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A review by tashasbookishcorner
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
5.0
City Watch cements itself as my favourite Discworld subseries, with Feet of Clay being my favourite entry so far.
The mystery is a pleasantly twisty one. There's some good natured satire on crime novels, Sherlock Holmes and his methods of deduction come in for a particular lampooning. There's also some criticism of power and certain methods of policing, though you can see how far the watch has come from it's initial appearance.
Pratchett shines when it comes to characters, for all his character's can be wonderfully over the top, he just gets people and their nature. The books are almost a celebration of people in all their flawed, messy, wonderful glory. Really the major theme of the novel is that all people, except nobles who think they're better than everyone, deserve respect and to be treated with dignity. Even Nobby.
You have Vimes and his struggle to maintain sobriety and not get assassinated. Angua debating the future of her relationship and career. We're introduced to Cheery, the one dwarf forensics team, who acts as a metaphor for trans people. Carrot and his cheery belief in people's goodness gets tested, as does his ability to plan actually interesting dates (it's a good job Angua is a nice, patient person is all I'll say. Although personally I think the dwarven bread weapon museum sounded quite interesting). There's Golem's as a metaphor for overworked, underpaid workers who are dismissed and ignored.
Overall just a wonderful read. Fun, interesting, poignant and a good laugh.
The mystery is a pleasantly twisty one. There's some good natured satire on crime novels, Sherlock Holmes and his methods of deduction come in for a particular lampooning. There's also some criticism of power and certain methods of policing, though you can see how far the watch has come from it's initial appearance.
Pratchett shines when it comes to characters, for all his character's can be wonderfully over the top, he just gets people and their nature. The books are almost a celebration of people in all their flawed, messy, wonderful glory. Really the major theme of the novel is that all people, except nobles who think they're better than everyone, deserve respect and to be treated with dignity. Even Nobby.
You have Vimes and his struggle to maintain sobriety and not get assassinated. Angua debating the future of her relationship and career. We're introduced to Cheery, the one dwarf forensics team, who acts as a metaphor for trans people. Carrot and his cheery belief in people's goodness gets tested, as does his ability to plan actually interesting dates (it's a good job Angua is a nice, patient person is all I'll say. Although personally I think the dwarven bread weapon museum sounded quite interesting). There's Golem's as a metaphor for overworked, underpaid workers who are dismissed and ignored.
Overall just a wonderful read. Fun, interesting, poignant and a good laugh.