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Guards! Guards! is another fun entry in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
Pratchett pulls from more areas of Discworld lore here compared with, e.g., Equal Rites and Mort. Equal Rites for instance is a straight coming of age story with wizards and witches, set half in Ankh-Morpork, half in the Ramtops. Guards! meanwhile is a buddy cop story at its core that ties in dwarves, dragons, wizards, and political intrigue, with Captain Vimes's redemption and Carrot's coming of age arcs running parallel with the main buddy cop-mystery story.
This broad scope can make the story feel jumbled. Pratchett also rambles more in this one, unraveling tangents that might otherwise have been tucked into footnotes.
Pacing is good.
Guards! Guards! is another fun entry in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
Pratchett pulls from more areas of Discworld lore here compared with, e.g., Equal Rites and Mort. Equal Rites for instance is a straight coming of age story with wizards and witches, set half in Ankh-Morpork, half in the Ramtops. Guards! meanwhile is a buddy cop story at its core that ties in dwarves, dragons, wizards, and political intrigue, with Captain Vimes's redemption and Carrot's coming of age arcs running parallel with the main buddy cop-mystery story.
This broad scope can make the story feel jumbled. Pratchett also rambles more in this one, unraveling tangents that might otherwise have been tucked into footnotes.
Pacing is good.