drgnlv's Reviews (823)

Solid Pratchett about the futility of war. Some of the characters weren’t as fully fleshed out as they are in later books, but a lot happens in this one that is referenced in future books, so I’m glad to have finally read it! I feel like this is the novel that really sets up Sam Vimes and the Watch to be what they are the rest of the series.

Why aren’t more books set in Latinx worlds? This book had the best setting I have read in a while. I also LOVED the main character! She is so snarky and awesome!

This book tried to do a lot and tackle a lot of issues, but despite its beautiful writing and compelling characters, the story ended up getting very muddled. Character motivations changed every other page, vacillating between opposing desires so that I often didn’t know what the character cared about most. There were three separate and completely compelling plots going on simultaneously that failed to weave together. While I gobbled up this book, it ultimately left me disappointed because I had lost sight of the plot completely and have no idea if the protagonist achieved what she wanted or not. Looking back, it was never really clear.

An ambitious and commendable story, that would have been better as three separate novels.

This book is trying so hard to be funny, but Garth Nix is just NOT a humorous writer. I think he should have stuck to horror, like Sabriel. That was much better. I'm done!