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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8995566" data-attributes="member: 4937">Really?&nbsp; I put it in the bottom third of his books (I could probably think of 10 or so I definitely liked less - Monstrous Regiment, Carpe Jugulum, Sourcery, Snuff, etc.).&nbsp; Like most of the rest of his early stuff, it's just not as well written as his later stuff with the same characters.&nbsp; The characters are all great, but we get better vignettes with them all later on.&nbsp;&nbsp; I rate it below &quot;Men at Arms&quot; (itself still Pratchett getting his feet under him), &quot;Feet of Clay&quot; and even &quot;The Fifth Element&quot; and even &quot;Thud!&quot; (early in the period of Pratchett running out of ideas and just before his writing quality starts to slide).&nbsp; Jingo!&quot; I admit to not caring much for, but I don't recall it being significantly worse than &quot;Guards! Guards!&quot;I've never heard anyone say it's actually the best Discworld book before.&nbsp; I mean to each their own I guess.&nbsp; A lot of people really like &quot;Reaper Man&quot;, but the Death plot in that book is almost a side plot compared to the whole shopping mall plot, and even then the Death plot is mostly &quot;meh&quot; aside for his prayer to Uriel that concludes that half of the story.&nbsp;&nbsp; A lot of people really like 'Small Gods', but it mostly left me shrugging.&nbsp; (Max Gladstone's &quot;Three Parts Dead&quot; for me covered the same territory in a much more interesting manner.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 8995566, member: 4937"] Really? I put it in the bottom third of his books (I could probably think of 10 or so I definitely liked less - Monstrous Regiment, Carpe Jugulum, Sourcery, Snuff, etc.). Like most of the rest of his early stuff, it's just not as well written as his later stuff with the same characters. The characters are all great, but we get better vignettes with them all later on. I rate it below "Men at Arms" (itself still Pratchett getting his feet under him), "Feet of Clay" and even "The Fifth Element" and even "Thud!" (early in the period of Pratchett running out of ideas and just before his writing quality starts to slide). Jingo!" I admit to not caring much for, but I don't recall it being significantly worse than "Guards! Guards!" I've never heard anyone say it's actually the best Discworld book before. I mean to each their own I guess. A lot of people really like "Reaper Man", but the Death plot in that book is almost a side plot compared to the whole shopping mall plot, and even then the Death plot is mostly "meh" aside for his prayer to Uriel that concludes that half of the story. A lot of people really like 'Small Gods', but it mostly left me shrugging. (Max Gladstone's "Three Parts Dead" for me covered the same territory in a much more interesting manner.) [/QUOTE]

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