5.47k reviews for:

Straż! Straż!

Terry Pratchett

4.25 AVERAGE

zerogames's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elyan_a2's review against another edition

4.5

funny

Loveable characters: Yes

crendrik's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

pungello's review against another edition

5.0

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I've been dying to get into the Discworld series but also too intimidated by the Discworld series to get into the Discworld series and ultimately I think this was a great starting point for diving into the Discworld series.

ash_acoustic's review against another edition

2.5

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This was my first Discworld novel. It wasn’t a bad story but it also didn’t do much for me either. I was expecting something more along the lines of HGTTG, but this didn’t hit the mark. I appreciate the humour, irony and sarcasm but I just didn’t care enough about the story. Not for me, but I can understand why others love his work and his worlds.

symph_adventures's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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: Yes

moonierunie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

leoxo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

gwyneira's review against another edition

4.0

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Guards! Guards! is one of my favorites of Terry Pratchett's long-running Discworld series. As he frequently does in the Discworld novels, Pratchett takes on a convention of heroic fantasy - the guards who dash in and get slaughtered wholesale by the hero - and creates a host of real and intriguing characters. The Clint Eastwood-like Captain Vimes is the captain of the Night Watch, who as the story opens consist of only two other men -- until they're joined by Carrot Ironfoundersson, a human raised by dwarves and sent to the city of Ankh-Morpork to join the Watch. When a dragon attacks Ankh-Morpork, Vimes and the rest of the Watch race to figure out where it came from and how to get rid of it, before it takes over the city.

Guards! Guards! is full of Pratchett's trademark hilarity, along with a well-worked-out plot and wonderful characters: besides the Watch, there are the Librarian, an orangutan who runs the library at the wizards' university; the Patrician, who rules Ankh-Morpork, and Lady Sybil Ramkin, breeder of dragons and scion of the nobility. Happily, there are several other later books about the Watch, so if you like this book, you can go on to [b:Men at Arms|400354|Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388215150l/400354._SY75_.jpg|819071], [b:Feet of Clay|34527|Feet of Clay (Discworld, #17; City Watch, #3)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320490628l/34527._SY75_.jpg|3312754], [b:Jingo|7792699|Jingo Wild Horse of Abaco|Jocelyn Arundel|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1354656945l/7792699._SY75_.jpg|10751424], [b:The Fifth Elephant|63720|The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327961702l/63720._SY75_.jpg|819126], and the particularly excellent [b:Night Watch|47989|Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320518310l/47989._SY75_.jpg|1712283].

arielecassandra's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated