Paperback, 480 pages
English language
Published March 27, 2007 by Corgi.
Night Watch is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 29th book in his Discworld series, and the sixth starring the City Watch, published in 2002. The protagonist of the novel is Sir Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. A five-part radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Night Watch placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best fantasy novel.
Excellent story all round. Vimes develops even more as a character and we get history of the Watch and the city. Along with a good exposition about how the many parts of a society work together despite the deprecations of self-interested fools. I needed that reminder amidst the chaos and deliberate pain of this Trump administration in the US.
This is the first of Pratchett's novels that I've read to the end (I've certainly tried at least one before and didn't get anywhere) and I think I understand the attraction. Vimes is a thoroughly decent chap, in a messy world, and Pratchett weaves words of wisdom into a pretty entertaining story. I'm not sure it moved me enough to hoover up the rest of his books, but I at least understand why people like him so much.
He saltado de la primera novela de la guardia a esta, y el cambio es considerable, pero es fácil de seguir Lo que menos me ha gustado del libro es el antagonista, me cargan mucho los psicópatas listísimos, y supongo que se explora en otros libros la paternidad, pero me ha parecido que está mejor escrito, parece que Pratchett mejores con los años, como el bien vino. Me ha gustado las presentación de los viajes en el ritmo y sus paradojad, bebé Clara y muy desmitificadora: el tiempo de cura a sí mismo, otro solo hasta cierto punto.
Toda la esencia de la Guardia de Ankh-Morpork concentrada en esta joya. Quizá el final sea demasiado precipitado, por ponerle alguna pega.
Man, this one was dark. More dark than I am accustomed to from Pratchett. The laughs, what few there were, consisted of wry smiles more than an actual belly laugh. This was more of a 'through the mirror darkly' than his usual light-hearted take on our world as seen through the lens of the Discworld. Very compelling reading though.
