autisticbookbug 's review for:

The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

4.0

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i grew up loving discworld, but had never actually read all the books. i set out last year to start reading the series from start to end and i have to say that i am sad i missed out on the Vimes content when i was younger because he is growing to me one of my favourites of the series, for sure. 

this book isn’t quite as hilarious and outstanding as many of the others are but Pratchett always had set such a high standard for himself with these books that there’s always going to be strong preferences for some stories over others. 

i listened to an older audiobook which i felt was disappointing and not giving the book the love it deserved and definitely didn’t enjoy it as much as the Nigel Planer ones. i haven’t had a chance to hear the new recordings yet, and i’m not taking anything off my rating of the book due to the narration since it is an outdated version. 

4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️