Pratchett, Terry - Men at Arms

[oyceter]

Vimes is about to retire from the Guard, only before he can, he and Carrot have to solve a series of mysteries regarding a strange weapon that fires lead projectiles really, really fast. And we find out a wee bit more about that birthmark Carrot has...

I liked this, but I didn't like it quite as much as Guards! Guards. Part of this was because

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[telophase]

After reading this, I'm interested to see what your take on Jingo will be.

[rachelmanija]

Also, just considered as a book, it sucks.

[oyceter]

Gotcha. I'd been planning on reading it just because I wanted to see Pratchett on China, but am wavering a little. I don't want to throw one of his books at a wall!

[rachelmanija]

Basically, it's boring, unfunny, stars Rincewind (who has since been dropped as a character, presumably because all the books starring him sucked), and wasn't really about China, but about Western ideas about China. I mean, the latter was what he was trying to satirize, but it really didn't come off well. I think you would throw it at a wall. I didn't throw it against a wall, but I immediately sold it to a used bookshop.

[oyceter]

Hee, ok. That sounds like it would not be good for my blood pressure.

[oyceter]

Huh ok. Am curious now...