![]() It starts slow, falters in the middle owing to certain meandering segments, and stretches the third act for pages and pages despite wrapping up the main plot quite early. Undoubtedly, this book suffers from uneven pacing. While I do appreciate Sam Vimes as a character, there were many occasions when I yearned to read more about the other Watch members and their minor arcs (as was the case in the earlier City Watch books). While the book isn't as terrible as some reviews might make it out to be, it just isn't Pratchett at his best.Īs with the last two books, this book too heavily focuses on Sam Vimes rather than the main ensemble cast of the City Watch. Pratchett's struggles with this ailment are evident in the book through the sheer drop in the quality of writing. 'Snuff' was written years after Pratchett was diagnosed with the "embuggerance" (a term he used for Posterior Cortical Atrophy - a rare variant of Alzheimer's disease). ![]() ![]() It hurts to see these characters bid adieu and not have more content to read about them henceforth. ![]() Over the last eight books (and multiple others where the Watch members have featured to some extent), I have grown to love and care for these characters. Almost six months later, I have finally finished this engrossing City Watch arc after having recently completed the eighth and final book of this arc – 'Snuff'. Back in November of the last year, when I first began reading 'Guards! Guards!', I never knew that I was going to embark on a ride of a lifetime. ![]()
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