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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Quick Synopsis - Vimes is sent as an ambassidor to foreign lands where he runs into vampires and werewolves that don't have his best interest at heart. A great book. I personally found it up there with the best of the series. It has great pacing and fills up the pages with plenty of action. If you are a fan of the series you can't miss this one.
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: This is the twenty-fourth book in Terry Pratchett's series on the Discworld--a flat world, supported on the back of four massive elephants riding on the back of a planet-sized turtle, anything hilarious can happen here, and eventually does. When Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork city watch is sent by Lord Vetinari to represent the city at the crowning of the new Dwarvish Low King, he knows something is afoot. Things begin to unravel when murders begin, a duplicate of a Dwarven artifact is stolen, Sergeant Angua disappears, Captain Carrot quits to search for her, and (worst of all) Sergeant Colon is placed in charge of the Watch. Can Sam Vimes unravel the mysteries surrounding him? And, who should he fear most, the werewolves or the vampires? Ah, once again Terry Pratchett has reached into the ether, and brought forth another fascinating and hilarious work. As always, Terry is a master of running several storyline concurrently, and bringing the whole story together as a logical whole. I loved this book, and highly recommend it.
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Summary: Slammin' Sammy Vimes, the Diplomat
Review: I like Sam Vimes. I REALLY like Sam Vimes. He's ex-military, hates politicians, and loathes diplomats. His idea of dealing with a diplomatic problem is to take it on head-first. He's a budding "Retief" (that's for all you Keith Laumer fans out there). This book has a lot going for it, and it's "fat" (sorry about that) with jokes that only a government worker could identify (so if you work for the grab-a-mint, look hard!). The premise was one that was expected from developments between Carrot and Angua, because somehow Carrot had to meet the parents. Now we know that dwarves think about other things besides "glod"-there's fat, for instance. We dig for oil and coal-they dig fat. Nice allegory, here. For all that, there's lots here to laugh at and lots to think about. Consider the two dwarf candidates for king and their actions during the course of the book, then REALLY think about the ending. For Americans, the Stone of Scone is not common dinner conversation, so I'd suggest we Colonials look it up. And read this book four, five, six times. You won't regret it. Heavens to... Murgatroyd!
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Summary: 3 1/2 Stars for Good but Long and Slightly Bland Novel
Review: It's Sam Vimes and friends to the rescue, this time in far-off Uberwald. But it's not in the same league as the previous Guards novels in the Discworld series. The villains are not at all interesting, there are a couple of meandering subplots, and there can actually be too much of Samuel Vimes in one of these books. I also don't quite get the metaphor that Pratchett is setting up with the otherwise-dopey title. This is still very readable, with a few interesting new characters, and with some good scenes involving Cheery Littlebottom and Angua and Carrot. The quality of the writing is still very good, but could have stood a bit of editing. And Lady Sybil comes into her own as a character. This was the Discworld novel that HarperCollins tried to use to make Pratchett a star here, but I suspect that new Discworld readers might be a bit more lost with this than with earlier books or with the novel after this one, "The Truth." If you're new to Discworld, my suggestion is to find "Men at Arms" or "Jingo" first as they are a bit less dependent on ideas introduced in other books in the series. If you're not new to Discworld, you'll buy this no matter what. You'll like a lot of it. But you might wonder, as I do, whether Pratchett is making a mistake by issuing a new book in the set every six months. A little more time to edit this and it could have been better.
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Summary: Another great book from the master of wit
Review: Superlatives do not exist in enough numbers to describe Mr Pratchett's work. Thats all there is to say really.
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Summary: Another good one
Review: A quick summary: I have recently been bored by Pratchetts stuff: This is a good one. Takes place in Uberwald, the latest hangout for our Discworld characters. Sam Vimes and his wife are the characters in this story, focusing on the world of dwarfs and all sorts of entertaining, farcical nonsense. Igor makes another appearance and Gaspode too. The perpetual romance of Angua and Carrot. All in all, a pretty entertaining read. I keep thinking I'm going to stop reading this series, but Pratchett always manages to surprise and entertain me yet again.
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Summary: A great Watch adventure
Review: Ordinarily, if you have to have read books prior, I think that limits the rating to at most a 4 stars; The Fifth Elephant is a prime exception. Yes, you would benefit from a little familiarity with Carrot and Angua's tempestuous interspecies awkwardness, Sam Vimes' reluctant rise to nobility, and the ever-hilarious Dwarves and their deadly bread. This story is so strong and packed with twists, however, that there's never enough time to notice. Terry Pratchett's plotcraft has only gotten better over the years, and this is one of his best. The Fifth Elephant can be a good starting off point, therefore, beacause after meeting all these characters, you'll immediately want to know more.
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Summary: I Love This Book
Review: I read this in a day because I couldn't put it down. This book is more suspenseful and more of a mystery story than some of the other Pratchett novels but the plot didn't detract from the characters at all. The guards are still going strong and I think they're Pratchett's most successful characters. I found the book funny too, although not the funniest of his books. I definitely recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: excellent
Review: It's good to see that Pratchett has recovered from the "Hogfather" debacle. In this book, Capt. Vimes is sent to Uberwald to sit in on the coronation of the new King of the Dwarfs. Along the way, he, is forced to solve a mystery about the missing crown jewels (bread) of the Dwarf kingdom. There are vampires, werewolves, and a bunch of guys named Igor. The way Pratchett wrote the vernacular for vampires and Igors was hilarious. Fifth Elephant, along with "The Truth" demonstrate that Pratchett is still going strong after 25+ novels.
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Summary: My all time favorite book
Review: If you're going to get any Pratchett book, get this one. The story is amazing, and was so well written I actually laughed out loud in some places, cried in others, and even cheered. You easily connect to the characters: feeling Angua's torment, Carrot's determination, and Vimes' confusion and frustration as he tries to figure out the attempted murder mystery surrounding him. This is the best book I've ever read, Pratchett, fantasy or otherwise, and will remain hard to beat. I -highly- suggest this title.
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