈褟 褋械 械谢懈褌 懈 薪邪 斜芯褉斜邪褌邪 蟹邪 褉邪胁薪芯锌褉邪胁懈械. 袧械 褋邪 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪邪褌懈 懈 褌邪泄薪懈褌械 芯斜褖械褋褌胁邪 懈 写卸褍写卸械褌邪褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 锌懈褌邪褌 写邪谢懈 械 褍屑械褋褌薪芯 写邪 褋懈 芯斜褉褗褋薪邪褌 斜褉邪写邪褌懈褌械. 小 褉懈褋泻 写邪 褋械 锌芯胁褌芯褉褟 (泻芯谐芯 蟹邪斜谢褍卸写邪胁邪屑, 褌芯胁邪 谐芯 锌懈褕邪 胁褗胁 胁褋懈褔泻懈褌械 褋懈 褉械褑械薪蟹懈懈 蟹邪 褉芯屑邪薪懈 薪邪 孝械褉懈 袩褉邪褌褔械褌), 薪械 褋械 褋械褖邪屑 蟹邪 写褉褍谐 邪胁褌芯褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 写邪 褍屑械械 褌邪泻邪 褌芯褔薪芯 写邪 薪邪褋懈薪懈 芯泻芯褌芯 懈 写邪 褉邪蟹泻褗褉胁邪胁懈 薪芯褋邪 薪邪 褋褌邪褌褍泻胁芯褌芯 懈 械写薪芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯 褋 褌芯胁邪 写邪 褌械 泻邪褉邪 写邪 锌芯写褑胁懈谢胁邪褕 芯褌 褋屑褟褏 屑械卸写褍 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟褌邪.
小谢械写胁邪褖懈褟 锌褗褌, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褋械 锌芯褔褍胁褋褌胁邪褌械 薪械褖芯 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 写褉褍谐 胁懈写, 蟹邪锌懈褌邪泄褌械 褋械 写邪谢懈 懈 胁邪褋 薪械 胁懈 谐谢械写邪 薪械褖芯 芯褌薪褟泻褗写械 懈 写邪谢懈 薪械 褋懈 屑懈褋谢懈 褋褗褖芯褌芯.
鈥炐⑿拘� 屑懈褋谢懈, 褔械 械 卸懈胁, 懈 薪邪 屑械薪 褌褍泄 屑懈 褋褌懈谐邪.鈥�
July 25, 2020
More tomorrow 馃榾馃榾
So where do I start with this novel, easy answer is to read any of my reviews for previous Sir Terry Pratchett Discworld novels. Seriously Sir Terry manages to maintain an unbelievable standard of humour and writing whilst developing a theme that lasts for over 40 books (i think). A cast of ever increasing characters that return in different settings and in their own books.
In this book we are back very firmly in Ankh-Morpork, and focussed one more on the Watch led by Commander Sir Samuel Vimes. Everything seems to be happening at once, two unrelated people are murdered, Lord Vetinari is poisoned and Vimes desparetly wants a drink. Corporal Nobbs is buttered up by the leaders of Ankh Morpork society, Captain Carrot wants to show his "Friend" Angua a dwarf Bread museum , and with crime on the increase new people are joining the Watch every day; werewolves, "lady" dwarves, experimenting with make up; and gargoyles who are good at watching.
Can Vimes draw all the leads and clues together before the Guilds run riot and a King is produced to rule Ankh Morpork. Amidst the chaos and with the help of a self governing Golem, Vimes races to a conclusion, but is its the right one ?
A wonderful novel, worthy of the 5 stars
So where do I start with this novel, easy answer is to read any of my reviews for previous Sir Terry Pratchett Discworld novels. Seriously Sir Terry manages to maintain an unbelievable standard of humour and writing whilst developing a theme that lasts for over 40 books (i think). A cast of ever increasing characters that return in different settings and in their own books.
In this book we are back very firmly in Ankh-Morpork, and focussed one more on the Watch led by Commander Sir Samuel Vimes. Everything seems to be happening at once, two unrelated people are murdered, Lord Vetinari is poisoned and Vimes desparetly wants a drink. Corporal Nobbs is buttered up by the leaders of Ankh Morpork society, Captain Carrot wants to show his "Friend" Angua a dwarf Bread museum , and with crime on the increase new people are joining the Watch every day; werewolves, "lady" dwarves, experimenting with make up; and gargoyles who are good at watching.
Can Vimes draw all the leads and clues together before the Guilds run riot and a King is produced to rule Ankh Morpork. Amidst the chaos and with the help of a self governing Golem, Vimes races to a conclusion, but is its the right one ?
A wonderful novel, worthy of the 5 stars
May 19, 2017
This book was my FIRST EVER read of Terry Pratchett works. I put 5 star rating because this book introduced me to a wonderful universe and a great author.
Discworld Watch Lineup by Ligeias-Ghost from Deviant Art
I highly recommend to read editions that have illustrations of coat-of-arms that appeared in the story. At my first read from a library book, it was a hardcover Gollancz edition with the coat-of-arms illustrations before the story began. Let's just say the coat-of-arms have significant part in the story. I would have problem imagine the coat-of-arms without the illustrations.
This novel is an excellent mix between parody humorous fantasy setting with crime mystery plot. A perfect enjoyable read for me. For people who had read other Watch stories, they could see the patterns in plots resemble the previous novels, with some improvements.
The only bad things are Patrician Vetinari and Lady Sybil has minor role on this book. They have more shining in other Watch novels.
Although I still recommend for starter novel of Watch series, and if you like Guards! Guards! then I beg you to read the series at least up to this book.
Discworld Watch Lineup by Ligeias-Ghost from Deviant ArtI highly recommend to read editions that have illustrations of coat-of-arms that appeared in the story. At my first read from a library book, it was a hardcover Gollancz edition with the coat-of-arms illustrations before the story began. Let's just say the coat-of-arms have significant part in the story. I would have problem imagine the coat-of-arms without the illustrations.
This novel is an excellent mix between parody humorous fantasy setting with crime mystery plot. A perfect enjoyable read for me. For people who had read other Watch stories, they could see the patterns in plots resemble the previous novels, with some improvements.
The only bad things are Patrician Vetinari and Lady Sybil has minor role on this book. They have more shining in other Watch novels.
Although I still recommend for starter novel of Watch series, and if you like Guards! Guards! then I beg you to read the series at least up to this book.
January 21, 2024
While I gave 5 stars to both and , because they are about Samual Vimes and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, I know that they are not the best books of either Discworld or the Watch sub-series. Especially compared to , where you can clearly feel that Sir Terry really got into his stride both with characterisation, story and "message". Within the Watch-series, this is where things got sharp and the characters (Sam Vimes, Carrot, Angua...) already got that edge that got me totally intrigued and fascinated.
And here's looking at you Sherlock...
