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Summary
The City Watch is the last line of defence against such unnatural goings-on. But when even the Watch have trouble telling right from wrong, you know that law and order ain't what they used to be. But that's all about to change.
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- MICHAEL J BAXTER
- 19-11-18
Classic
Love it. I read the physical book many times over the years, so there were a couple of bits missing, but such is the way when books are converted to audio or video. Tony Robinson is always my goto narrator for discworld, highly recommended as a great start to discworld.
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- Mrs. Karen Proctor
- 18-04-15
Guards! Guards!
Wish I'd bought the unabridged version. Narration was very good but I didn't feel the story flowed well and I feel a bit cheated by the price.
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- K. Mcchesney
- 08-02-19
love it.
not my favorite Terry Pratchett but an entertaining story none the less. a great introduction Sam s relationships
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- Modkin
- 17-05-18
Great book
I have been meaning to read Guards Guards for ages and I wasn't disappointed :-)
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- Michael A
- 31-03-18
Humourous
To is always to put an smile on your face whichever of his books you read. Brilliant.
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- Dan
- 16-10-16
Amazing. thank you Mr Robinson
loved this book when I read it. loved it even more now. I thank Tony Robinson for lending his voice to this book with tears in my eyes knowing that he and Pratchett were close friends.
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- Z. Gott
- 20-12-14
great story, great voices
love it, I listen to it over and over again, thank you very much :-D
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- Steve Wilkinson
- 03-05-10
Disappointing
Lets be clear from the start, I am a fan of the Discworld series and have read all of them at least once; most I've read countless times. I get the audio books so I can listen to them in the car to work (each way is conveniently one CD long).
This abridged version leaves a lot to be desired. Tony Robinson's delivery is poor, and the editing of the story seriously detract from the original. Having read (and love) the book I spent the entire time listening to this thinking 'hang on a mo what about.....'
If this were given to me as an introduction to the series I doubt it would have gone any further.
Personally I would stick with the unabridged versions which are far closer to the originals - Nigel Planer's recounting is good, Steven Brigg's is superb (seems to be the only person who has read the books - he knows that Carrot has a Welsh accent!)
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- Kashif
- 09-01-10
Great!
Loved it in all it's ridicularity!