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I Hate the Internet: A Novel

Jarett Kobek

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In New York in the middle of the twentieth century, comic book companies figured out how to make...

Expo 58

Jonathan Coe

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Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe - Spies, girls and an Englishman abroad. Trust no one. London, 1958:...

David McK (3600 KP) rated Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31) in Books

Mar 31, 2023

One of the rare Discworld Standalone novels

Updated 2023 review

I wonder how this was affected by Pratchett's 'embuggerance'?

Original 2011 review

Not one of the strongest of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, this is only loosely - even more so than normal - connected to any of his other books in the series. Loosely connected, but not to the level of ""Small Gods"" (which is set centuries before the rest of the series), or "Pyramids".

In "Monstrous Regiment", Pratchett introduces a whole host of new characters - none of who have yet, been heard of again - as well as some new nations, with Commander Sam Vimes (from the City Watch books) and William De Worde (from "the Truth") only really having cameos in the story. He also exaggerates, to comic effect, the famous stories of women secretly joining the army, with this providing the basis for his plot.

As I said at the top, this is not one of the best of Pratchetts works, but even a below-par Pratchett is miles above any other author in the same genre