鈥淪amuel Vimes dreamed about Clues. He had a jaundiced view of Clues. He instinctively distrusted them. They got in the way. And he distrusted the kind of person who鈥檇 take one look at another man and say in a lordly voice to his companion, 鈥淎h, my dear sir, I can tell you nothing except that he is a left-handed stonemason who has spent some years in the merchant navy and has recently fallen on hard times,鈥� and then unroll a lot of supercilious commentary about calluses and stance and the state of a man鈥檚 boots, when exactly the same comments could apply to a man who was wearing his old clothes because he鈥檇 been doing a spot of home bricklaying for a new barbecue pit, and had been tattooed once when he was drunk and seventeen and in fact got seasick on a wet pavement. What arrogance! What an insult to the rich and chaotic variety of the human experience!鈥�
And here's looking at you Sherlock...
鈥淪amuel Vimes dreamed about Clues. He had a jaundiced view of Clues. He instinctively distrusted them. They got in the way. And he distrusted the kind of person who鈥檇 take one look at another man and say in a lordly voice to his companion, 鈥淎h, my dear sir, I can tell you nothing except that he is a left-handed stonemason who has spent some years in the merchant navy and has recently fallen on hard times,鈥� and then unroll a lot of supercilious commentary about calluses and stance and the state of a man鈥檚 boots, when exactly the same comments could apply to a man who was wearing his old clothes because he鈥檇 been doing a spot of home bricklaying for a new barbecue pit, and had been tattooed once when he was drunk and seventeen and in fact got seasick on a wet pavement. What arrogance! What an insult to the rich and chaotic variety of the human experience!鈥�
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July 31, 2023
Another wonderful book in the City Watch series. While it offers the usual sociopolitical commentary, I鈥檓 really here for the hilariousness of it all. My favorite silliness was, hands down, Battle Bread 鈥� bread made exclusively as a weapon.
鈥淏read鈥檚 his life. He wrote the definitive work on offensive baking. [鈥 [T]here were also buns, close-combat crumpets, deadly throwing toast and a huge dusty array of other shapes devised by a race that went in for food-fighting in a big and above all terminal way.鈥�
I鈥檝e also always particularly enjoyed when a new member of the City Guard was sworn in. It鈥檚 just always so wonderfully absurd.
鈥淚, Dorfl, Pending The Discovery Of A Deity Whose Existence Withstands Rational Debate, Swear By The Temporary Precepts of A Self-Derived Moral System 鈥撯€�
More, please!
鈥淏read鈥檚 his life. He wrote the definitive work on offensive baking. [鈥 [T]here were also buns, close-combat crumpets, deadly throwing toast and a huge dusty array of other shapes devised by a race that went in for food-fighting in a big and above all terminal way.鈥�
I鈥檝e also always particularly enjoyed when a new member of the City Guard was sworn in. It鈥檚 just always so wonderfully absurd.
鈥淚, Dorfl, Pending The Discovery Of A Deity Whose Existence Withstands Rational Debate, Swear By The Temporary Precepts of A Self-Derived Moral System 鈥撯€�
More, please!
January 29, 2025
Assassination attempt causes political upheaval, robots uprising and gender issues in Ankh-Morpork.
Funny, thought provoking and surprisingly topical.
Funny, thought provoking and surprisingly topical.
March 12, 2025
鈥炐撔恍感叫敌叫� 泻褉邪泻邪鈥� 械 械写懈薪 芯褌 薪邪泄-褋懈谢薪懈褌械 褉芯屑邪薪懈 芯褌 蟹邪斜械谢械卸懈褌械谢薪邪褌邪 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪 蟹邪 袚褉邪写褋泻邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪卸邪! 小褞卸械褌褗褌 薪械 褋邪屑芯 锌褉芯褋谢械写褟胁邪 芯锌邪褋薪芯 褉邪蟹褋谢械写胁邪薪械 胁 袗薪泻褏-袦芯褉锌芯褉泻, 薪芯 懈 褋褗褖械胁褉械屑械薪薪芯 蟹邪褋褟谐邪 胁邪卸薪懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁械薪懈 褌械屑懈... 孝械褉懈 袩褉邪褌褔械褌 械 褋褗褔械褌邪谢 斜械蟹邪锌械谢邪褑懈芯薪薪邪 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻邪 褋邪褌懈褉邪 懈 懈蟹泻谢褞褔懈褌械谢薪芯 蟹邪斜邪胁薪懈 褎械薪褌褗蟹懈 锌褉械屑械卸写懈褟, 褍屑械谢芯 懈蟹谐褉邪卸写邪泄泻懈 薪械蟹邪斜褉邪胁懈屑懈褌械 芯斜褉邪蟹懈 薪邪 谢芯褉写 袙械褌懈薪邪褉懈 懈 泻芯屑邪薪写懈褉 袙邪泄屑褋.
鈥炐捫笛傂感叫把€懈 褍褋锌褟 写邪 芯锌懈褌芯屑懈 袗薪泻褏-袦芯褉锌芯褉泻 褌芯褔薪芯 泻邪泻褌芯 褋械 写褉械褋懈褉邪 泻褍褔械. 袙蟹械 械写懈薪 芯褌 锌芯-写褉械斜薪懈褌械 褏懈褖薪懈褑懈 褋褉械写 屑薪芯卸械褋褌胁芯 写褉褍谐懈 蟹胁械褉芯胁械 薪邪芯泻芯谢芯, 褍写褗谢卸懈 蟹褗斜懈褌械 屑褍, 褍泻褉械锌懈 褔械谢褞褋褌懈褌械 屑褍, 褉邪蟹胁懈 屑褍褋泻褍谢懈褌械 屑褍, 褋谢芯卸懈 屑褍 薪邪褕懈泄薪懈泻 褋 芯褋褌褉懈 褕懈锌芯胁械, 薪邪锌褗谢薪懈 屑褍 褋褌芯屑邪褏邪 褋 薪邪泄-芯褌斜褉邪薪芯 屑械褋芯, 邪 锌芯褋谢械 谐芯 薪邪褋褗褋泻邪 写邪 蟹邪褏邪锌械 褋胁械褌邪 蟹邪 谐褗褉谢芯褌芯.
