Guards! Guards!

, #8

eBook, 416 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 2007 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-144049-6
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OCLC Number:
1020530901
4 stars (4 reviews)

Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all...).

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reviewed Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Oooook! Eeeek!

5 stars

Toller Einstieg in die Stadtwache Reihe. Sehr gut geschriebene Charaktere. Großartiger klassischer Pratchett Humor. Wir brachen mehrmals in Lachflashs aus, was für eine Bettlektüre nur begrenzt geeignet ist. Dieses Buch hat alles, von Sumpfdrachen über Quantenbibliotheken, Orangutans und sogar eine starke weibliche Hauptfigur.

Ein mysteriöses Ungeheuer treibt in Ankh-Morpok sein Unwesen. Eine geheime Gesellschaft hat ihre Finger im Spiel. Kann Captain Vimes, bekannter Trunkenbold und Chef der Nachtwache, zusammen mit seinem unterbezahlten Team, den Geschehnissen auf die Spur kommen und größeres Unheil für die Stadt abwenden?

Gelesen in der Originalsprache und würden dies auch empfehen.

reviewed Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #8)

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?