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The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24) - Community Reviews back

by Terry Pratchett
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Bun's Books
Bun's Books rated it 12 years ago
This was a perfect palate cleanser after two different audiobooks that disappointed me. I always enjoy Pratchett, and Stephen Briggs (who narrates all of Pratchett's audiobooks) makes me smile every time. So that made things all much better.If you haven't read Terry Pratchett before (audio or text...
Only Mostly Dead
Only Mostly Dead rated it 13 years ago
Another solid Discworld book. Not one of my absolute favourites but a good read.This one concerns Vimes visiting Uberwald and getting involved in a crime and political machinations of a power struggle between Dwarves, Werewolves and Vampires.It suffers slightly from Pratchett's tendency to start lot...
Inkspot Fancy
Inkspot Fancy rated it 13 years ago
Another fantastic story, as usual taking a look at class, sex and culture differences and how people, for better or for worse, handle them. Vimes this time is put in the uncomfortable position of going to Uberwald to represent Anhk-Morpork at the crowning of a new Low King of the dwarves. Unfortunat...
shenmi meiren
shenmi meiren rated it 13 years ago
Not only great fun, but also a very good mystery/detective story. And you wouldn't ever guess who did it, too! ;)
helenliz
helenliz rated it 14 years ago
The dwarves in Uberwald are about to crown a new king - only there is trouble brewing. The King elected isn't the one that everyone thought it would be, and now the scone of stone on which he's crowned has gone missing. Co-incidentally, so has the replica scone that was in the dwarf bread museum in ...
kennethjmcginnis
kennethjmcginnis rated it 14 years ago
Bayesian Estimate (4/10/2014): 4.10681431
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 15 years ago
Here is where it all began for me, my first Discworld novel. I had been having a dull summer staying at a friend's house in Massachusetts, his idea of fun was watching anime all day, so I ended up wandering aimlessly through the town library. A librarian, seeing myself at a loss, asked what it was t...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 15 years ago
I still don't understand the connection with the title.. I'm growing to be a true Carrot hater (that's too harsh, not-a-fan?) since I enjoyed this book so much just because he didn't have big part in it. I think I have problem with man that everybody loves. I realized this problem as I was reading T...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 15 years ago
I'd have given him five stars for the riff on The Cherry Orchard alone. Vampires, werewolves, politics, fat mining. Pratchett manages to write a really fun book that is also a mystery as well as a keen satire on emigrants and the old country. personal copy
sumire
sumire rated it 17 years ago
One of my favourites
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