袧邪泻邪褉邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褕邪泄泻懈 懈 谐褉褍锌懈褔泻懈 写邪 锌褉芯褍屑械褟褌, 褔械 械 锌芯-写芯斜褉械 褉械写芯胁薪芯 写邪 褋懈 褉械卸械褕 锌邪褉褔械 芯褌 褌芯褉褌邪褌邪, 芯褌泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 写邪 褟 薪邪谢邪锌邪褕 褑褟谢邪褌邪 蟹邪械写薪芯 褋 谢芯胁泻芯 锌褗褏薪邪褌芯褌芯 胁 薪械褟 泻褗谢褑邪薪芯 褋褌褗泻谢芯. 袩褉懈薪褍写懈 谐懈 写邪 褋懈 薪邪褍褔邪褌 褍褉芯泻邪 鈥� 屑邪谢泻芯褌芯 锌邪褉褔械 械 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 胁泻褍褋薪芯, 邪泻芯 褌芯褉褌邪褌邪 褉邪褋褌械 薪械锌褉械泻褗褋薪邪褌芯.鈥�
鈥炐捫笛傂感叫把€懈 褍褋锌褟 写邪 芯锌懈褌芯屑懈 袗薪泻褏-袦芯褉锌芯褉泻 褌芯褔薪芯 泻邪泻褌芯 褋械 写褉械褋懈褉邪 泻褍褔械. 袙蟹械 械写懈薪 芯褌 锌芯-写褉械斜薪懈褌械 褏懈褖薪懈褑懈 褋褉械写 屑薪芯卸械褋褌胁芯 写褉褍谐懈 蟹胁械褉芯胁械 薪邪芯泻芯谢芯, 褍写褗谢卸懈 蟹褗斜懈褌械 屑褍, 褍泻褉械锌懈 褔械谢褞褋褌懈褌械 屑褍, 褉邪蟹胁懈 屑褍褋泻褍谢懈褌械 屑褍, 褋谢芯卸懈 屑褍 薪邪褕懈泄薪懈泻 褋 芯褋褌褉懈 褕懈锌芯胁械, 薪邪锌褗谢薪懈 屑褍 褋褌芯屑邪褏邪 褋 薪邪泄-芯褌斜褉邪薪芯 屑械褋芯, 邪 锌芯褋谢械 谐芯 薪邪褋褗褋泻邪 写邪 蟹邪褏邪锌械 褋胁械褌邪 蟹邪 谐褗褉谢芯褌芯.
袧邪泻邪褉邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褕邪泄泻懈 懈 谐褉褍锌懈褔泻懈 写邪 锌褉芯褍屑械褟褌, 褔械 械 锌芯-写芯斜褉械 褉械写芯胁薪芯 写邪 褋懈 褉械卸械褕 锌邪褉褔械 芯褌 褌芯褉褌邪褌邪, 芯褌泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 写邪 褟 薪邪谢邪锌邪褕 褑褟谢邪褌邪 蟹邪械写薪芯 褋 谢芯胁泻芯 锌褗褏薪邪褌芯褌芯 胁 薪械褟 泻褗谢褑邪薪芯 褋褌褗泻谢芯. 袩褉懈薪褍写懈 谐懈 写邪 褋懈 薪邪褍褔邪褌 褍褉芯泻邪 鈥� 屑邪谢泻芯褌芯 锌邪褉褔械 械 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 胁泻褍褋薪芯, 邪泻芯 褌芯褉褌邪褌邪 褉邪褋褌械 薪械锌褉械泻褗褋薪邪褌芯.鈥�
January 23, 2019
This 19th Discworld novel is, once again, a small masterpiece. Yes, I鈥榤 aware I sound like a broken record but it seems all of the novels have and keep this level of quality. It鈥榮 something to behold.
This time, we are back in Ankh-Morpork, following Sam Vimes and the City Watch while they are trying to solve a few puzzling murders. It doesn鈥榯 help that Vimes is a man of honour which means he鈥榣l keep his promise to his wife that he won鈥榯 drink.
But the City Watch, now seriously enlargened and keeping to build Watch Houses, gets a charming addition: Cheery Little Bottom (a dwarf and alchemist). What better place to group together this bunch of misfits?
Soon, it鈥榮 not just the murders they have to solve because Lord Vetinari has also been poisoned and even though he recovers regularly, he also keeps getting worse again shortly afterwards.
Not to mention that half the city is almost up in flames (literally) because of the golems.
But never fear, the City Watch is on the case. Or do fear ... fear very much.
Artificial intelligence (well, the Discworld version of it), racism/discrimination, misogyny, religious beliefs ... and Knobby being crowned king of Ankh-Morpork (almost). That鈥榮 one hell of a combination and thanks to the quirky characters of the watch (Colon as much as Angua, too), it鈥榮 a wild smelly ride that works wonderfully. I kept chuckling, often even laughing out loud. From the power of words to destiny, the truly fantastic puns the author kept working in are what are standing out the most here. This installment isn鈥檛 as laugh-out-loud funny as others, but its humour is deep. Pratchett has always been great at putting a different spin at everyday expressions and conceptions but I think he put more of that in here (not least of all because the golems are all about the power of words).
My heart broke when . Tragic. And so life-like, of course.
Who I always love is Carrot. How he has no sense of humour (let alone sarcasm) whatsoever and what you see is what you get (or what he says). I especially enjoyed the scene with him 鈥瀖aking others see his point鈥� (both the point of his sword and the point he was getting to when explaining the problem with the golems to people). And yet, despite a man of his word being the ideal, the author realistically shows what the shortcoming of such a person would be - because being only one thing is never enough, it can always backfire. Which is why he/we need(s) the others.
And despite Ankh-Morpork not being my favourite place on the Disc, I always feel at home, here, too. Which is why I thought it was such a wonderful scene when Vimes was able to take off his perfect boots at one point and exchange them against a used pair that let him feel every pebble as that is how he knows 鈥瀐is鈥� city.
Or his organizer!!! That was an source of endless delight. :D
Small scenes but definitely not unimportant. This is one of the strengths of Sir Terry: mundane (in a fantastical sense of the world) characters or settings or even only just one sentence delivering a powerful message, making this entire world come to life in a way that set the bar impossibly high for anyone else.
Once again, Nigel Planer brought to life a diverse cast of impossible characters and I鈥榤 already sad to know that he won鈥榯 narrate all of them. I love the paperbacks with their funny covers but the audiobooks give the entire thing an additional flair.
This time, we are back in Ankh-Morpork, following Sam Vimes and the City Watch while they are trying to solve a few puzzling murders. It doesn鈥榯 help that Vimes is a man of honour which means he鈥榣l keep his promise to his wife that he won鈥榯 drink.
But the City Watch, now seriously enlargened and keeping to build Watch Houses, gets a charming addition: Cheery Little Bottom (a dwarf and alchemist). What better place to group together this bunch of misfits?
Soon, it鈥榮 not just the murders they have to solve because Lord Vetinari has also been poisoned and even though he recovers regularly, he also keeps getting worse again shortly afterwards.
Not to mention that half the city is almost up in flames (literally) because of the golems.
But never fear, the City Watch is on the case. Or do fear ... fear very much.
Artificial intelligence (well, the Discworld version of it), racism/discrimination, misogyny, religious beliefs ... and Knobby being crowned king of Ankh-Morpork (almost). That鈥榮 one hell of a combination and thanks to the quirky characters of the watch (Colon as much as Angua, too), it鈥榮 a wild smelly ride that works wonderfully. I kept chuckling, often even laughing out loud. From the power of words to destiny, the truly fantastic puns the author kept working in are what are standing out the most here. This installment isn鈥檛 as laugh-out-loud funny as others, but its humour is deep. Pratchett has always been great at putting a different spin at everyday expressions and conceptions but I think he put more of that in here (not least of all because the golems are all about the power of words).
