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Book Reviews of Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8)

Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8)
Guards Guards - Discworld, Bk 8
Author: Terry Pratchett
ISBN-13: 9780061020643
ISBN-10: 0061020648
Publication Date: 8/1/2001
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 148 ratings
Publisher: HarperTorch
Book Type: Paperback
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9 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

doctorslime avatar reviewed Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8) on + 241 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Beware Books by terry pratchett are addictive in nature.
reviewed Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8) on + 39 more book reviews
British print of the book. Another excellent work by Pratchett.
Judyh avatar reviewed Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8) on + 229 more book reviews
Goofball fantasy
reviewed Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8) on + 27 more book reviews
This book is simultaneously, a satire on the Hobbit, some of my favorite cop fiction, and some of my fantasy fiction. A strange combination I know, but somehow it works.

The dedication reads
They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard or the patrol. Whatever the name their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they wanted to.

This book is dedicated to those fine men.
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This was a great book if you like parody type humor. Terry Pratchett is great for taking the things we see everyday and putting a spin to them. Science fiction with humor.
tuathaan avatar reviewed Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8) on + 12 more book reviews
A nice, thick read... very funny and very thoughtful. I really enjoyed it, and the neat little shifts the story made. Very cool.
lettersinarow avatar reviewed Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8) on + 3 more book reviews
Excellent, witty, and fun. Just like you'd expect Pratchett to be.
HBNole avatar reviewed Guards! Guards! (Discworld, Bk 8) on + 53 more book reviews
Not as funny or as clever as some of his other books, but it's still Pratchett who, even at his less-than-best, is still pretty darn good.
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Funny and witty