acogna 's review for:

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

4.75

adventurous funny medium-paced

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Midway through this book, I realised that

the 'twist' with Lupine Wonse, the Patrician's meek-minded secretary, who was secretly the villain this whole time,

was a plot point from Disney's Zootopia, and then my sister pointed out that the plucky Carrot—the kind, happy-go-lucky righteous idealist—going to the big city to be enrolled into the police was also a plot point from Zootopia, but she refused to say anything earlier. And honestly, she should have just shut up.

This was frankly hilarious and Pratchett is wickedly talented; his writing see-saws between the typical witty crackshot humour he's typically known for, and these mesmerisingly evocative descriptions, whether they are about Ankh-Morpork or the frightening scale of the dragon. It's actually a criminal offence that I have been a fantasy fan for as long as I could read and breathe and was unaware of just how much Sir Terry Pratchett has shaped the genre into what it is today by sheer skill and creativity alone.

And Sam Vimes! What else is there to be said about you, Samuel Vimes? Other than the fact you are absolutely funny? And the fact you are The Silly Little Guy before the term even entered the public consciousness? And pathetic, and horrible, and oh-so dreamy? Call me!

Also, because it's too good to be left as merely a reference,

that dig at The Hobbit

had me stopping every five seconds just so I could put my face in my hands.