The night watch terry pratchett5/27/2023 Stephen Briggs's reading is as always excellent, though here more than ever his habit of giving everyone different accents is a bit jarring. This book is perhaps less funny than some other Discworld novels (though still amusing), but it more than makes up for it in the depth of the setting and the quality of the storytelling. The time travel element is handled sensitively and believably and gives an insight into old Ankh-Morpork which fits in perfectly with the previously sketchy details of how bad things were in the old days. Both the hero (Vimes) and the main villain (Carcer) make great character studies and are treated like real people influencing events rather than plot-driving juggernauts. Pratchett's understanding of human nature and capability for more serious storytelling shines through here. Listening to it now I'm very glad I chose it. I don't remember being blown away by this book when I first read it, but that was close to a decade ago and I wasn't really old enough to appreciate this story, which is deep and complex even by Pratchett's standards.
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