Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett

dididave 18.11.2004 (18.11.2004)
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...be pleased to note that Feet Of Clay marks a VERY on form Mr Pratchett. Its almost a straight out murder mystery beginning with the discovery and subsequent investigation into the death of a seemingly harmless priest within the walls of the Disc's largest city of Ankh-Morpock. Immediately on the case is the city's Watch which has now expanded from that seen in previous novels to include dwarves, trolls and even a werewolf from the Uberwald! When ...
...no mean feat... Feet of Clay weaves a number mysteries into its plot and lays a liberal trail of bizarre clues for you to follow in the truest art of the murder mystery novel. Its not going to fool that many people for too long, but as a foray into such novels it is extremely interesting - and you can't say that there are that many books which cross Sherlock Holmes with The Lord Of The Rings and then throw in a whole sackful of satire. For those ...

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...Well, compared to Moving Pictures, Feet Of Clay was a bit of a slow starter. I enjoyed it all the way through, but it wasn’t yelling at me to read it for the first hundred pages or so. Then at one point, I looked up and had somehow read 150 pages in one go. The next time I glanced at the clock, it was almost midnight and I had about eighty pages to read. I prized the book out of my rapacious fingers and forced myself to wait until the kids ...
...The characters are wonderful, as ever, so that it all jumps out of the page and runs as a film in your head. It is laugh-out-loud funny and very, very clever. I would recommend it, but only gave it 8 out of 10. Moving Pictures got 9 out of 10. Both well worth a read though. Here’s to my next Pratchett…. Just got to decide which one… ...

KarenUK 05.09.2001 · Read full review
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...books. Having said that Feet of Clay is a really good read and certainly one of the better books in the sequence involving the watch. It is set on the discworld, a flat disc that travels through space on the backs of four elephants standing on top of a turtle. The discworld has politics, religion, magic and all the standard fantasy fair. It also has equal rights movements for trolls, dwarfs and the undead. In a way the discworld is a warped mirror ...
...or obscure historical events. Feet of Clay sees the return of the Anhk-Morpork City Watch. The watch have appeared in previous novels (Guards!Guards! and Men At Arms) and this one sees them making furthur progress in extending and modernising the organisation. Anhk-Morpork is much like any british victorian city and has a high level of crime. The watch investigate a series of strange murders involving Golems(clay robots) and then become involved ...

Telute 18.02.2001 · Read full review
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This is another of Terry's Watch books, in it we see how the new watch is growing and moderninsing.All the old favourite from Sam Vine, Captain Carrot through to nobby and Angua return and are fleshed out that little bit more with Terry's unique descriptive skills. The story centres on a series of murders which the watch are investigateing and as such the plot is relatively compelling. You can read it as a light hearted book and not worry aboutthe ...
...and try to work out who did it, why and where. This book also introduces Golems to the reader, an intresting new addition that Terry does not make use of in later books. It also develops the discworlds own brand of philosophy and relegion. This is one of the books i would place higher on a list of Terry's work andis definately worth a read. However i woudl sugest you read either Guards! Guards! or Men at Arms or both before hand (in that order) ...

Fisheye 15.07.2000 · Read full review
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Feet of clay is the third in the city watch trilogy and 19 in the discworld series. Most people who read this book will have read most of if not all of those books prior to this. Maybe you are not one of those people and have simply heard Terry Pratchett's name bantered around. You are wondering if he's any good and have found yourselves considering this book. I've read all the previous books and even performed the second in the guards series as ...
...an excellent author. He's extremely witty and clever and at some points during this book you will find yourself laughing out loud. This is actually one of my favourite Discworld novels. In its simplest form really it is a detective novel, albeit set in a world on a disc, resting on four elephants on the back of a giant turtle! Its a fantasy comedy secondly, it has dwarves, werewolves and golems (which this book is about) in it. If you like the sound ...

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