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4.29 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
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A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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:
Yes
I’ve been rereading a lot of Pratchett/discworld lately. Sir Terry Pratchett is an unrivalled master craftsman of stories and shaper of worlds. Monstrous Regiment starts one way and ends up somewhere completely different from what you expect. It is a scathing commentary on certain viewpoints and at the same time it instills an important message around gender (both identity, roles and stereotypes), the expectations that come with with all those aspects of gender and the importance of being able to be yourself. What an amazing book and a must read for everyone!!
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I listened to the audio edition that is available via CWMARs download. It was excellent as the reader performed many different voices that were funny without getting annoying.
I really enjoyed the story and the character of Polly and how she changed through her experience.
Would be great for a long car ride.
I really enjoyed the story and the character of Polly and how she changed through her experience.
Would be great for a long car ride.
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
DNF. Bit too much Terry Pratchett recently - might come back for it.
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I did not like this book. I LOVED it!
My ups and down experience with Discworld novels continues, but this was a masterpiece.
Monstrous Regiment is a sharp, witty, and thought-provoking novel that blends satirical humor with adventure. It follows Polly Perks, who joins the army and finds herself in a ragtag unit of misfits, each with their own secrets and motivations. The group’s journey is both chaotic and unexpectedly touching.
With clever dialogue and sharp social critique, this was both hilarious and deeply insightful. A great standalone read for newcomers and a treat for longtime Discworld fans—highly recommended.
My ups and down experience with Discworld novels continues, but this was a masterpiece.
Monstrous Regiment is a sharp, witty, and thought-provoking novel that blends satirical humor with adventure. It follows Polly Perks, who joins the army and finds herself in a ragtag unit of misfits, each with their own secrets and motivations. The group’s journey is both chaotic and unexpectedly touching.
With clever dialogue and sharp social critique, this was both hilarious and deeply insightful. A great standalone read for newcomers and a treat for longtime Discworld fans—highly recommended.
It's difficult to review a Discworld book because I am not generally a Pratchett fan - I'm just not on the same wavelength. So while I did have several issues with this book, they are the kind I would expect to have with something written by this author. They are not necessarily bad things, just things I don't get along with (i.e. different sense of humour). And criticising the thirty-first book in a series you know you don't like for being true to form is just churlish. I read this book about a young woman pretending to be a man so she can join the army to locate her missing brother because it was recommended and the themes of feminism and gender appeal to me. It is a lot more focused on just one character than usual, and that helped me follow what was going on a lot better than I have managed with some of the previous books. I did find some the characterisation to be a bit all-over-the-place, while the hero was a little under-defined/bland, and I could have done without some of the stereotyping, but then there is also some not-stereotyping mixed in to balance it out. I was disappointed that the character Maladict kind of drops out of the story towards the end. I didn't find the physical side of women passing as men to be particularly realistic, or perhaps just not gone into in enough detail, but I guess that's because it was going for a more silly, humorous take than actually doing research into what it is like to bind etc, and there was some serious side-stepping of ever actually naming anything outright queer, but maybe that was the work of an editor in the early noughties. But otherwise, it was a fairly enjoyable read, despite the peccadillos that come with reading an author who I don't generally 'get'.