My heart broke when . Tragic. And so life-like, of course.
Who I always love is Carrot. How he has no sense of humour (let alone sarcasm) whatsoever and what you see is what you get (or what he says). I especially enjoyed the scene with him 鈥瀖aking others see his point鈥� (both the point of his sword and the point he was getting to when explaining the problem with the golems to people). And yet, despite a man of his word being the ideal, the author realistically shows what the shortcoming of such a person would be - because being only one thing is never enough, it can always backfire. Which is why he/we need(s) the others.
And despite Ankh-Morpork not being my favourite place on the Disc, I always feel at home, here, too. Which is why I thought it was such a wonderful scene when Vimes was able to take off his perfect boots at one point and exchange them against a used pair that let him feel every pebble as that is how he knows 鈥瀐is鈥� city.
Or his organizer!!! That was an source of endless delight. :D
Small scenes but definitely not unimportant. This is one of the strengths of Sir Terry: mundane (in a fantastical sense of the world) characters or settings or even only just one sentence delivering a powerful message, making this entire world come to life in a way that set the bar impossibly high for anyone else.
Once again, Nigel Planer brought to life a diverse cast of impossible characters and I鈥榤 already sad to know that he won鈥榯 narrate all of them. I love the paperbacks with their funny covers but the audiobooks give the entire thing an additional flair.
July 18, 2022
Weekend activity: hanging out with hubby & daughter, listening to one of my favorite volumes of the amazing Discworld series! It was thrilling to see how much my family enjoyed this story also.
May 15, 2021
Fantastic. One of the best in the series so far, in publication order. Pratchett's plotting really found its stride by this point. The ultimate villain was pretty weak, but the golems were amazing.
Notable for the introduction of Cherry Littlebottom, a female dwarf who bucks tradition to actually appear female. She was probably not fully intended by Pratchett to push acceptance of gender-bending, more likely just meant to emphasize his long-running broader theme of progress versus traditionalism, as cultural change develops in Ankh-Morpork and then disseminates to the rest of the Disc.
Notable for the introduction of Cherry Littlebottom, a female dwarf who bucks tradition to actually appear female. She was probably not fully intended by Pratchett to push acceptance of gender-bending, more likely just meant to emphasize his long-running broader theme of progress versus traditionalism, as cultural change develops in Ankh-Morpork and then disseminates to the rest of the Disc.
November 10, 2023
Usually, I'm a fan of Sir Pratchett's stories, but not this time. This story lacks his usual humor to its detriment and I could find nothing to enjoy here. 0 of 10 stars
October 5, 2024
The 19th in my re-read of the entire Discworld series and it was like coming home!
One reason why I decided to re-read the series is that I can never just indulge in one of the volumes. The other is that the audiobooks were newly produced and the casts looked amazing.
Reading this 19th book (in chronological order) are:
*takes a deep breath*
*regrets it instantly*
You smell that? The smell of Ankh-Morpork. The distinct smell of ... guild schemes, various assassination techniques (guild-sanctioned and otherwise), dragonfire and various other "things".
After an ominous prologue of sorts that introduced a new kind of golem, we dive straight back into solid police work with Commander Vimes and his City Watch as they have at least one murder to solve - while also trying to stop whoever it is that is trying (and succeeding at least a little) to poison Lord Vetinari.
Meanwhile, the guilds are starting to get antsy with the expectation of a soon-to-appear power vacuum and the work golems commit suicide which is quite impossible.
There is a lot going on in the city. From Vimes having to come to terms with the confines of being His Lordship to Nobby finding out about his unbelievable heritage to the newest member of The Watch being Cheery Littlebottom to said new forensics officer struggling with coming out as a female dwarf to the actual mystery of how all of this is connected.
Once again, a wonderful whodunnit. ore than that, though, this book was all about everything "different". From racism to artificial intelligence to misogyny to the clash of various belief systems to power plays and the maniacal greed for (more) power even if one might actually know one isn't suited for it. Bonkers, all of it! Just like our world.
I particularly liked watching Cheery and Angua trying to be themselves despite the male-dominated field in which they work and cultures they come from. In this regard, I have to once again mention just how wonderful Sam Vimes is: no, he is not perfect, but damn! He tries so very hard for everyone around him! If he wasn't married already ... ;P
And I loved that Cheery wasn't perfect just because she was a victim of misogyny herself. Just like Carrot wasn't perfect after all and had to learn a lesson or two. I miss really balanced and realistic characters so much in modern-day stories!
Jon Culshaw was once again brilliant in narratirng this adventure in his signature gritty voice that nevertheless didn't just fit "the copper" but the other characters as well.
Just brilliant!
One reason why I decided to re-read the series is that I can never just indulge in one of the volumes. The other is that the audiobooks were newly produced and the casts looked amazing.
Reading this 19th book (in chronological order) are:
*takes a deep breath*
*regrets it instantly*
You smell that? The smell of Ankh-Morpork. The distinct smell of ... guild schemes, various assassination techniques (guild-sanctioned and otherwise), dragonfire and various other "things".
After an ominous prologue of sorts that introduced a new kind of golem, we dive straight back into solid police work with Commander Vimes and his City Watch as they have at least one murder to solve - while also trying to stop whoever it is that is trying (and succeeding at least a little) to poison Lord Vetinari.
Meanwhile, the guilds are starting to get antsy with the expectation of a soon-to-appear power vacuum and the work golems commit suicide which is quite impossible.
There is a lot going on in the city. From Vimes having to come to terms with the confines of being His Lordship to Nobby finding out about his unbelievable heritage to the newest member of The Watch being Cheery Littlebottom to said new forensics officer struggling with coming out as a female dwarf to the actual mystery of how all of this is connected.
Once again, a wonderful whodunnit. ore than that, though, this book was all about everything "different". From racism to artificial intelligence to misogyny to the clash of various belief systems to power plays and the maniacal greed for (more) power even if one might actually know one isn't suited for it. Bonkers, all of it! Just like our world.
I particularly liked watching Cheery and Angua trying to be themselves despite the male-dominated field in which they work and cultures they come from. In this regard, I have to once again mention just how wonderful Sam Vimes is: no, he is not perfect, but damn! He tries so very hard for everyone around him! If he wasn't married already ... ;P
And I loved that Cheery wasn't perfect just because she was a victim of misogyny herself. Just like Carrot wasn't perfect after all and had to learn a lesson or two. I miss really balanced and realistic characters so much in modern-day stories!
Jon Culshaw was once again brilliant in narratirng this adventure in his signature gritty voice that nevertheless didn't just fit "the copper" but the other characters as well.
