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Jul 25, 2007

Grace rated it:

Samuel Vimes, to me, is the most fascinating character in the discworld series - to watch his growth from a disillusioned drunkard in Guards! Guards! up till the current book - fatherhood! I enjoyed it tremendously. I also enjoyed the idea of having the next generation - with young Sam and Tiffany Aching, and trying to imagine little half-werewolf-half-human-brought-up-as-half-dwarf babies... i truly want to get a peek into the future and see what lies in store for the discworld and ankh-morpork More...

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Mar 22, 2008

Chris added it

Sometimes you gotta shut up and pay attention: Sorry, but when you've entertained, amused and jollied up an entire worldful of sapient entities, you *have* to be allowed every now and then to get a bit serious.

Depends on what makes you laugh, I suppose, but this is not *meant* to be a funny book. Pratchett is doing really serious, relevant and overtly political stuff here. The "funny bits" are no more than the comic relief in the best Shakespearean tradition.

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Feb 22, 2008

Kirsten rated it:

One of the review quotes on the back of this book says something like, "Terry Pratchett's books are almost always better than they need to be." I think this is a pretty good assessment. If Pratchett's books were nothing more than humorous fluff, I would probably still read and enjoy them, but the added depth of character that he brings to his novels is what keeps me reading them over and over again.

In this enstallment, we find Sam Vimes trying to once again bring a semblanc More...

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Nov 17, 2011

Aine rated it:

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Nov 15, 2010

Maurizio rated it:

Nella saga siamo arrivati a quota trenta libri (più i cinque definiti "for young readers", probabilmente perché qualcuno si lamentava della troppa prolificità del Nostro). Nel Discworld questa volta ci si trova a rischiare una guerra tra troll e nani, e solo il Comandante Vimes potrà trovare una soluzione, sempre che riesca a venire a patti con il suo Disorganizer con la tecnologia Bluenose™ e a raccontare ogni sera la storiella "Dov'è la mia mucca?" a suo figlio. Ah sì, dov More...

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Jan 15, 2009

Carrie rated it:

I will try to refrain from asking you all, yet again, why you are not yet reading Terry Pratchett (if indeed, you are not). Whoops, too late. Thud is a Discworld novel, focusing, as most of the more recent books have, on Sam Vimes, the Commander of the Watch in the city of Ankh-Morph, and the troubles that ensue when the ethnic tensions arise between the local Trolls and Dwarfs, who had been generally in peace, despite traditions of enmity between the two groups. Basically, a group of fundamenta More...

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Dec 29, 2008

Lightreads rated it:

Most recent Watch novel. My very favorite Discworld arc, so I've doled them out carefully to myself over the past few years. This one lives up and then some. Sam Vimes and his men coppers face civil unrest as racial tensions flare between the dwarves and the trolls. Meanwhile a mysterious museum theft may have surprising consequences, there's been a murder, and Vimes must get home by six to read "Where's My Cow?" to his son.

It's a Watch novel – either you know why it's awes More...

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Dec 26, 2008

Peter rated it:

THUD
Terry Pratchet
Doubleday ISBN 0385 608675

Another excellent book in the Discworld series from Terry Pratchet, and another one without chapters. The dwarves and the Trolls have never been friends, rather they have been enemies. Now there are so many of them in the city that trouble is about to occur in Ankh-Morpork. The ONLY one who can sort it out is Commander Vimes of the city Watch (police). This is more that just a war story (well not a war story at all really), i More...

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Jan 04, 2012

Alyson rated it:

Terry Pratchett is Brad's favorite author. Brad had one of his new books checked out from the library and wanted to pass it on to me once he'd finished. The book was a newer one, however, and had to be back to the library sooner than I would have gotten around to reading it. Instead I found several options that were on audio book and Brad choose Thud for me to listen to.

There is a very unique humor in this book that I could totally see Brad enjoying. The one time we listened to a few More...

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Aug 03, 2011

Ben rated it:

Another great Pratchett, another great Watch novel. Plunging Commander Sam Vimes and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch into the policing complexities of the 21st Century. Old grudges on new soil among rival immigrants, racial tension, religious fundamentalism...and the work life balance of a new father. Along with all the usual multicultural comments and jokes about modern life in a metropolis, oh and Nobby's got an exotic dancer as a girlfriend.
This is Terry Pratchett making his most obvoius comments More...

