We’ve got Nobby Nobbs and Fred Colon on art theft duty, we’ve got a vampire joining the watch, we’ve got trolls vs. Look, I’m not even going to attempt to talk about the plot here because it’s bonkers. At least I feel like with this book, we’re leaving Vimesy and his crew in a good place. I know that I have quite a few of his other published non-Discworld books still to look forward to, and there’s always re-reading, but it’s still making me very sad and also making me feel old. When Terry Pratchett died in 2015 I comforted myself with the thought that he had so many published books, they were practically endless. If I make it through my planned TBR this year, I will only have two left to read in 2024. And I am very fast approaching having no new Discworld books at all. Mostly what I feel right now as I type this review is sad that this was my last brand new City Watch book, which has been my favorite of the Discworld sub-series. It didn’t quite reach the level of profound delightment that I need in order to give a Discworld book five stars. This was almost five stars for me, and might very well get bumped up on eventual re-read, but for now it’s holding steady at 4.5 stars, rounded down.
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