Just brilliant!
November 22, 2024
笑械 屑邪斜褍褌褜 芯写懈薪 蟹 薪邪泄斜褨谢褜褕 褋芯褑褨邪谢褜薪懈褏 褌胁芯褉褨胁 袛懈褋泻芯褋胁褨褌褍.
袉 袙邪褉褌邪 褟泻 蟹邪胁卸写懈 薪邪 胁懈褋芯褌褨.
肖褨褉屑芯胁懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉.
袨泻褉械屑芯 褏芯褔褍 锌芯写褟泻褍胁邪褌懈 锌械褉械泻谢邪写邪褔褍. 袗写邪锌褌邪褑褨褟 写褨邪谢械泻褌褨胁 褌邪 谐芯胁褨褉芯泻 锌褉芯褋褌芯 100/10.
袉 袙邪褉褌邪 褟泻 蟹邪胁卸写懈 薪邪 胁懈褋芯褌褨.
肖褨褉屑芯胁懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉.
袨泻褉械屑芯 褏芯褔褍 锌芯写褟泻褍胁邪褌懈 锌械褉械泻谢邪写邪褔褍. 袗写邪锌褌邪褑褨褟 写褨邪谢械泻褌褨胁 褌邪 谐芯胁褨褉芯泻 锌褉芯褋褌芯 100/10.
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March 16, 2024Nekad vas jako iznenadi sopstveno pam膰enje. Iz ovog Pra膷eta ostala mi je maglovita uspomena da se de拧ava ne拧to s golemima (sad vidim da je to osnovni zaplet, 95% knjige, Pra膷et u naponu snage) i vrlo jasna slika o postepenom osvajanju 啪enstvenosti od strane patuljice prelepog imena 膶iri Litlbotom: 5% uvrh glave, ali ta膷no sam se se膰ala trenutaka kad iskrsnu najpre 啪ensko ime! pa 拧minka! pa suknja! 艩tiklice zavarene za okovane 膷izme! Stvarno nikad ne zna 膷ovek s 膷im 膰e se identifikovati.
January 17, 2022
鈥淐ommander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.鈥�
鈥沦颈谤?鈥�
鈥淚t seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.鈥�
鈥沦颈谤?鈥�
鈥淭hat鈥檚 practically zen.鈥�
The last book I read in 2021 and it was a great one to finish the year on! I'm keeping my Discworld reviews brief, just noting that this one is another instant favourite (and yes, I've said that about the books so far). I love Terry Pratchett's mind and I am glad I have this series to go on with in 2022. Reliably excellent, funny, emotional, insightful etc. Truly a wonderful series.
鈥淵ou are in favour of the common people?鈥� said Dragon mildly.
The common people?鈥� said Vimes. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e nothing special. They鈥檙e no different from the rich and powerful except they鈥檝e got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I鈥檝e got to be on their side.鈥�
*
鈥淚t wasn't by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities. You worked away, patiently asking questions and looking hard at things. You walked and talked, and in your heart you just hoped like hell that some bugger's nerve'd crack and he'd give himself up.鈥�
*
鈥淭he real world was far too real to leave neat little hints. It was full of too many things. It wasn鈥檛 by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities.鈥�
鈥沦颈谤?鈥�
鈥淚t seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.鈥�
鈥沦颈谤?鈥�
鈥淭hat鈥檚 practically zen.鈥�
The last book I read in 2021 and it was a great one to finish the year on! I'm keeping my Discworld reviews brief, just noting that this one is another instant favourite (and yes, I've said that about the books so far). I love Terry Pratchett's mind and I am glad I have this series to go on with in 2022. Reliably excellent, funny, emotional, insightful etc. Truly a wonderful series.
鈥淵ou are in favour of the common people?鈥� said Dragon mildly.
The common people?鈥� said Vimes. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e nothing special. They鈥檙e no different from the rich and powerful except they鈥檝e got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I鈥檝e got to be on their side.鈥�
*
鈥淚t wasn't by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities. You worked away, patiently asking questions and looking hard at things. You walked and talked, and in your heart you just hoped like hell that some bugger's nerve'd crack and he'd give himself up.鈥�
*
鈥淭he real world was far too real to leave neat little hints. It was full of too many things. It wasn鈥檛 by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities.鈥�
May 9, 2025
*** 4.39 ***
Another fun installment in the Discworld Universe. It was wonderful to spend some time with The City Watch and a new friend, Cheery Littlebottom馃槂. Another murder mystery solved. And the plight of a people for personal freedom. This series feels like a pair of favorite, worn, comfortable shoes! Familiar and cozy! Love it!鉂わ笍馃榾馃憤
Another fun installment in the Discworld Universe. It was wonderful to spend some time with The City Watch and a new friend, Cheery Littlebottom馃槂. Another murder mystery solved. And the plight of a people for personal freedom. This series feels like a pair of favorite, worn, comfortable shoes! Familiar and cozy! Love it!鉂わ笍馃榾馃憤
February 6, 2022
褍 褑褨泄 泻薪懈卸褑褨 屑械薪褨 薪邪写蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪芯 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褟 写褉褍卸斜邪 屑褨卸 袗薪覒胁芯褞 褨 小屑褨褕懈薪泻芯褞 袦邪谢芯写褍锌泻芯, go go girls
February 11, 2022
Once again, Terry Pratchett doesn鈥檛 miss
May 4, 2024
"鈥淚 think it鈥檚 just potters鈥� clay,鈥� said Cheery. 鈥淲e used to use it at the Guild. For making pots,鈥� she added, just in case Angua hadn鈥檛 grasped things. 鈥淵ou know? Crucibles and things. This looks like someone tried baking it but didn鈥檛 get the heat right. See how it crumbles?鈥�
鈥淧ottery,鈥� said Angua. 鈥淚 know a potter . . .鈥� She glanced down at the dwarf鈥檚 iconograph again. Please, no, she thought. Not one of them?"
Feet of Clay is ostensibly about a golem and the trouble it causes. But it is about life and government and how people treat each other.
Terry Pratchett is a favorite of several of my GR friends. Is it his imaginative details of the 鈥淒iscworld?鈥� Is it his silliness (just look at the names)? His sarcastic view of history? Or just that there are not many authors who are as entertaining? His world is populated with oddities and skewed visions of what normal life consists of. Yet, in general and in particular in Feet of Clay, Pratchett uses that in making some pointed comments about: discrimination; equal opportunity; good and bad government; the roles of police; and absurd class distictions. The humor often reminds me of Monty Python or Robin Williams at their most absurd.
4.5*
鈥淧ottery,鈥� said Angua. 鈥淚 know a potter . . .鈥� She glanced down at the dwarf鈥檚 iconograph again. Please, no, she thought. Not one of them?"
Feet of Clay is ostensibly about a golem and the trouble it causes. But it is about life and government and how people treat each other.
