jwhite8 's review for:

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

5.0

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I’ve read only one other Pratchett novel before and that was Good Omens which is co-authored by one of my all time favorite authors, Neil Gaiman. And I adored that book, so much. I put off diving into Discworld because despite the fact that I am absolutely in love with the fantasy genre, I didn’t know if I had it in me to get into a 41 book series, but I decided to dive in with Guards! Guards! And I am so glad I did. Everything about the writing in this book is phenomenal. The prose, the narrative, the footnotes, just perfect. The lack of chapter structure was a bit jarring, but I adjusted to that as well.

I found this book to be charming and funny but also incredible thoughtful and thought-provoking too. It was a great and pleasant read.