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Terry Pratchet's Discworld appreciation thread...
MysteriumTremendum:
--- Quote from: Bob the Guitar ---I love Pratchett too. But did anyone else think that Monstrous Regiment was really disappointing? It was the first book in the Discworld series that I didn't really enjoy reading. Going Postal was a bit better, I thought, but still not as good as anything pre-MR.
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Wasn't too stuck on Montrous Regiment, but I thought Going Postal was brilliant, as was The Truth. Williamm de Worde and the staff of the Ankh Morpork Times are up there with the Night Watch to me.
chamberk:
Going Postal was neat. My favorite has to be Night Watch, though - without a doubt the best Vimes book he's written.
Tinsel_Shine:
My favorite characters are the watch (Sam Vimes is probably one of my favorite characters, from anything, ever. Especially when someone's trying to assassinate him), followed by death, followed by the witches. I'm not too struck on Rincewind in comparison, but all of the books kick arse compared to any other series. I haven't read Going Postal or Science of the Discworld III yet though (I'm poor >_<).
zmeiat_joro:
I've read all the old ones and Night Watch but not Going Postal or Monstrous Regiment; I've been getting enthusiastic reviews of both but from different people; but I haven't had anyone tell me he was disappointed of either so far.
Earthbound Misfit:
--- Quote from: Bob the Guitar ---I love Pratchett too. But did anyone else think that Monstrous Regiment was really disappointing? It was the first book in the Discworld series that I didn't really enjoy reading. Going Postal was a bit better, I thought, but still not as good as anything pre-MR.
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I've noticed after I had read several of Pratchett's book, each successive one seemed somewhat dissappointing at first until after I re-read it three or four times. If I would hazard a guess, I would say it is because it's easy to forget that it took me several re-readings of his earlier books to fully appreciate and understand everything that was going on and I hadn't done so yet with the new one. Once I had, everything started falling into place and my enjoyment grew. I hope that makes sense.
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