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Summary: The first (but not the best) City Watch book
Review: This is the first book in the long "Ankh-Morpork City Watch" series.A small group of people conjure up a dragon, hoping that a heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork will come up and kill it, thereby being crowned king. Someone does come up, but can't do anything when the dragon appears again, this time crowning itself king. Now it's left to the City Watch to try to fix things. As in most Pratchett books, the characters make the book. The Watch consists of 3 men, and one new addition, Carrot Ironfounderson. The three people are each different and very much the same. There's Nobby, the only person that needs an ID to prove that he's a human, Colon, and Vimes. The main character is Carrot, a 6 foot tall dwarf who just moved to Ankh-Morpork seeking glory in being a watchman. You can't really say much about the Watch, you just have to read the books to understand it, but they're arguably the funniest characters Pratchett has ever written. This book hasn't been republished in the US since 1989, and is a long awaited reprint. It's definitely worth it, even though most other City Watch books are better.
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Summary: Long-Over Due Reissue of Classic Discworld Novel
Review: This book, long out of print, introduces Pratchett's best heroes, Sam Vimes and Carrot, and sets up the adventures to come. To my surprise, the plot in here holds its own against those in later Vimes novels, and the large space given to the supporting cast is a delight to those who know Colon and Knobby, Vimes' deputies, from later books where they share the guardhouse with a much larger cast. I read the Guards book out of order, and now feel like I should re-read them in order. The whole subseries, even the anticlimactic "Fifth Elephant," stand out from the rest of the Discworld books. Discworld is almost always good. Vimes is even better.
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Summary: A must read
Review: I have read all but the latest two or three of the novels (I am English but now live in the US, my mom sends the English ones to me!) and I have to say that along with Mort, Guards!, Guards! is the best of an amazing series. We all have our favorite characters but who can resist Carrot, Vimes, Colon and Nobby! The story is excellent, the characters wonderful, the humour laugh out loud funny and even when you know whats coming it can still raise a chuckle. How can an author write such humour and yet still leave us caring about what happens to each of his creations like they were our best friends? Long live the Discworld and all of its inhabitants!!
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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: I found this book to be on of the funniest Discworld novels i have ever read! It had me reading from beginning to end without taking a break. I think it desereves 5 stars.
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Summary: Audio version highly enjoyable
Review: Nigel Planer has recorded a wonderfully zany audio version of Guards! Guards! His vocal depictions of characters are just as you would imagine them. It is like having "Monty Python" do the book. Both print and audio versions are a "must" for Discworld fans.
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Summary: NOBODY MOVE! THERES BEEN A MURDER!!
Review: There has indeed been a murder and the suspect has got fiery breath, scales and a sixty foot wingspan,you dont need Columbo solve it but can anhk morporks finest? Guards Guards is the best Discworld novels ever. The dialogue sparkles and I think I may know some of the characters (I definately work with Nobby) a brilliant read for all dragon fans.
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Summary: One of the best books ever written!
Review: This book, is one of the best book ever written... the gags are well woven into the story, and it is all so funny to read about the charachters on The Disc! READ IT! the other books in the series about THE CITY WATCH is as good as this one... read them all! //InZaNe
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Summary: This is a truly great book.
Review: Even though this was the first Discworld novel I ever read it has inspired me to want to read the entire series. Terry Pratchett has a unique and humorous style of bringing Fantastic Fiction to life. The characters all have magnificent personalities and he writes the dragon with true menace. A must read for any fantasy lover.
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Summary: Probably the best of the DISCWORLD series (to me)
Review: I consider the DISCWORLD series the best fantasy I have ever read (I enjoy humorous stories when done well). Of all of the books in this series, this one combines more different topics in more clever ways than any other (though all are good at this, to varying degrees). The little dragon's story is immensely satisfying.
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Summary: One of his best ever
Review: I think that the above reveiws have covered almost everything in the book but I think Vimes deserves more mention than just as the head of the Watch who happens to be a drunkard. Vimes is probably the best, most 'human' character Pratchett ever created and this is a classic introduction.Though Pratchett is not known for sentimentality, the moving parts about Lady Ramkin and Vimes ("Here's lookin' at you, kid") are unforgettable. It's true, Pratchett *does* care for his characters, and you can't help but do the same, especially when it comes to Vimes. Signed, a Vimes fan (you can guess, can't you?)
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