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A review by hannah_nah
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
5.0
I say this after almost every Discworld book but this is my new favorite. Pratchett's prose is sharper than a knife here and the Watch books continue in their hard hitting critique of capitalism, governments, police, racial prejudice, and so much more. From Vimes' theory on boots to Carrot's declaration that Ankh-Morpork doesn't need a King, the characters seem to be speaking right to the reader, asking them to question their own society.
A chilling dinner scene sees Vimes at odds with the rich of the city, where he encourages their racism just to see how far they'll go, and catches them in their own circular reasoning to make them look foolish. His seething, internal rage at their ignorance felt all the more relevant in today's world. In general, all of Vimes' moments of rage felt so familiar.
Meanwhile, the cast of exceptionally written characters each encounter their own moral dilemmas as they fight between what they think is expected of them, and who they truly are inside. They must learn to overcome great differences and accept themselves and their comrades for who they truly are in order to work together to better their city little by little.
It can also be said, they go through the same journey of acceptance while trying to understand the enigmatic city of Ankh-Morpork, best personified by the last lines of the book: "Perhaps this wasn't the way it ought to be. But it was the way it was. On the whole, he reflected, it could have been a lot worse."
A chilling dinner scene sees Vimes at odds with the rich of the city, where he encourages their racism just to see how far they'll go, and catches them in their own circular reasoning to make them look foolish. His seething, internal rage at their ignorance felt all the more relevant in today's world. In general, all of Vimes' moments of rage felt so familiar.
Meanwhile, the cast of exceptionally written characters each encounter their own moral dilemmas as they fight between what they think is expected of them, and who they truly are inside. They must learn to overcome great differences and accept themselves and their comrades for who they truly are in order to work together to better their city little by little.
It can also be said, they go through the same journey of acceptance while trying to understand the enigmatic city of Ankh-Morpork, best personified by the last lines of the book: "Perhaps this wasn't the way it ought to be. But it was the way it was. On the whole, he reflected, it could have been a lot worse."