Thud!

Thud!

by Terry Pratchett

Blurb:

Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was very far away. It was a long time ago.

But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.

With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him.

Oh... and at six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read "Where's My Cow?," with all the right farmyard noises, to his little boy.

There are some things you HAVE to do!

My Reaction:

I read this with Donald.  (I've yet to read anything by Pratchett that wasn't a shared read with Donald; he's the one who introduced me to the Night Watch series of novels.)

I enjoyed it!  I don't think I have anything specific to say, except that it's enjoyable reading.  

I went in feeling slightly ambivalent (nothing personal, just how I'm feeling about a lot of things lately), but soon remembered that this world is funny and homey.