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Night Watch
- Discworld, Book 29
- Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The audiobook of Night Watch is narrated by impressionist and actor Jon Culshaw, best known for BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers, and for the Doctor Who audiobooks and dramas. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'DON'T PUT YOUR TRUST IN REVOLUTIONS. THEY ALWAYS COME ROUND AGAIN. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED REVOLUTIONS. PEOPLE DIE, AND NOTHING CHANGES.'
The twenty-fifth of May is an important, sombre day in Ankh-Morpork - the anniversary of one of the city's bloodiest rebellions.
But crime stops for nothing, as Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch knows. When a notorious serial killer emerges from hiding, the chase leads the Watch to the roofs of Unseen University where a magical storm is brewing. It's a case of wrong place, very wrong time.
For Vimes finds himself back in his own rough, tough past with only a killer for company and a city on the brink of revolution to contend with. But he must survive, because he has a job to do: track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion.
And get back to the future before his wife gives birth, of course.
All in a day's work...
Night Watch is the sixth book in the City Watch series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
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- Jacqueline
- 30-05-23
Disappointing
I love this book and was looking forward to hearing what Jon Culshaw would do with it. At the start it sounded like we were going to get Vimes as Sean Bean, which was interesting, but this quickly settled on Vimes as Les Dawson, which wasn’t. The pace of narration is way too slow and the reading itself has retained the book’s contemplative elements while completely losing its joie de vivre.
I’ll stick with the Stephen Briggs reading,
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- inlowercase
- 26-05-23
My favourite Pratchett book
Great book which is made weird by culshaws stilted reading style. He seems to speak in 3 word sentences which break up the rhythm and didn’t allow me to get immersed in the story. Also the Les Dawson voice he uses for my fav character Vimes makes the whole reading surreal and not enjoyable.
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- C. Naples
- 02-06-23
Engaging but flawed version of the best Pratchett
Yes, Culshaw is very good at voicing the second-rank characters and it's engaging and entertaining but to my mind he's got Carcer completely wrong. He needs to be charming, innocent and wounded which underscores what a villain he is.
Also, it does often sound like it's his first read, with pauses and emphasis in narration all through the text that are clearly in the wrong place.
It's good, but not a patch on Indira Varma's work.
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- Shelley Burn
- 14-08-23
Poor narration
All Terry Pratchetts books have snatches of British humour that I enjoy but the narrator has managed to turn this book into a humourless and dreary story - so disappointing
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- Dru
- 01-06-23
surprisingly seems rushed
What should've been a triumph ends with flubbed lines like 'I have got stronginthearm back on his feet sir' instead of 'I'd have' it's the worst of the new books. heartbreak. To find this out on the glorious 25th of May hurts. Perhaps they were meant to get Sean Bean and it fell through leading to rushed workload. who knows. This has many errors and odd accent choices. I had hoped for so much more. Book is still 10/10. GNU Pterry
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- Mad Boris
- 07-03-24
Not as good as the original performance
Steven Briggs performance was much better but a perfectly acceptable effort none the less. it's a pity you can't get the old ones anymore on audible
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-10-23
Essential listening
Absolutely superb! Brilliant story and exceptional narration, this was a pleasure from start to finish
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- Val
- 01-09-23
Excellent story and narration.
Sam Vimes at his best. Good to learn how he and his men became The Watch.
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- Kevin O.
- 30-08-23
Amazing
I am a longtime Pratchett fan, but the standout star of this was John Culshaw's voice acting skills. His mastery of dialects and accents was amazing. Loved every second of it. Not to take away from the great Discworld story by Pratchett though.
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- S. Joice
- 29-08-23
Best of the Watch series so far
Loved it, always been one of my favourites and the narrator has really hit his stride
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