To avoid confusion, it should say, "...very much like our own, EXCEPT..." I do not think our Earth is flat. This has been a Public Service Announcement.

One minor quibble: Vetinari is _not_ a villain. He is cunning and ruthless, and always working to make his city better for its residents.

I'll always remember reading Guards! Guards! for the first time in a crowded train riding to work when I suddenly laughed out load untill I remembered where I was seeing everyone staring at me like I lost it. No other author has managed this, not only with this book but almost al books have a moment where I just cant contain it. I read the whole Watch series at least once every two years. I love Carrot, my favorite character. He's the king but found his place in the Watch where he can really help the city. Everyone just wants to obey him without knowing why. And he knows everyone and believes in their goodness. Love anything Discworld.

Vimes, Colon, Nobby, Carrot, Lady Ramkin, The Patrician, The Librarian, The Elucidated Brethren and even freaking Errol the dragon has so much personality jumping of the page. I can't wait to continue Discworld.

My favorite thing Vetinari says is, when he wants someone to leave and he has decided the meeting is over, 'Don't let me detain you.' That simple, unassuming sentence can be read in a few different ways. "You have more important and useful ways to spend your time than bothering me. Don't let me keep you from them." "I have humored you long enough. You have other things to do. Go away now, before you lose the freedom to do so." "I am very busy right now. This is something not worth my time or consideration. Go away before I have you taken away." "I am very cross with you. I want you out of my sight. If you're not gone immediately, you will find your new permanent residence in the dungeon much harder to leave than this office at this moment. And you're lucky you're getting the chance." Vetinari can express all of these things and MORE with just that five word sentence.

Point of order; Death doesn't kill. He merely takes away whatever's left when living things die naturally or are killed by other living things. There's no pleasure or gain for Him in what He does; it's His Duty and He does it with Absolute attention to detail and with the professional pride and care of the true Craftsman. He's fascinated by humanity and puzzled by a species that lives for such a tiny slice of Time, born into a violently hostile environment, and seem to spend all of their brief lifespans trying to make it Worse for themselves. I always thought of Death as a seven foot tall whistful sigh... Good video, interesting overview!👍👍👍

I loved the Discworld series. The subtext is very British, specifically English, and not everyone gets it. (My daughter for one). I’m really pleased it translates and that people are still discovering and enjoying the books today. Love The Watch, but Granny Weatherwax is my absolute favourite character. “There is only black or white - grey is just white that’s got a bit grubby”.

ALL the accolades go to you for introducing me to this wonderful book! Now all I have to do is go buy the next one, or 30, and Bob’s your uncle..

My only complaint re: pratchett books is that they are finite. And there are no more.. It took me a long time to do shepherds.. It was clearly incomplete, but did provide some narrativium... I love guards, but midnight is the ultimate gut puncher... That was the pinnacle for me, followed by night watch.. Thanks for the for your vid.. Much appreciated.

“Humor by specificity.” Hmmm... I like this!

Less than a minute in and I'm clicking the like button. Having watched the entire video, I can only request you to please please please do more Discworld reviews

Guards, Guards now on my nightstand! Will come back to this video when I am done, just like you asked. I read the first chapter and I hear John Cleese’s voice in my head..Prachett must have loved Monty Python!!

You were right, this book was amazing, please keep doing these reviews of the Discworld.

More Discworld please! Your enthusiasm is contagious!

Decided to watch your review for this to get a refresher before starting Men at Arms and this reminded me of how much I loved Guards! Guards!

Oook!

"So the world is much like our own it is a FLAT disk" 😂

I'm not sure if this is normal but I sometimes just read the scene where Carrot is on his first patrol with Nobby and they pass by the Dwarf bar. Even after all these years (I got the book when it first came out) I cry with laughter. Thank you STP. Good work Allenxandria keep spreading the word my friend.

You, sir, inspired me to hop back on the Discworld train via this fine novel! I owe you a debt of gratitude

This is passion personified!

Alan I hope you enjoy doing this because your stage presence is captured via video perfectly👌👌 very entertaining and true to yourself :) subscribed and following man!

Good lord, he has succinct writing with the imagery needed. Must be from being a journalist for a time. (Although I read The Carpet People and remembered lines for years before I found out what it was called - and who wrote it)

An excellent review sir. I agree with you entirely. At one point I not only laughed out loud but had to stop because I was crying, I then re-read the same section and had the same reaction. I'm not sure any other author could do that. Keep up your fine work.

Love the operatic singing!

You sold me on this series on the "why you should read discworld" video. I came back to this video as I just finished Guards! Guards! It was hilarious and I'm really glad that I started it. Yes the main humour of this book rides heavy on the language. I am not a native speaker but I got enough of the reference to have a really good time! Pratchett's writing style reminded me of "Shibram Chokroborti" (শিব্রাম চকরবরতি) one of my favourite Bengali writer. You need to get the language to get the book! Well, I hope you make more review videos on the Discworld books. With more deep dives and maybe more in-details talk on the pop culture references.

Ap, ap, ap, Death does not kill people, he just help them transit over to the other side. Well, mostly he helps them under some thought of putting a finger on the scale😁

Nobby Nobbs, a man you can always trust with your life, but never your wallet!

Gah I love your energy!

In my opinion the best Pratchett joke based on words having 2 meanings is in Maskerade, where Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg read and comment on Nanny's published "recipes book". I won't spoil it here, since I guess you'll be re-reading Maskerade in a while, but I think it's one of the funniest puns I've ever read in my entire life.

If I wasn't already incredibly excited about discworld (and hadn't just reread Guards! Guards! last week :P) your enthusiasm would have me running to pick it up immediately!

I love it. I was just recently introduced to Discworld via GG, and it was delightful

"Oook" After seeing your other video about Discworld, I have decided to push Guards! Guards! up the schedule. What a hillarious book! there is not much to add to your review really. I just want to re-iterate what you said in the other video. READ the book, DON'T listen to it. I fear though that not everyone will enjoy it. It has very specific kind of humour, and it heavily relies on language. You really need to have very strong English and the more familiar with England itself the funnier it is. lots of jokes relies on the English slang. (By the way, I am not a native speaker, but I have been living in England for long time, and I read a lot) As for me, I found it very funny. I was either smiling, chuckling, or laughing. I do think though that the golden nuggets of the book are buried under tons of jokes and puns (I think I would have loved the book more if it was a novella). Yes, you laugh a lot, but the side effect is lack of strong emotions. Let me finish though with one rallying cry from the book "The People United can Never be Ignited" hahaha. Next please!

The best Discworld is Going Postal, but Guards in in the top 4.

The footnotes are insanely funny

How dare you not mention wee free men! When the wee bird finushes building a mountain if pebbles at the edge of the world, you are gonna get it!

Great review. I grew up on the discworld novels. only thing I would say is I don't really class vetinari as a villian.

Just started reading guards guards it's a great book

Are you lumping Tiffany Aching/Chalk/Nac mac Feegal books into Witches? I think they're seen as a separate series, certainly they're written differently.

Ook.

I read my copy so many times it's falling apart... I'll have to get a new one before the summer's over....

What age would you recommend this for?

One of the best wordsmiths there is? Oh, please, lets not mince words... Pratchett is the best wordsmith since Shakespeare. 1 book of Pratchett has more substance than a ten books Fantasy epic and that's not even counting the quality of writing. His only flaw is that he tends to reference real world events too much and that will surely date his books in a 100 years or so. Still, his worse book is better than 99% of the best books in the genre.