Thud!

A Discworld Novel

Paperback, 309 pages

English language

Published Sept. 11, 2006 by Corgi.

ISBN:
978-0-552-15267-9
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4 stars (93 reviews)

Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago.

But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.

With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him.

Oh ... and at six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read 'Where's My Cow?', with all the right farmyard noises, to his little boy.

There are some things you have to do.

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Review of 'Thud!' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I found this book on my shelf, and I couldn't remember reading it. It's one of the later Watch books, Vimes is no longer the poor copper with the cheap boots that made him so endearing at the beginning of the series. But the remaining cast of characters are as good as ever. Story is a bit hit and miss, with a mystical entity that Indidnt care too much about, and dwarf politics.

Review of 'Thud!' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

[b:Night Watch|47989|Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)|Terry Pratchett|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320518310s/47989.jpg|1712283] was a tough act to follow; it’s OK for Thud! to fall short. Which it does: the pace is awkward, the characters flat, even Vimes, well, doesn’t feel like Vimes. It’s still worth reading, just, if you start it, commit to finishing: the last fifth is by far the best part.

Review of 'Thud!' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Commander Sam Vimes is the emotional core of the Discworld series. Other story threads (the witches, Rincewind, etc.) are just as entertaining, but the City Watch stories are the ones that tug at the heart and have the most profound messages. The most recent Watch books - Night Watch and Thud! - are easily some of the best books I have read in recent years. Terry Pratchett just gets better and better the more he writes.

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