Guards! Guards!

This is a good Discworld book, but not one of my personal favourites. It's an important one in the context of the whole series, because it introduces Samuel Vimes, Fred Colon, Nobby Nobbs, Carrot Ironfoundersson, and Sybil Ramkin. It also has good scenes for Lord Vetinari and the Librarian.I like the writing, but the overall plot fails to appeal to me. The main villain is rather unimpressive, and the character of Sam Vimes is not yet fully formed on his first outing; although Sybil makes a good debut.The connection between the younger watchmen shown in extended flashback in [b:Night Watch 47989 Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) Terry Pratchett https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320518310l/47989.SY75.jpg 1712283] and the watchmen in this book is rather shaky; naturally enough, as [b:Night Watch 47989 Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) Terry Pratchett https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320518310l/47989.SY75.jpg 1712283] was written much later and couldn't have been anticipated at this stage.