Men at Arms
 | author: Terry Pratchett asin: 0061092193 binding: Mass Market Paperback list price: $7.99 USD amazon price: $7.99 USD |
A Young Dwarf's Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He's now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork, Discworld's greatest city, from Barbarian Tribes, Miscellaneous Marauders, unlicensed Thieves, and such. It's a big job, particularly for an adopted dwarf. But an even bigger job awaits. An ancient document has just revealed that Ankh-Morpork, ruled for decades by Disorganized crime, has a secret sovereign! And his name is Carrott... And so begins the most awesome epic encounter of all time, or at least all afternoon, in which the fate of a city—indeed of the universe itself!—depends on a young man's courage, an ancient sword's magic, and a three-legged poodle's bladder.
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I enjoyed this ok. Not a strong recommendation.
The wit is fun, but it seems very superficial. He distances the reader from getting really involved in the story by reminding us all the time that this is taking place somewhere really far away. He also has the tendency to move from one convenient setup to the next, much like in the Hitchhiker trilogy. He doesn't hesitate to spend several sentences setting up a joke or a pun where the entire point is the pun. This is different than a book being funny because what is happening is funny; this is an author basking in his own sense of humor at the expense of the story.
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