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Title: The past, future and present
Review: This is the best Watch book yet. I would give it more stars if I could. It isn't a good place to start reading either the Disc World books or the City Watch series. While this book does contain the expected funny satire and puns they are for the most part found at the beginning of the book. This book is a darker, more serious look at the characters and the city. The book introduces the younger selves of many of the older watch members and Vetinari. It explains how Vimes went from an idealistic newbie to a disallusioned drunk. This transformation isn't spelled out but can be discerned from what the older Vimes sees in his younger self and what we know of him from the previous books. It is a book about heroes, redemption, evil and the price of freedom.
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