(At least there was one other woman with a large role in Feet of Clay, although she did not have such a big role in Jingo… Such is the drawback of a big cast.) But Angua has the benefit of fleshing out Carrot, who is actually one of my favourites. I really liked the introduction of Angua the Werewolf, a new Watch member, although it’s a pity that there only seems room for one woman in the books–I do miss Sybil Ramkin having a bigger role, as she was so funny in the first book.
I quite like the audiobooks, read by Nigel Planer, though after reading Men at Arms, which introduced several new characters, it was a bit jarring to hear his voices for them (Detritus the Troll with a Scottish accent?!) On the other hand, the drawback with e-books is that it’s a bit of a pain switching between the main text and the footnotes (at least on the overdrive app). The second was on audiobook and the first & last regular e-books. In the last couple months I’ve finished Men at Arms, Feet of Clay and, most recently, Jingo. I’ve discussed these in a less organized fashion than I normally do multiple-book-posts, but it’s still somewhat divided between Watch books and Witch books. Please note–as this is a roundup review I have posted the Amazon links as the title of each book. The Watch is full of characters that make me laugh on what feels like every page. Vimes is always great, but I actually prefer all the characters around him best. That might be because I’ve read most of them, but I also think it’s that the combination of characters is just done so well. To my mind, the Watch books exemplify these brilliant talents best. The little puns (“gastro-gnome”) and subversions of expectation are perfect, and I really adore the way no character is above being made fun of. I’ve been reading more Terry Pratchetts as the days have gotten colder and darker (Denmark is so, SO dark.) They always make me chuckle his wit is brilliant.
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