Rating: 5/5
Review:
A Pratchett gem
This is another gem from Pratchett, and one of my
favourites. This time Sam Vimes is sent
to Uberwald as an ambassador. It's a
typically beautifully paced and constructed story, which gathers speed and
tension while still making some extremely telling points about important social
issues, plus an amusing but actually very incisive picture of what can happen
when someone completely out of their depth is promoted to a position of power,
as Fred Colon is left in charge of the watch.
It is also very funny, of course. One of my favourite bits is a brief vignette
which mercilessly (and accurately) takes the mickey out of Chekhov, but it's
all hugely entertaining, very gripping and leaves you with the sense of having
been shown some important things to think about, too. In short, it's classic Pratchett, and very
warmly recommended.
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