Guards! Guards!

the Bestseller That Inspired BBC's the Watch

by Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaranovitch

432 pages

English language

Published April 18, 2008 by Transworld Publishers Limited.

ISBN:: 978-1-4070-3469-0

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Guards! Guards! is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighth in the Discworld series, first published in 1989. It is the first novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. The first Discworld point-and-click adventure game borrowed heavily from the plot of Guards! Guards!

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Irf reviewed Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Guards! Guards! Brief Review

3 stars

This book came highly recommended as an entry point into Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I found the characters and story humorous, but it felt like a bit of a slog to get through. I eventually found the humour a bit repetitive, although the story was tied up somewhat nicely at the end.

I am curious if it is worth giving the DiscWorld City Watch series another shot. Are there any better entry points to the series as a whole?

sotolf reviewed Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Maybe not the correct set and setting

3 stars

I don't know, I remember being more of a fan of Pratchett's writing, for this one I just kept feeling disassosiated and not really into it, it was still being amusing enough that I kept on through it, but I don't know, I feel like I liked it less than I expected/should have.