Terry Pratchett is a favorite of several of my GR friends. Is it his imaginative details of the 鈥淒iscworld?鈥� Is it his silliness (just look at the names)? His sarcastic view of history? Or just that there are not many authors who are as entertaining? His world is populated with oddities and skewed visions of what normal life consists of. Yet, in general and in particular in Feet of Clay, Pratchett uses that in making some pointed comments about: discrimination; equal opportunity; good and bad government; the roles of police; and absurd class distictions. The humor often reminds me of Monty Python or Robin Williams at their most absurd.
4.5*
March 23, 2015
The butcher, the baker ...
23 March 2015
A part of me, upon learning of Sir Terry's death, thought that it was only fitting to make the next book that I read a Discworld novel; which turned out to be this one. I won't say anything about Sir Terry here as I have already written on his passing and instead will just speak about this book. In fact, it turned out that so far this was one of the best discworld novels that I have read (and that is saying something since there are quite a few contenders out there, and it also goes to show how great a writer he is if he can still hold my interest this far into the series).
At first Feet of Clay reminded me a lot of the movie I, Robot 鈥� you know the one where Will Smith discovers that the robots that were created to serve humanity are actually planning a takeover? The problem is that this book was written quite a few years before Will Smith took to the stage playing a cop in a movie that give the term 'loosely based' a completely new definition (and for those who have not seen the film, but read the book, the only similarities between the two is that they have robots in them 鈥� well, not quite, but you get the picture).
Mind you Feet of Clay is definitely a 'cop novel'. I would say a 'cop movie' but it is not actually a movie 鈥� it is a novel, but I guess the term is sort of transferable. Okay, it is partly a detective novel because there have been a couple of murders, as well as an assassination attempt (isn't if funny that if a person is unimportant then it is a murder, but if they are important they are assassinated 鈥� why can't I be assassinated, it would be much better than being murdered 鈥� at least in my opinion), and Captain Vimes is trying to find the person behind it. So Vimes (and the rest of the City Watch) goes out to investige the situation - it isn't as if it is an Agatha Christie novel: you know, set in a static place (unless you consider Anhk-Morpork a static place, but for some reason I really don't think that actually counts) where there are a bunch of culprits and you are supposed to work out the guilty party before the author gives it all away. Okay, Sir Terry does give us some clues, such as the Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker, but that doesn't necessarily tell you how the poison was administered (and it is quite clever in that regards).
So, what has this to do with robots, you ask? Well, the book is about golems - you know those creatures made of clay (or whatever non-living material may be at hand, including corpses, but in Discworld they are made of clay) who do other people's bidding. Well, they do play a role in this book, and they are effectively the magical version of a robot. Actually, to our modern mind, golems really seem to be a magical version of a robot, and Sir Terry plays that idea up to no end. What is interesting is that this idea goes back to the Ancient Greeks (though I can't quite remember which myth it was) where one of the gods, or was it a mortal, I can't remember which off the top of my head, did create something that was remarkably similar to a robot. There is also another legend, from the Jewish Quarter of Prague, where a golem was created to protect the Jews from their enemies (a legend that I discovered when I actually visited that city where I picked up a book called ).
Interestingly enough he is also playing up the fears of automation in this book as well. We, or at least the working class, don't like robots because they take away our jobs. However these robots are so much more efficient, and faster, than any human could ever be. In Discworld we are told that golems do not eat, sleep, or require any maintenance so they are much better than the ordinary worker. However, the problem is that they scare people, they scare people because they are so life like, yet they are unliving. In a sense they have a body, and a mind, but they have no soul. This is probably why I connected it with I Robot (the movie, not the book) because, in many ways, the robots were so creepy because of that very thing. In every sense of the word they were alive, but in reality they were not. Okay, they aren't undead 鈥� at least undead beings were at one stage alive, but they are not exactly living either.
Anyway, I should probably finish this review off here, though I should say that I really enjoyed this book, and am compelled to continue reading his books right down to the final one. I'm not sure if I will get to the last one, but at least I will try.
Also, for those who are interested, you can find my tribute to Terry Pratchett (and sorry, it may not be as fancy as hiding it in computer code, but I felt that I should probably write one anyway).
23 March 2015
A part of me, upon learning of Sir Terry's death, thought that it was only fitting to make the next book that I read a Discworld novel; which turned out to be this one. I won't say anything about Sir Terry here as I have already written on his passing and instead will just speak about this book. In fact, it turned out that so far this was one of the best discworld novels that I have read (and that is saying something since there are quite a few contenders out there, and it also goes to show how great a writer he is if he can still hold my interest this far into the series).
At first Feet of Clay reminded me a lot of the movie I, Robot 鈥� you know the one where Will Smith discovers that the robots that were created to serve humanity are actually planning a takeover? The problem is that this book was written quite a few years before Will Smith took to the stage playing a cop in a movie that give the term 'loosely based' a completely new definition (and for those who have not seen the film, but read the book, the only similarities between the two is that they have robots in them 鈥� well, not quite, but you get the picture).
Mind you Feet of Clay is definitely a 'cop novel'. I would say a 'cop movie' but it is not actually a movie 鈥� it is a novel, but I guess the term is sort of transferable. Okay, it is partly a detective novel because there have been a couple of murders, as well as an assassination attempt (isn't if funny that if a person is unimportant then it is a murder, but if they are important they are assassinated 鈥� why can't I be assassinated, it would be much better than being murdered 鈥� at least in my opinion), and Captain Vimes is trying to find the person behind it. So Vimes (and the rest of the City Watch) goes out to investige the situation - it isn't as if it is an Agatha Christie novel: you know, set in a static place (unless you consider Anhk-Morpork a static place, but for some reason I really don't think that actually counts) where there are a bunch of culprits and you are supposed to work out the guilty party before the author gives it all away. Okay, Sir Terry does give us some clues, such as the Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker, but that doesn't necessarily tell you how the poison was administered (and it is quite clever in that regards).
So, what has this to do with robots, you ask? Well, the book is about golems - you know those creatures made of clay (or whatever non-living material may be at hand, including corpses, but in Discworld they are made of clay) who do other people's bidding. Well, they do play a role in this book, and they are effectively the magical version of a robot. Actually, to our modern mind, golems really seem to be a magical version of a robot, and Sir Terry plays that idea up to no end. What is interesting is that this idea goes back to the Ancient Greeks (though I can't quite remember which myth it was) where one of the gods, or was it a mortal, I can't remember which off the top of my head, did create something that was remarkably similar to a robot. There is also another legend, from the Jewish Quarter of Prague, where a golem was created to protect the Jews from their enemies (a legend that I discovered when I actually visited that city where I picked up a book called ).
