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Straż! Straż!

Terry Pratchett

4.25 AVERAGE

raiju01's review against another edition

4.0

This was a mighty comfy read.
The men of the Night Watch + Lady Sybil are so fun to read

violentecstasy's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

albzx65441's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny inspiring lighthearted 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: Yes

anomandrewrake's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was a little frustrated at first that this book wasn't as funny as I have come to expect from Discworld. Upon further reflection, I don't know what I was smoking. I don't have all that much else to say, but I will mention one thing. Pratchett is fascinating. He wrote his silly little fantasy/comedy books that clock in at 400 pages at the longest... And yet he puts so much of himself into them. These books get deeply philosophical at a moment's notice, sometimes they can be extremely cynical. And regardless of your feelings about any given character's philosophy, the struggle within Pratchett is evident. I read these books, and specifically this one, and I see the author fighting desperately against his cynicism. Trying to find a silver lining to this whole "existence" thing. And he'll find that silver lining, finally. And then he'll wonder, "Did I just make that up to have something nice to think about?" It's deeply compelling. I can't wait to read the rest of these books.

odaskjorestad's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

gabeschatz's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny lighthearted 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: Complicated

itmegreg's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny hopeful 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

“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.”
“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.”
“Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?”