The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Re-Read 12/6/24:

Always like coming home to a piece of bread.

Mind you, this book is more like the Scone of Scones, and maybe, perhaps, just as deadly, but it's Vimes. And for Vimes' sake, we all love this book.

I can't quite tell if this is just purely funny or comfort food.

Ah, well, who cares. I'm up for a promotion, anyway.



Original Review:

Re-Read.

But you know what? Other than the whole dwarf rock bits, the murders, werewolves, theft, and Detritus's exploding crossbow, I SWEAR this is a book about Brexit.

Of course, it could really be about making the European Union, but really it's about Brexit. Überwald is, of course, England. It's kinda obvious. Backward, reactionary, full of wolves, vampires, and werewolves. And Igors. Of course, Igors.

Isn't that amazing? How did Pratchett predict all these events back in 1999? Hello, dwarves!

Of course... the rest of the EU is actually Ankh-Morpork.

Eerie. So where is EU's Vimes? Come solve the crime! :)



(BTW, I liked this book the second time I read it better than the first. Tastes change and sometimes books improve.) :)



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