STARTS TO SCREAM AND DOESN'T STOP

This book was EVERYTHING if you, like me, have been reading The Watch books and have fallen in love with everyone and then THE TIME TRAVEL PARTY TIMES OF SEEING BABY EVERYONE. 

But it was also like. The narratives Pratchett tries to tell about human "nature" through the Watch books are not ones I necessarily agree with--I have way more hope about humanity than he-as-Vimes does--but here we seem to settle on a common ground around mutual aid, where people of a vast variety of political stances can still come together and take care of one another. And how even Vimes who doesn't believe in a larger good of humanity (specifically human here) can participate (you don't have to like people to work for liberation!) and protect one another and also just. I WEEP. 

Also it was SO TENSE THE WHOLE TIME Sir Terry really went "we shall now give you LOTS OF THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT AT ONCE" and just loaded it all up from basically minute one? But the ending is so satisfying and good and nnngh I loved this book, no reservations, no weird racism... just so much love. Bless this book. A real delight.