Pratchettariana: Thud!

I saw mother off to the airport, proceeded to freak out in my usual "grr I keel u" way, and to my surprise, managed to get Terry Pratchett's Thud! on my way home. I'm not sure it's even supposed to be in the UK yet O_o

Non-spoilery: Very nice, very Watch-y, somewhat suffering from the "bigger bang" syndrome (ie. every following novel has to have a larger-scale conflict than the previous one). I had several moments where I was laughing so hard, I had to put the book down for a minute; that hasn't happened in a while. (Though come on, God of Over-Acting?) On the downside, the plot didn't grip me as hard as Night Watch did, or even Going Postal. Part of this is because this book could use about two hundred more pages to flesh out all the motifs.

( Spoilers for Thud! by Terry Pratchett below )

Shutting up now. I think I'll have to re-read Thud! soon :)