Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) in Beyond Reality

Oct 16, 2012 Shanshad Whelan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy, fantasy, re-read, books-i-own, series

I think this is Pratchett at his best right here. It certainly is some of the best Vimes character work. A few of Pratchett's books have certain scenes that make me tear up. This one has quite a few--and many, many places where I simply want to quote whole paragraphs. Marvelous, profound and so undeniably human. Thank you, Mr. Pratchett, for this book. ...more

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May 07, 2015 Kathi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

10/10
Although I have yet to read a Discworld book that I didn't love, I have to admit that my favorite books are the Watch and the Death books.
So, here we have Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch, literally sent back in time. He has several responsibilities and there is some typical Watch action (and inaction). But the strength of this book is the up close, personal, and long look we get of Vimes--how he thinks, what he feels, who he is. With quantum stuff thrown in. And a few glimpses of a yo ...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Jo rated it really liked it

Shelves: bbc-100-books, reading-aloud, lenny-s-books

Aargh, I just managed to delete my entire review! I think this is because I'm the only person in the world who doesn't like these Discworld books much. I've noticed that every time I try to say something a bit negative, my phone reception goes, the emergency bell goes off at work, and now, poof, my review has vanished. This isn't a coincidence - I think the universe, broadly, loves Pratchett, and wants me to stop moaning.

Anyway, I'm not going to write it all out again. Probably it would only be ...more

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