Rating:  Summary: This book is brilliant!!! Review: This was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and it has got me hooked. Before reading it I was suspicious of Pratchett, I must admit through the design of the covers in England. This goes to show, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
Rating:  Summary: The <-expletive-> Best in the Discworld Series!!!!!!!!!!! Review: Need I say more?Perhaps I'll say that Terry Pratchett has finally shown how much a literary genius he can be. After the appalling "Hogfather" and "Soul Music", he has not only resurrected the once-dead Discworld series single-handedly, (or shall I say single-bookedly) but reached a standard no one could ever expect! Everything - the characters, gags, storyline (he even gave us a few action scenes to polish it off) and that special Pratchett touch - is fantastic. While the quality of his masterpieces has always made every fantasy in a bookstore seem as outdated as dinosaurs, it can still outdo itself. Just like Tolkien invented the genre back in the 1930s, Pratchett gave it a whole new dimension. He is the best and only reason I read books! If you've been abducted by aliens over the past couple of years and don't know what Discworld is, then start your collection with "Jingo", and you'll NEVER go back to the old sword-and-sorcery Tolkien-esqe relics again!<
Rating:  Summary: What the heck does Jingo mean? Review: There were some fun bits in this one, but I couldn't really get into it. 'Jingo' seemed to appear on only one page, and only as a meaningless curse. The story didn't have a lot to it, and the laughs were sparse. I was also disappointed by the disoragnizer and it's journey down the wrong leg of the trousers of time. There could have been a great deal of fun and chaos as a result (remember the madness in Mort?) but Pratchett missed out. Worth reading, still, but not in hardcover. It is Pratchett's worst discworld novel, but that means it is better than almost every other fun-fantasy writer ever!
Rating:  Summary: excellent Review: Terrific story. The dis-organiser plot-line was great and I loved Vimes arresting an army. Didn't think much of solid Jackson though. If anyone's heard about books after this one, please write.
Rating:  Summary: How to sue for Peace AND keep your day job. Review: With war on the near horizon Nobby and Colon are the last two we'd expect the Patrician to seek out as trusted aides, but then this is Pratchett, who can make even this, one of the lesser Disk novels, a mind opening wonder. How the Patrician sues for Peace is alone worth the asking price.
Rating:  Summary: Simply GREAT Review: For all of those who dislike this book, it simply isn't true. This book offers one of the greatest Discworld experiences, while exploring Klatch- the desert kingdom. The demonic dis-organizer makes another appearance (and a final appearance, as it seems). The character of Leonard de Quirm (a Discworld version to Leonardo de Vinci, perhaps) is one of the new characters in this book, as well as Lord Rust and 71-Hour Ahmed. The basic idea, of the Discworld going into war over such an idiotic reason is great, but no one can build a plot on that. Well, Terry Pratchett could, and I think that this book is one of the best books in the serie, although there is almost not a book which may be described as 'bad' in the discworld serie. If you liked the discworld, and Terry Pratchett's Humor, u'll like this one!
Rating:  Summary: A great book! (as usual) 8) Review: Well, we're back in Ankh-Morpork, and the City Watch has a new problem on its hands!! This is a fun book to read! The Patrician gets more involved here, than he does in the other books involving the City Watch and Ankh-Morpork. Read it, you won't regret it 8)
Rating:  Summary: A bit lame... Review: ... but as a true Discworld-fan I guess you just have to have the whole collection. Don't waste your money on the hardcover edition, though. Better buy the paperback!
Rating:  Summary: Pratchett always keeps me laughing Review: I'm very thankful that Terry likes Australia, Gods only know what he would write if he didn't. As always he ties everything up nicely and moves me to laugh out loud at embarrassing occasions. Please Mr Pratchett don't give up this day job, and thank you for finally writing about XXXX and Rincewind again.
Rating:  Summary: As brilliant as ever Review: With the Ankh-Morpork watch Terry Pratchett writes books which make a more serious point than usual. The characters are as well drawn out as usual and any character who appears to be a cliche is only there to make a point, and is, in fact, supposed to be a cliche. Anyone who thinks 71-hr Ahmed is a stock character obviously didn't really understand the book. This book is very funny but at the same time makes some serious points about the essential stupidity and futility of war.
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