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Feet of Clay

Feet of Clay

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Absoulutly wicked book!
Review: This book is a great book for Prachett fans. Its about murders and the mysterious golems. Unfortunatly the Commander of the watch has to take care of it... Samual Vimes and the watch! Which leads him on a chase againest the unknown killer. This book is a hillarious book, you'll get a barrel of laughs from it. It will make you sit down and keep on reading!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Pratchett cannot be beat
Review: Terry Pratchett is the best humourous fantasy writer of his time. If you like Adams and the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then you will love the DiscWorld series. Also check out Interesting Times!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Feet of Clay
Review: Bravo Terry Pratchett, I am a dour Generation Xer who is rarely amused but Terry makes me giggle. I am new to Discworld but I can already tell I will become a devoted fan. This ride in Discworld features Commander Vimes and his Battallion. With his cohorts of dwarfs, gargolyes, and werewolves Vimes fights crime with an edge. I just have one question for Terry- Where is the Luggage? My advice- dump Rincewind and start a career in the Watch. If you have never tried Terry Do so now!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hillariuosly well though out
Review: "Feet of clay" tops Terry Pratchett's series of Discworld. Although I would read "Men at Arms" by Terry Pratechett first to set the scene, it is well worth it to get to this one. The characters are enjoyable and humorous. The plot is very fun and interesting. There is even some suspense involved. There is no question this book gets five stars.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Mutts Nuts
Review: A very good introduction to the Discworld series of novels. This book incorporates comedy with mystery. A book to really make you laugh out loud!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Pratchett never dissapoints.
Review: I think that Feet Of Clay is a superbly written novel.Pratchett is a terrific craftsman of tales.I enjoyed this as much as I did the others. Pratchett has an exellent grip on language and I very much admire his style.He also has a very good ability of creating marvellous characters.If you like the Watch, you will love this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Pratchett in rare form
Review: As cliche as it is to say, I couldn't put this book down. After voraciously reading everything Pratchett had written, I stopped reading his work several years ago. However, I bought this book on a whim and was not dissappointed. As usual, the characters are hilarious and the plot silly, but what I enjoyed in this book is the way that Pratchett worked in refences to Hobbes' 'Leviathan,' and other writers on Political theory in a matter doesn't come across too strongly as an intellectual 'wink-wink.' If the reader doesn't catch the all of the references, it is still a great summer read.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Proof that a long series doesn't drop in quality.
Review: Imagine a book that is so sinister and gloomy it is disturbingly creepy to read. Imagine a book that has so many deep,hidden themes that you'll be thinking about it for weeks to come. Imagine a book that is so controversial you'll begin to question everything and everyone around you. Now think of the exact opposite and you get Feet of Clay, one of the books in Terry Pratchett's great Discworld series.

This book is simply a great, fun read. It's packed full of good humor and lively characters. Reading this book is actually fun. Where and when better to base a funny book than in the city of Ankh-Morpork in the medieval/fantasy era we all know and love. The book has it all-goblins,dwarfs, dragons and lots more are all brilliantly protrayed and are so brimming with character you can nearly shake their hands (or paws or tentacles....).

Most of the book revolves around the Ankh-Morpork City Watch (police). While Commander Vimes,head of the watch, is trying to unravel the mystery of who's poisoning Lord Vetinari, Corporal Nobbs, a simple officer,has found out he is the Earl of Ankh-Morpork and Cheery Littlebottom, the watches dwarfish alchemist, is starting to show her feminine side. All these and many more plots weave together excellently to form a gripping climax.

However, it's not all fun and games.Like most books there are a few hidden meanings and themes. Most of the themes are religious issues and things like "what defines something as living" and " sould man have the power of life over others". I must point out that this book isn't meant to be full of moral issues and if you're looking for a deep and meaningful book you should look elsewhere.

Pratchett writes in a very 'bouncy'way, it's very lively and i find it very pleasant and refreshing. The speech in Feet of Clay way very natural and not always important to the plot. Lots of the humor in the book is in reading the characters chat( about things like dwarfish table- dancers and paying gargoyles in pigeons).

One thing I noticed is that the book has no chapters. I'm not sure if this is a good thing but it does make the book hard to put down because ther's not definite place to stop.

This is a must read for all fantasy lovers and anyone who wants something to tickle their funny bone. I will definitely read the rest fo the Discworld series now. Feet of Clay is an enthralling, fun novel that will grab you by the eyeballs and wont let go till you're finished it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not Quite as Good as other watch novels
Review: I love Discworld and I'm tired of hearing Pratchett compared to Douglas Adams. They're both British and write humor. However, Adams writes wacky inane things which are funny, whereas Pratchett writes wacky satire which is funny. Feet of Clay is not quite as good as some of what came before it; Guards! Guards! in particular is my favorite discworld novel; but I was glad to see the Watch back in this book, and it's good to see old characters again. A good book but I'd reccommend other books in the series to start out with; this one has a few too many in-jokes.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Watch Is Back!
Review: Everyone's favorite Discworld cop returns in Feet of Clay, the third Watch novel. Pratchett mixes his typical insane humour with some quite pertinent satire: policing, government, racism... (well alright, clayism) . And the best bit is, there's more to the book than the main story, with all kinds of subplots... Nobby's climbing of the social calendar... the vampire that keeps on dying (Kenny is a descendant of this one!)... it goes on and on.

READ IT, GODSDAMN YOU!


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