This didn't hold up quite as well on the re-read, but to be fair the first time I read it I was newly arrived to the wonders of Discworld and in the honeymoon phase of my delight with the inventiveness of it. Now that I've read further into the series, I can see that Pratchett was still getting his ...
When I read this eight years ago, it was my first taste of Discworld. I was amazed and delighted, and I immediately set out to collect and read every single one. Of course, there are so many books, and the series seems to follow a construction and logic all its own, so after flailing about for a cou...