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Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
8/10. A very good book, though one that took me far longer than it should have. The humor is reminiscent of Monty Python, so make of that what you will, but beneath the silly veneer is a great deal of depth and reflection on the human condition, I think. I'd recommend the book to most people, though I'm not really sure it's the fantasy that most people expect (despite all the swords and magic and dragons). It's more thoughtful than that, and easily distinguishes itself from most of the bland, generic, predictable fantasy I typically find. I suspect that my rating of this book will only grow higher with time.
“They avoided one another’s faces, for fear of what they might see mirrored there. Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest, and then I’ll murmur agreement, not actually say anything, I’m not stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard… No one said anything. The cowards, thought each man.”
“They avoided one another’s faces, for fear of what they might see mirrored there. Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest, and then I’ll murmur agreement, not actually say anything, I’m not stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard… No one said anything. The cowards, thought each man.”