Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

7 reviews

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kappafrog's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Pratchett is one of my favourite authors, but this was really disappointing. The gender/sexual politics were a little dull 30 years on but took a really unpleasant turn late in the book.

Carrot becoming Angua's master after they slept together was disgusting.

The mystery was confusing and I gave up trying to figure it out myself. I really didn't like the dog subplot. Also,

whatever happened to the people Cruces shot from the Tower of Art?

Bright spots were Detritus, Cuddy, and the Via Cloaca. And of course with Pratchett there were plenty of laugh out loud moments, like the Librarian playing the organ. Still, a rare dud from one of my favourite authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Excrement

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny

ampharos906's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying

woweewhoa's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Fatphobia

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.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death