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Jun 04, 2011

Maggie rated it:

You know those books you start to read, and half way in you realize that you picked the absolute perfect time to read that particular book? That because of something else happening in your life--a recent event, a training, a class you are taking--the words are more significant, more meaningful? That was my experience with this book. I had just started reading the first chapter when I began an inter-cultural development training where I learned all about the stages people go though as they lea More...

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Oct 28, 2010

Chibineko rated it:

While I run the risk of sounding like a completely rabid fan of the Discworld series, I do think that it's near impossible for Pratchett to put out a Discworld novel that isn't entertaining in one aspect or another. (Please don't prove me wrong, Terry!)

This particular novel follows Vimes & the Watch as things start heating up around the city. Kooms Valley Day, the day that the trolls & dwarves supposedly had a big war (nobody survived, so nobody knows for sure all of what happened) i More...

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Jul 10, 2010

Annii rated it:

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Sep 29, 2009

John rated it:

Terry Pratchett is a talented writer, who is very clever. He has excellent worldplay between characters (What would you do if I asked you for an outright answer? I'd tell you a downright lie, sir.), without bogging down the whole book in it.

This book is a comical look at a murder mystery in Ankh-Morpork, a town populated by trolls, dwarves, werewolfs, vampires, Golems, gnomes, imps, and humans alike. There are many more species, my favorite being the "Igors," which is . More...

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Aug 22, 2009

Sarai rated it:

I listened to this as a book on CD. I had never read any other Terry Pratchett books but was familiar with the name because I have shelved quite a few. I was at a branch waiting to observe a YA program and got there a bit early so I was browsing the shelves looking for something to listen to in my car and came across this one.

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!

There was no sense of having missed anything from having not read the other books in the Discworld series; this was really More...

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Jul 11, 2010

Rebecca rated it:

In all of the "Are you an [X:] or a [Y:]?" questions that have ever been debated, I would suggest that the only one that truly matters is, "Would you rather follow Vimes or Vetinari?" And while I definitely like (if that's even the right word for such a man) Vetinari, in my heart I'm a true Vimes follower, and I was thrilled to a find a new book (well, new to me, I hadn't seen it before at the library) focusing on him. It seems like Pratchett has been trying to visit a lot of More...

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Jan 01, 2012

R rated it:

Well, here's a no-brainer. A fantasy book with a grumpy and unwillingly badass policeman? A comedy with underlying important race issues? Yes please.

Thud! was the first Pratchett that I read, and the first book I ever had which actually fitted in my handbag of the time (I've now got a decent book-sized one). As such, the gold is almost gone from the cover, the pages are falling out, and the covers themselves are battered beyond saving. I must have read this book at least 25 times, i More...

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Jul 01, 2009

Bryan rated it:

So hard to describe the Discworld novels. On the surface they are hilarious parodies set in a zany fantasy world. It seems like the the more recent ones, like this one, have also started mixing in more serious and and inspiring themes as well. I wonder if I just missed those in the earlier ones that I read.

Anyway, if you like British humor you'll like any Discworld book. Aside from being outrageous and funny, this one explored racial tensions, the rule of law, flying horse-drawn More...

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Apr 28, 2011

Geoffrey rated it:

Not my first time through this one, but I have a knack for forgetting Terry Pratchett plots immediately after finishing each book. I suspect that's because there's always some highly-symbolic twist in the last fifty pages that I'd just as soon pretend wasn't there. I hadn't remembered the one in Thud!, and it was just as forgettable the second time around.

Chalk it up as another good Terry Pratchett novel. There's some hand-waving about Grand Concepts in the final stretch like always More...

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Dec 14, 2011

Maurinejt rated it:

Thud is a little too uneven to be Pratchett's *best* work. Race relations are a worthy topic, but it wasn't really attacked with the same fervor you find in other books. The main story keeps the page turning with wit and humor but you don't get the real scope of the work until the end.

HOWEVER. Thud has the honor of containing one of the most poignant reoccurring bits in all of Discworld, and for that it is a must read. When I went to reread Thud, I didn't remember the plot at all. More...

