Jingo

(Discworld Novel 21)

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy

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'Neighbours... hah. People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear.'

When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed. Of course, no-one would dream of starting a war without a perfectly good reason...such as a 'strategic' piece of old rock in the middle of nowhere.

It is after all every citizen's right to bear arms to defend their own. Even if it isn't technically their own. And even if they don't have much in the way of actual weaponry. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch faces unpleasant foes who are out to get him... and that's just the people on his side. The enemy might be even worse.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Jingo is the fourth book in the City Watch series.

'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld' Sunday Telegraph

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Critic reviews

'Pratchett's writing is a constant delight. No one mixes the fantastical and the mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of human endeavour'

'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld'

'Vintage Pratchett... Perennially funny...A sharp satire on the futility of war'

'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone... He satisfies the need for fast-moving breathtaking plots with entirely satisfying endings, and the equally primitive desire for an alternative world, full of thrills but benign, into which one can step for pleasure and enlivenment'

'Both his inventiveness and his moral shrewdness seem inexhaustible'

I really miss Stephen Briggs. Story great

I own a lot of Discworld books, both physical and audio. This is the first of the new narration for me. I have always Loved Stephen Briggs and just seams like a completely different story without him. Also the subsets from Bill Nighy was odd for me,
This was the last of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch books I needed so I am sure I can get used to the other characters in the future but will keep my current ones.
I had wanted to get the rest of the Industrial Revolution as I am missing Moving Pictures and The Truth, but think I might wait on those now.

I do not want to take back that the story is great and I am sure the new narrators are great, just if you lived years with a certain voice as certain characters the change makes a diffrence.

Very entertaining

I read several negative reviews about the performance so I came in with low expectations. I am happy to say that I don’t see why there have been so many comments about the tone and pacing. While it is not a perfect performance, it is a good one. I will definitely be listening to this one again.

Different take on narration, still great

Narrator emphasizes the gruff and gritty nature of the books, which in some cases adds interesting dynamics. Maybe missing a little silliness and charm of the older versions, but still a wonderful audio experience. Pratchett’s unique insight and humor still shine through in this captivating action novel. Nobby nobs and Fred colon will always be an incredible vehicle for comedy. Can’t recommend the night watch series of discworld enough.

It was great, narration could be better

I don’t know if it was actually written in the book this way but the book was interrupted by footnotes that took away from the experience

relevance

surprises, yet characters stay true to form. " random words to fill up the 15 word minimum"