# Pratchett's Night Watch (spoilers)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 16, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratchetts-night-watch-spoilers/137012 "2002-11-16T11:38:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratchetts-night-watch-spoilers/137012/1 "2002-11-16T11:38:50Z")

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So. Bought the new book last weekend, read it in a few days and I have to say… I’m disappointed. I don’t think it’s up to Pterry’s usual standards.

There were some great moments - a young Vetinari! Nobby! But overall, it felt a bit self-indulgent. The plot wasn’t as strong as I’m used to and I felt Keel/Vimes’ death was a bit of an anti-climax. Also, I didn’t feel as involved with the characters as I usually do (I thought Ned Coates had a lot of potential that wasn’t fully developed).

Oh, and there just weren’t enough footnotes 🙂

Was I expecting too much? What did you think?

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratchetts-night-watch-spoilers/137012/2 "2002-11-16T16:48:49Z")

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Well, you can check out my[thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=143577) on this very topic.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratchetts-night-watch-spoilers/137012/3 "2002-11-16T23:13:23Z")

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Oddly, I found the few footnotes that were in the book distracting and annoying. I usually like 'em, but they just didn’t work for me in this book. Other than that, I thought it was pretty good.