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funny
lighthearted
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
These books are great: fun, witty, and satirical.
Men at Arms expands the Night Watch in an effort to be more inclusive. Vimes is nearing retirement, and watching how the Watch works is one of the real joys of the book:
Men at Arms expands the Night Watch in an effort to be more inclusive. Vimes is nearing retirement, and watching how the Watch works is one of the real joys of the book:
‘Stop! In the name of the law!’
‘What’s the law’s name, then?’
‘How should I know?’
‘Why are we chasing him?’
‘Because he’s running away!’
The world of Discworld has its own versions of prejudice, mirroring ours in meaningful ways. The animosity between trolls and dwarves has no real logic, just inherited hatred. You also get to see more of Ankh-Morpork this time around, which adds a lot of depth to the setting.
Vimes is as introspective as ever, wrestling with bigger ideas, while Carrot continues to grow into his role. He influences people not by force, but through sheer positivity and a clear moral compass:
‘It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness, captain.’
One of the standout moments is the famous "boots" passage, which really hits home:
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots costs fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in
Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness.
Featuring Vimes’ wedding, Carrot backstory and Angua’s character introduction; « If you’re going to have crime, might as well be organized crime » - Ventenari, being dead as being dimensionally disadvantaged, The Sam Vimes boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness economical theory, Sybill’s dragons, Chubby the dragon, Carrot’s supernatural charisma, honcharina or honchessa, Ventenari’s garden & maze, Bjorn again, Death trying to be more personable, Vimes dismantling the xenophobic arguments of the wealthy class, Carrot official ankh tour guide, the redoubtable Big Fido, « I’m too short for this shit ».