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Men at Arms: A Novel of Discworld - Community Reviews back

by Terry Pratchett
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Lillelara
Lillelara rated it 6 years ago
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowance. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of okay for a...
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books rated it 7 years ago
My Square Markers and "Virgin" Bingo Card: "Virgin" card posted for ease of tracking and comparison. Black Kitty:Read but not called Black Vignette:Called but not read Black Kitty in Black Vignette:Read and Called Black Kitty Center Square: Read = Called Current Status of Spr...
YouKneeK
YouKneeK rated it 8 years ago
Men at Arms is the second book in the City Watch subseries of Discworld. I liked this one better than the first book, Guards! Guards!. The story held my interest much better, and I enjoyed the characters more. Of course, it had a lot of the same characters as the first book, but I thought this on...
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Terry Pratchett is now taking aim at the detective fiction in his gonne sights in one of the most amusing Discworld books that I have read to date (though that is a bit of an exaggeration, but this book does sit up there with the best of the series). We now return to the antics of the nightwatch and...
mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 9 years ago
The Night Watch is an organization that see's all men as equals whether they be human, dwarf (both actual and adopted), troll, or werewolves of the female gender. In "Men at Arms" Terry Pratchett allows the male chauvinist speciesist Sam Vines to retire upon his marriage to Lady Sybil Ramkin instead...
Kythe42's Astral Library
Kythe42's Astral Library rated it 10 years ago
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett is the second Discworld novel featuring the Night Watch of Ankh-Morpork. There is a string of mysterious murders and the victims were killed by a strange new weapon. It's up to the Night Watch to investigate these murders and figure out how they were killed and by whom...
A Constant Reader
A Constant Reader rated it 10 years ago
Reseña en español --> Click aquíThis was the first Terry Pratchett book that I read and it blew my mind. I can't compare this book to anything related to fantasy,it's an extremely original story that parodies both mystery and fantasy stereotypes.It takes place at the bizarre world created by Pratche...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it 11 years ago
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15) by Terry Pratchett Men at Arms, the first(ish)[1] book in Pratchett's City Watch subseries, makes for a wonderful introduction to the characters and world of Discworld. Admittedly, it's comparitively weak in some respects; like so many other series I've encountered, i...
Brian's Book Blog
Brian's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
The City Watch has increased it's ranks and diversity by recruiting a Dwarf, a Troll and a ... woman.Throw them all into a mystery surrounding the guild of clowns and the guild of assassins, along with simmering tensions between the dwarfs and trolls in town and sit back and enjoy the show.Lots of h...
Brian's Book Blog
Brian's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
The City Watch has increased it's ranks and diversity by recruiting a Dwarf, a Troll and a ... woman.Throw them all into a mystery surrounding the guild of clowns and the guild of assassins, along with simmering tensions between the dwarfs and trolls in town and sit back and enjoy the show.Lots of h...
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