Marmite books

[Anonymous]

I thought they just figured he was dead.

No, they are pretty aware he's on Fourecks. They just have no idea where the hells that is. (If they would have thought Rincewind's dead they would have never went to do what they did)

 

[Cool Middle Name]

Unseen Academicals was the first book I completed but I can't get into it like earlier books such as the early Watch books (extremely funny and addictive) and the Witch books.
Going Postal IMO was ok but meh.
Did not enjoy Thud and Night Watch as such. Vimes does not grip me as a particularly magnetic character. I don't need him to be a commando-hero. Did not like the focus on his ideologies.
Fifth Elephant not as funny as I'd hoped.

Basically I like extremely comical Pratchett books with a good balance of philosophy and satire. Thud and Night Watch weren't really funny at all.

 

[TimBou]

... Thud and Night Watch weren't really funny at all.

Just off the top of my head a few funny bits I remember from those two...

Thud
Nobbs and Colon discussing the nature of art
Nobby Nobbs' love life
Sallly and Angua
Where's My Cow (of course!)

Night Watch
Lu Tze's Zen Garden
Just about everything that happened on the barricades

However I do agree with you if you're saying the comedy was a bit toned down compared to earlier books.

 

[high eight]

... Thud and Night Watch weren't really funny at all.

Just off the top of my head a few funny bits I remember from those two...

Thud
Nobbs and Colon discussing the nature of art
Nobby Nobbs' love life
Sallly and Angua
Where's My Cow (of course!)

The whole Ankh-Morpork art scene is hilarious - Daniellarina Pouter's seminal work Don't Talk To Me About Mondays, Vetanari having her nailed to a stake (Which later became a major art work in its own right) and the strained vowels of Reynold Stitched (Similar to the strained vowels of a certain art critic: Stiched=Sew-well. geddit? ). I had to put the book down several times just to laugh.

 

[meerkat]

oooh good! Someone else got the Reynold Stitched oke. Phew!

 

[Tonyblack]

I got the parody of Brian Sewell, but missed the "Stitched" pun.