What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
It's terry pratchett so it's hilarious. An amusing tale full of creatively amusing paroxysms and descriptive hilarities.
The book is not only funny but trenchant and poignant at the same time. The story is goofy and fun.
When a shadowy group summons a dragon, things quickly get out of hand. Carrot is so honest, his goodness is strangely contagious. This is the one that first introduces the night watch.
The book is incredibly quotable, with snippets that blow your mind and make it go wire on meditation. His unique voice, wonderful world-building, and being able to write humorously about situations that are unjust are balm to my soul.
Guards guards is set in the dystopian world of ankh-morpork. Sibyl ramekin is the main character.
Cons
Abridged is not the right word for gutting much of the local color and small incidents that set pratchet apart. The recording is a mess; the volume fluctuates to the point that you have to hand babysit the controls. He seems to try to emulate douglas ... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Very well written novel, you will fall in love with the characters.
But i fell in love with the discworld series with this book.
Pay your workers a little more and quit working them like slaves and maybe they'll have the time to take a bit more care with t... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Another tale of ankh morpork with a subtextual commentary on humanity, cities and cops everywhere in the multiverse.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
good, first, great, favorite and loved. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 5,708 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 21 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My first terry pratchet read may have been reaper man
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In my youth i largely took the world as a joke but now much of pratchetts writing seems like a scathing critique of the world
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And to be honest its quite strange
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would love to pick pratchetts brain about what his thoughts were behind this interaction
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Gritty honour although through sheer competence and control its not clear whether pratchett thinks the patrician is a monster necessary monster or ultimately good
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I do feel as the series continues that the patrician largely is portrayed as good but that doesnt mean that his speech is the be all end of
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Kind of like pg wodehouse only different — and cranked up to 11
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The patrician is the evil guy everyone loves to hate because you know his right
Review Count History
Price History
Add Fakespot to your browser, Secure Shopping on the go.
Download Fakespot for Browsers
