soupply's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Addiction, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Hate crime, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, and Racial slurs
Minor: Bullying
woweewhoa's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Gun violence, and Racism
Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Death, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Sexism, and Animal death
Minor: Fatphobia and Alcoholism
wandering_not_lost's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
4.5 More excellent Guard stuff. I'm not terribly big on satire - it has to be presented in the right tone (both world weary and also righteous/hopeful), with just the right touch (not too light, but also not hammered in like a nail) - but the Guard books are obviously the right entry point to Pratchett's work for me. Mostly it's because he managed to get just the right mix of detectiveing plot and character work, AS WELL AS snide shots across the bow of social justice issues, way before it was cool.
I did feel like there was a bit much going on in this book, and not all of it got its due (Angua could have had a bit more flesh hung on her personality, imho, and it would have been nice to hear what Carrot actually thought about some of the stuff that was verbally danced around at the end), but overall this was a wonderful book with a great mix of detectiveing, lovable characters, and earnest, good-hearted poking-of-fun-and-sharp-sticks at -isms and hypocrisy.
I did feel like there was a bit much going on in this book, and not all of it got its due (Angua could have had a bit more flesh hung on her personality, imho, and it would have been nice to hear what Carrot actually thought about some of the stuff that was verbally danced around at the end), but overall this was a wonderful book with a great mix of detectiveing, lovable characters, and earnest, good-hearted poking-of-fun-and-sharp-sticks at -isms and hypocrisy.
Moderate: Animal death
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