Review: Guards! Guards! (Discworld Book 8 of 53ish)
This book was cute, but it felt pretty average to me. The story didn’t bore me, but it didn’t really absorb me either. I liked the characters, but I didn’t feel invested in them. Part of the problem may be that I’d just finished one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in a long time, so I was harder to please. Mostly I just felt like there wasn’t that much to the story, but it was a very quick read.
I thought this book was a little less humorous than the previous Discworld books. It did still have humor, and I laughed, but not as much as with the other books. Maybe some of it went over my head. I did enjoy the parodies of various fantasy tropes such as evil cults, dragon physics, and prophesied heirs (or "airs"). I also really liked the character of Vetinari. He was interesting, and I hope he’ll show up more in future books.
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