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Dec 02, 2008

Mike rated it:

This is my first entry into Discworld (I had no idea it was in the series when I bought it). I've really enjoyed Terry Pratchett's books before; they're always funny and entertaining, if a bit meandering. And they particularly work when you want your fantasy with an extra slice of "crazy", since things usually start out weird and head downhill from there. For this one, I definitely was caught up in fast-moving plot and large cast of characters, but I can't say that the logic of his wo More...

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Dec 23, 2011

Fiona rated it:

Oh, he's good. He's very good. Sam Vimes and the City Watch is the only Discworld arc that I don't think I've ever tired of two thirds of the way through a book, and I'm so glad I picked this one up. It's a very well-crafted whodunnit, with a rich and complicated backdrop and a well-rounded and thoroughly interesting cast. The pace is spot on. The parallels to the real world, and the Serious Issues, while undeniably serious and difficult, are not particularly in-your-face or preachey. Well, may More...

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Dec 13, 2011

Emma rated it:

As all Terry Pratchett books, this one is another work of comedic and satirical genius. From Chrysophase, the Italian mob don troll, to (again) Vetinari, the most effective dictator in fiction, to the constant 'who watches the Watchmen' and Blackberry jokes, Thud! made me laugh reliably. My only complaint is that Vimes is, to me, the least compelling of all the Watchmen. Least compelling does not, however, mean uncompelling. A slightly thick, hatchet-minded police officer navigating a political More...

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Apr 10, 2010

Michael rated it:

I listened to Thud! on audio CD on my trip from Atlanta to LA. While I enjoyed the book, I think my enjoyment was heightened by the performance given by the man performing the book. The reader used different voices for the characters and did an excellent job.
This is the third Pratchett book I've read. I read Hogfather, then Pratchett's collaboration with Niel Gaiman in Good Omens.
If you enjoy Terry Pratchett, you'll like Thud!. The story involves trolls, dwarves, a human police force More...

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Aug 19, 2009

Mel rated it:

The anniversary of the battle of Koom Valley, an ancient conflict between the Dwarfs and the Trolls, is coming up, and tension in the city of Ankh-Morpork is rising. Commander Samuel Vimes can smell trouble, and he'll do anything to keep the city safe. When a rabble-rousing Dwarf is murdered, the Dwarfs immediately blame the Trolls, and it looks like blood will wash through the city. Not with Vimes and the rest of the Watch on the case. A sinister secret from the depths is working its way in More...

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Aug 19, 2009

Melanie rated it:

The anniversary of the battle of Koom Valley, an ancient conflict between the Dwarfs and the Trolls, is coming up, and tension in the city of Ankh-Morpork is rising. Commander Samuel Vimes can smell trouble, and he'll do anything to keep the city safe. When a rabble-rousing Dwarf is murdered, the Dwarfs immediately blame the Trolls, and it looks like blood will wash through the city. Not with Vimes and the rest of the Watch on the case. A sinister secret from the depths is working its way in More...

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Oct 29, 2007

Jeff rated it:

Commander Vimes and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch try to keep the peace between dwarves and trolls after a dwarf is murdered. A famous painting is stolen (parody of The Da Vinci Code). A vampire joins the City Watch, causing a bit of tension between her and an officer who is a werewolf. Just the usual sort of madness that the folks of Discworld deal with regularly!

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Sep 19, 2010

Natasha rated it:

I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett's humor. You almost don't need a story line to keep you listening to his constant stream of witticisms. A couple of my favorites from this book:

"You could barley understand the man, he wass that posh. It was not so much speech as modulated yawning."

and

"He hated games ... they made the world look too simple. ... Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered th More...

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Aug 11, 2011

Helen rated it:

This one's quite dark, and there are all sorts of darkness. Some are dispelled by light, some by truth and some by sheer force of will.

Sam Vimes reads a book to his sone every night at 6pm sharp. Comewhat may, he reads "Where's my cow?" complete with all the animal noises. And he never misses it, because if you'd miss it for a good excuse, you'd miss it for a bad excuse, so for this there are no excuses. He stays good to his word, even if sometimes there is a little bit of easing of t More...

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Nov 01, 2011

Hoani rated it:

why i decided to read this book:

I decided that i would read this book because I read the book
'Feet Of Clay' which is also in the discworld series. And I also
read a review that rated this book very highly.

Which category on the bingo board this completes:

This book is A FANTASY BOOK.

What I liked about this book and why:

I liked that the plot was interesting and hooked you in and
also the characters where interesting.

What I More...

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