For being the 39th book in the Discworld series (or the 8th of the City Watch novels) this book is surprisingly fresh. I accidentally skipped Thud! (#7), but didn't suffer for it.

This book is great, the narrative is great, so is the setting and the plot is well executed.

The only bump in the road is that the book seems finished around 85% through, but takes the rest to wrap it up. (Not only that, there's an epilogue after you think it's officially done.)

But well worth the time, and I'm glad I read it.