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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

Terry Pratchett

Start date: July 1, 2021

Finish date: July 31, 2021

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Mar 01, 2022 Midu Hadi rated it liked it

Shelves: setting-fictional, middlers, 300-400-pages, series, magic, serial-killers-and-other-murderers, reviewed, read-in-2022, humor, magick

Quick-look at the Book
Sometimes, I don't review a book immediately, and this is one of them. So, I don't remember much but there's a dragon, commentary on rich people, and policing.

Thoughts on the Series
A hilarious but looooooong series with a satirical look at societal problems, like racism, gender discrimination, elitism, and so much more. The language and way of writing is beautiful or as I've noted in another review, "Hilarity and beautiful language are the two trademarks of all Pratchetty ...more

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