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“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a s Leggi tutto

Quota policy, by integrating minorities in the already chaotic and dysfunctional City Watch, while a military arms race and intrigues are boiling. Prejudices and racism are some of the main tropes behind the curtain and this often used elements come to ingenious culminations with the integration of a Leggi tutto

This is the second book in the City Watch storyline in the Discworld novels. And I have to say, it's probably twice as good as Guards Guards. All the characters are more fully realized and more compelling. What's more, it's obvious to me reading now that Pratchett has multi-book plans for the central Leggi tutto

In the last few weeks the world has not been my friend, among some health issues and a recent string of mediocre books. In times like these, Terry Pratchett is a wonderful antidote to the world’s unpleasantness. So a fair warning: this review will be yet another love letter to Discworld and his crea Leggi tutto

Was Terry Pratchett the English Kurt Vonnegut? Here is another example of playful satire that thinly hides a stinging social and cultural admonishment. In his 1993 Discworld novel Men at Arms (the 15th Discworld adventure and the second to feature Sam Vimes and his City Watch crew) Sir Terry tackles Leggi tutto

Discworld Re-Read project #15. :) I remembered that there was one particular Watch novel that lunged the entire Watch novels out of the stratosphere in terms of how much I grew to LOVE them. I had forgotten that THIS was that novel. Vimes was great, but who really stole the show was Carrot. I'll love Leggi tutto

5 STARS Fact: I don’t like to read fantasy. Fact: The very idea of reading a book without chapters seems like hard work. Fact: I own more than 40 Terry Pratchett novels. Fact: I have read every Discworld novel at least twice. Why, you ask? Quite simply: Terry Pratchett was the funniest writer in the world Leggi tutto

So, what do I think ? Well, when I started (in Jan 19) (re)reading these Discworld novels in order (it had been some years since I last read any of them) I started remembering characters from my earlier reads. I remember thinking " oh Rincewind is just excellent", then it was" oh but the three witch Leggi tutto

Vimes smiled. Someone was trying to kill him, and that made him feel more alive than he had done in days.And they were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer. Murders are rare in Ankh-Morpork. Suicides and assassinations...we Leggi tutto

Holy ... this was ... blimey! I'm used to an awesome level of brilliance by Sir Terry but this novel might have outdone everything I've read about the Discworld so far! We're back in Ankh-Morpork in this installment, in time for Sam Vimes' wedding to Lady Sibyl (she who breeds dragons). This also mean Leggi tutto