/lit/ - Literature

Finished Guards!Guards! and it was a really enjoyable ride, much more immediately funny than Small Gods probably because Prattchet wasn't as concerned trying to make a point in this one and focused a bit more on funny situations.

The Brethren were absolutely hilarious on pretty much every appearance they had. Only sort of criticism I have is that it was sorta easy to figure out who the Supreme Grand Master was because he was the only other character besides the protagonists to be singled out and given a backstory, akin to Chekov's Gun but in the form of a character and also that the time traveling of the Librarian was somewhat uneventful.

From what I understood the point Prattchet was trying to make here was about the general apathy of mankind towards their own and their ability to ignore and accept horrible situations as long as they are not immediately affected by them.

Overall pretty good, now I know why it's so frequently recommended as a starting point for the series. Think I will follow up my Discworld reading with Mort to get a taste of the Death books that most seem to love.