Men at Arms

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432 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2013 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-552-16753-6
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4 stars (1 review)

"Be a MAN in the City Watch! The City Watch needs MEN!"

But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance constable Detritus (a troll), Lance constable Angua (a woman... most of the time), and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving).

And they need all the help they can get. Because they've only got twenty-four hours to clean up the town and this is Ankh-Morpork we're talking about...

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reviewed Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Review of 'Men at Arms' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Quite a cast of characters, but it took a Dwarven tinkerer (and DEATH) to get the story moving. One more mystery for the Watch, which already had a full schedule.

This is the second Discworld book I've read, and second in the Ankh-Morpork City Watch series. I liked the familiar cast of characters, but it did feel like the story meandered until Chekhov's Gonne made an appearance. I liked the comparisons, and of course the relatively dry humor and wordplay sprinkled throughout. After the slowish start, it didn't feel like an over 400 page book.

With a sample size of two, I felt this wasn't quite as good as the first one. Maybe my future self will disagree.

Subjects

  • Discworld (imaginary place), fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, general
  • Fiction, humorous