Guards! Guards! Was my introduction to Terry Pratchett, so for me, it maintains a special position in the Discworld canon. But I also think that objectively, it is one of the best Discworld novels and a great place to start.

The world is fleshed out and the tropes are familiar to the average reader without much experience in Fantasy literature.

On this reread, I tried the new penguin audio adaptation and loved it.

I had trouble with other Discworld penguin adaptations, but with Guards! Guards! I had very little trouble adapting to the new character voices.

I learned that playing the audiobook at normal speed allowed me to appreciate the better voice acting.