Guards! Guards!

A Discworld Novel

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Paperback, 320 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 1991 by Corgi Adult.

ISBN:
978-0-552-13462-0
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4 stars (3 reviews)

‘Vimes ran a practised eye over the assortment before him. It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis; half of them were here to complain, a quarter of them were here to watch the other half, and the remainder were here to rob, importune or sell hotdogs to the rest.’

Insurrection is in the air in the city of Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again.

Captain Sam Vimes of the city’s ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It’s enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drink more. But this time, something is different – the Have-Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don’t fully understand, and they’re about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city.

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reviewed Guards! guards! by Terry Pratchett (A Discworld novel)

Guards! Guards! Brief Review

3 stars

This book came highly recommended as an entry point into Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I found the characters and story humorous, but it felt like a bit of a slog to get through. I eventually found the humour a bit repetitive, although the story was tied up somewhat nicely at the end.

I am curious if it is worth giving the DiscWorld City Watch series another shot. Are there any better entry points to the series as a whole?

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Subjects

  • Fiction - Fantasy
  • Fiction / Fantasy / General
  • Fiction
  • Humorous
  • Discworld (Imaginary place)
  • Fantastic fiction
  • English Science Fiction And Fantasy
  • Guards troops
  • Fantasy - General