Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

12 reviews

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture and Animal death

amandagray825's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

gaemon's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, War, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting and Cursing

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Death, Violence, and Alcoholism

ampharos906's review

adventurous funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

sinceraly's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

This book was so funny, and I could not put it down during the second half, but the first half is incredibly slow and made me lose interest in reading fit for a while. Definitely recommend pushing through, though, if nothing else but for Terry Pratchett's amazing skill with comedy and Monty Python-esque jokes. And Carrot and Lady Ramkin. I love Carrot and Lady Ramkin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Fatphobia

woweewhoa's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

A fun time! I'm working through all the Discworld books in order and currently this is my favorite one! I really enjoyed all the characters and the comedic timing was top notch. I listen to the audiobooks of the books and the narration was really good and characterful for this one for sure! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death, Violence, and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty

keegan_leech's review

adventurous funny informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Impossible not to recommend Terry Pratchett to everyone all the time. Beneath his lighthearted, funny style, there's such an incredible depth of thought that goes into each character, and every book.

A perfect place to introduce yourself to the Discworld, and I particularly recommend it to anyone who likes the sound of a funny detective noir story about the shortcomings of "hero of destiny" tropes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

cults are a prominent plot point of this book

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

REREAD March 2024: Now I see why a lot of people recommend starting to read Discworld here, rather than with Colour of Magic. Pratchett really found his footing here. And the timeless/prescient quality feels even more striking now. Replace the Elucidated Brotherhood's black hoods with red hats and the Supreme Grand Master with QAnon, and it... works exactly the same.

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First read review: January 2018: Many Discworld books--and the City Watch books, especially--have a timeless, even prescient quality that makes them equally fascinating and creepy. The subtle interplays between characters, especially the members of the Brotherhood and Vimes vs., erm... everyone are a treat to watch play out. oh and also dragons

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Classism

Minor: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Police corruption, Environmental degradation,