Interestingly enough he is also playing up the fears of automation in this book as well. We, or at least the working class, don't like robots because they take away our jobs. However these robots are so much more efficient, and faster, than any human could ever be. In Discworld we are told that golems do not eat, sleep, or require any maintenance so they are much better than the ordinary worker. However, the problem is that they scare people, they scare people because they are so life like, yet they are unliving. In a sense they have a body, and a mind, but they have no soul. This is probably why I connected it with I Robot (the movie, not the book) because, in many ways, the robots were so creepy because of that very thing. In every sense of the word they were alive, but in reality they were not. Okay, they aren't undead 鈥� at least undead beings were at one stage alive, but they are not exactly living either.
Anyway, I should probably finish this review off here, though I should say that I really enjoyed this book, and am compelled to continue reading his books right down to the final one. I'm not sure if I will get to the last one, but at least I will try.
Also, for those who are interested, you can find my tribute to Terry Pratchett (and sorry, it may not be as fancy as hiding it in computer code, but I felt that I should probably write one anyway).
June 16, 2025
"...'Du hast dem Ding eine Stimme gegeben, und es lebt nicht einmal!'
'Zertr眉mmert die Gestalt aus Ton!'
'Blasphemie!'...
...'wir h枚ren dir nicht zu!' rief ein anderer Priester. 'Du bis ja nicht einmal lebendig!'...
...'Wenn Ihr Mich Zerschmettert Und Die Scherben Zerstampft Und Die Zerstampften Elemente Zu Pulver Zerreibt Und Das Pulver Anschlie脽end Von Einer M眉hle Zu Besonders Feinem Staub Zermahlen La脽t, Findet Ihr Vermutlich Kein Einziges Atom Leben Darin...'
'Stimmt! Also los!'
'Doch Um Einen Wirklich Vollst盲ndigen Test Durchzuf眉hren, Muss Jemand Von Euch Die Gleiche Behandlung 脺ber Sich Ergehen Lassen.'
Stille folgte diesen Worten.
'Das ist nicht fair' sagte schlie脽lich ein Priester. 'In deinem Fall braucht man nur den Staub zu nehmen und dich in einem Ofen zu brennen, dann lebst du wieder.'
Ups :D
Quod erat demonstrandum
Wer wissen will, wie es zu dieser interessanten Diskussion kam, sollte dieses Buch lesen. Es ist zutiefst philosophisch und enorm unterhaltsam.
(Zitat: Hohle K枚pfe von Terry Pratchett S. 376f)
'Zertr眉mmert die Gestalt aus Ton!'
'Blasphemie!'...
...'wir h枚ren dir nicht zu!' rief ein anderer Priester. 'Du bis ja nicht einmal lebendig!'...
...'Wenn Ihr Mich Zerschmettert Und Die Scherben Zerstampft Und Die Zerstampften Elemente Zu Pulver Zerreibt Und Das Pulver Anschlie脽end Von Einer M眉hle Zu Besonders Feinem Staub Zermahlen La脽t, Findet Ihr Vermutlich Kein Einziges Atom Leben Darin...'
'Stimmt! Also los!'
'Doch Um Einen Wirklich Vollst盲ndigen Test Durchzuf眉hren, Muss Jemand Von Euch Die Gleiche Behandlung 脺ber Sich Ergehen Lassen.'
Stille folgte diesen Worten.
'Das ist nicht fair' sagte schlie脽lich ein Priester. 'In deinem Fall braucht man nur den Staub zu nehmen und dich in einem Ofen zu brennen, dann lebst du wieder.'
Ups :D
Quod erat demonstrandum
Wer wissen will, wie es zu dieser interessanten Diskussion kam, sollte dieses Buch lesen. Es ist zutiefst philosophisch und enorm unterhaltsam.
(Zitat: Hohle K枚pfe von Terry Pratchett S. 376f)
June 12, 2021
As a parent and a mentor to youth, the end of this book totally grabbed me as it had not done before. The idea that someone could go as wrong as the king golem because of too many words put in his head...and then the heart wrenching words from Dorfl as he died "WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN". I am posting this on my mirror to remind me that I need to put words in the hearts of those I teach, from my children on down and not just in their heads. As always, I love this book...after all, it shows Sir Samuel Vimes doing some of his finest work...
Some quotes I loved:
"I FIND THE BEST APPROACH IS TO TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES." (stated by DEATH and reminiscent of my favorite song...)
"The only thing more difficult than getting him to grasp an idea was getting him to let go of it."
"Mysteries had a way of getting bigger if you didn't solve them quickly. Mysteries pupped."
"It was easy to be a vegetarian by day. It was preventing yourself becoming a humanitarian at night that took the real effort." (concerning Angua, a werewolf)
"They think they want good government and justice for all, Vimes, yet what it is they really crave, deep in their hearts? Only that things go on as normal and tomorrow is pretty much like today."
"If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.
"You had to be on the side of underdogs because they weren't overdogs."
"No thought was involved. It is the ancient instinct of terriers and policemen to chase anything that runs away."
"With the buzz of other people around him, he didn't seem to get in the way of his own thoughts."
"I'm worried and confused. So the first rule in the book is to spread it around."
"No one can be as sane as he is without being mad."
"The royal lines had died out throught interbreeding so intensively that the last king kept trying to breed with himself."
"A horrible apprehension had stolen over him that almost all the answers were in place now, if only he could work out the questions."
"When you've made up your mind to shout out who you are to the world, it's a relief to know that you can do it in a whisper."
"Someone has to be very complex indeed to be as simple as Carrot."
"The common people? They're nothing special. They're no different from the rich and powerful except they've got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I've got to be on their side."
"Atheism is a religious position. Indeed a true atheist thinks of the gods constantly, albeit in terms of denial. Therefore, atheism is a form of belief. If the atheist really did not believe he or she would not bother to deny."
"You say to people 'throw off your chains' and they make new chains for themselves."
Some quotes I loved:
"I FIND THE BEST APPROACH IS TO TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES." (stated by DEATH and reminiscent of my favorite song...)
"The only thing more difficult than getting him to grasp an idea was getting him to let go of it."
"Mysteries had a way of getting bigger if you didn't solve them quickly. Mysteries pupped."
"It was easy to be a vegetarian by day. It was preventing yourself becoming a humanitarian at night that took the real effort." (concerning Angua, a werewolf)
"They think they want good government and justice for all, Vimes, yet what it is they really crave, deep in their hearts? Only that things go on as normal and tomorrow is pretty much like today."
"If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.
"You had to be on the side of underdogs because they weren't overdogs."
"No thought was involved. It is the ancient instinct of terriers and policemen to chase anything that runs away."
"With the buzz of other people around him, he didn't seem to get in the way of his own thoughts."
"I'm worried and confused. So the first rule in the book is to spread it around."
"No one can be as sane as he is without being mad."
"The royal lines had died out throught interbreeding so intensively that the last king kept trying to breed with himself."
"A horrible apprehension had stolen over him that almost all the answers were in place now, if only he could work out the questions."
"When you've made up your mind to shout out who you are to the world, it's a relief to know that you can do it in a whisper."
"Someone has to be very complex indeed to be as simple as Carrot."
"The common people? They're nothing special. They're no different from the rich and powerful except they've got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I've got to be on their side."
"Atheism is a religious position. Indeed a true atheist thinks of the gods constantly, albeit in terms of denial. Therefore, atheism is a form of belief. If the atheist really did not believe he or she would not bother to deny."
"You say to people 'throw off your chains' and they make new chains for themselves."
May 21, 2015
8.5/10
Another great entry into the Discworld series overall and makes it hard for me not to think I made an error not starting the Watch sub-series as my first foray into Discworld. The 3 novels I鈥檝e read in this sub-series have probably all been better than the other Discworld books I鈥檝e read previously (maybe exclude 鈥淕oing Postal鈥� in that). It may be that I have a better affinity with crime driven stories so I can get on board with the plot quicker but I just think it might have something to do with the cast of characters which add to the story.
With this being the 3rd entry in the sub-series the main set of characters are well fleshed out by now with the reader knowing their nuances and this means more fun can be had with them and also allow some of the side characters to have more of an input and make for some of the more humorous moments in the novel. Detritius is a standout side character here and Cheery Littlebottom adds another dynamic with the life in the Watch. I enjoyed the way Terry Pratchett looks at, and pokes fun at, sexism in institutions in this one. Some of the more humorous moments in the whole Discworld series come from the attitudes of people which are clearly a reflection on the attitudes of people from our world but with Pratchett鈥檚 unique humour added to it.
The story is pretty much a 鈥渨hodunit鈥� if you can really call it that. It鈥檚 driven along by this but there is so much going on here to enjoy it sort of felt like a side part of the book as a whole. It works well though as I had no idea who the mystery person was and when it was revealed it lead to a huge 鈥渙f course!鈥� moment from me. Well done to Terry for pulling the wool over my eyes. It made me feel like Vimes in that I can鈥檛 see something right in front of me.
This also brings me to the moments between Vimes & Vetinari. By far the standout moments of the book for me comes in the interactions of these two. Both are wily in their ways but both get the job done even if it is by manipulation of the other. I look forward to these moments more and more.
Overall a great book, well worth a read but I鈥檇 recommend starting with 鈥淕uards! Guards!鈥� first as there is definitely more to appreciate having read about these characters beforehand. If the upwards trajectory of these stories continue I can鈥檛 see how the next one won鈥檛 reach the elusive 5 star rating, the last 3 have only just missed out. I guess there is only one way to find out. Bring on the next one!!
If you like this try: 鈥滸oing Postal鈥� by Terry Pratchett
Another great entry into the Discworld series overall and makes it hard for me not to think I made an error not starting the Watch sub-series as my first foray into Discworld. The 3 novels I鈥檝e read in this sub-series have probably all been better than the other Discworld books I鈥檝e read previously (maybe exclude 鈥淕oing Postal鈥� in that). It may be that I have a better affinity with crime driven stories so I can get on board with the plot quicker but I just think it might have something to do with the cast of characters which add to the story.
With this being the 3rd entry in the sub-series the main set of characters are well fleshed out by now with the reader knowing their nuances and this means more fun can be had with them and also allow some of the side characters to have more of an input and make for some of the more humorous moments in the novel. Detritius is a standout side character here and Cheery Littlebottom adds another dynamic with the life in the Watch. I enjoyed the way Terry Pratchett looks at, and pokes fun at, sexism in institutions in this one. Some of the more humorous moments in the whole Discworld series come from the attitudes of people which are clearly a reflection on the attitudes of people from our world but with Pratchett鈥檚 unique humour added to it.
The story is pretty much a 鈥渨hodunit鈥� if you can really call it that. It鈥檚 driven along by this but there is so much going on here to enjoy it sort of felt like a side part of the book as a whole. It works well though as I had no idea who the mystery person was and when it was revealed it lead to a huge 鈥渙f course!鈥� moment from me. Well done to Terry for pulling the wool over my eyes. It made me feel like Vimes in that I can鈥檛 see something right in front of me.
This also brings me to the moments between Vimes & Vetinari. By far the standout moments of the book for me comes in the interactions of these two. Both are wily in their ways but both get the job done even if it is by manipulation of the other. I look forward to these moments more and more.
Overall a great book, well worth a read but I鈥檇 recommend starting with 鈥淕uards! Guards!鈥� first as there is definitely more to appreciate having read about these characters beforehand. If the upwards trajectory of these stories continue I can鈥檛 see how the next one won鈥檛 reach the elusive 5 star rating, the last 3 have only just missed out. I guess there is only one way to find out. Bring on the next one!!
If you like this try: 鈥滸oing Postal鈥� by Terry Pratchett
October 14, 2024
I think this is perhaps my favourite Discworld so far.
This is the third entry in the City Watch series, and my 11th (?) Discworld since I started properly reading again.
I think my favourite thing about the Watch series are the characters. Knobs, Vimes, Carrot, Colon, Vetenari, Cheery, everyone is so fantastically unique and well-developed that it鈥檚 a joy to listen to them bounce off each other.
I lost count of the times I genuinely laughed out loud. Not a little exhale through the nose, but a full on laugh.
Both simultaneously hilarious, and actually thought provoking. The Golems and their treatment is downright sad, and awful (and I do love a good outcast story).
The way Pratchett manages to interweave humour and a genuine moral compass into his story is fantastic. I feel it did it so much better than Small Gods was able to. Balancing the fine line of well-told-story and beaten-over-the-head-with-metaphor, with ease.
I鈥檝e already bought Jingo!, the fourth entry in the City Watch series and I鈥檒l be reading that one shortly.
I really hope the final 3 Watch books manage to maintain this level of humour, storytelling, and whimsical idiocy.
4.6/5.0
This is the third entry in the City Watch series, and my 11th (?) Discworld since I started properly reading again.
I think my favourite thing about the Watch series are the characters. Knobs, Vimes, Carrot, Colon, Vetenari, Cheery, everyone is so fantastically unique and well-developed that it鈥檚 a joy to listen to them bounce off each other.
I lost count of the times I genuinely laughed out loud. Not a little exhale through the nose, but a full on laugh.
Both simultaneously hilarious, and actually thought provoking. The Golems and their treatment is downright sad, and awful (and I do love a good outcast story).
The way Pratchett manages to interweave humour and a genuine moral compass into his story is fantastic. I feel it did it so much better than Small Gods was able to. Balancing the fine line of well-told-story and beaten-over-the-head-with-metaphor, with ease.
I鈥檝e already bought Jingo!, the fourth entry in the City Watch series and I鈥檒l be reading that one shortly.
I really hope the final 3 Watch books manage to maintain this level of humour, storytelling, and whimsical idiocy.
4.6/5.0
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