Title: Just Not The Same
Product review: I won't go into too much detail, since there are already so many similar reviews here. I just have to say, I am a massive Pratchett fan. I have read nearly every book in the Discworld series, and I have loved them all, always found something clever, insightful in them...until this book. Monstrous Regiment was like Pratchett Lite...all the footnotes and none of the heart. I felt as if I were reading a book by someone who was trying desprately to emulate Pratchett, but simply didn't have the skill. So much low-brow humor, predictable plot points, and nothing original. Pratchett has covered war issues, gender issues and equality, in books infinitely better than this. This is the first time a Discworld book failed to make me laugh out loud. And Vimes and Angua's little cameos did nothing to improve the situation. I truly hope that this book is not an indicator of what's to come, but if it is, at least I still have every book that came before this to fall back on.
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