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A review by potplant
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
"Say what you liked about Captain Vimes, he'd had style. It was a cynical, black-nailed style, but he'd had it."
"I wish Captain Vimes were here. He wouldn't have known what to do either, but he's got a much better vocabulary to be baffled in."
"They accept sin not because they say yes but because they don't say no."
Funny and cutting. Guards guards sets you up for a high fantasy heros journey and then pivots neatly into a police procedural. The unexpected star and my fav being Vimes, the drunk, cynical, and reluctantly heroic captain, who remembers he cares when someone threatens to burn down his city before he dose.
"I wish Captain Vimes were here. He wouldn't have known what to do either, but he's got a much better vocabulary to be baffled in."
"They accept sin not because they say yes but because they don't say no."
Funny and cutting. Guards guards sets you up for a high fantasy heros journey and then pivots neatly into a police procedural. The unexpected star and my fav being Vimes, the drunk, cynical, and reluctantly heroic captain, who remembers he cares when someone threatens to burn down his city before he dose.