“Thud!” is late Discworld, where the jokes share the page with a serious story about an old hatred between dwarfs and trolls. Vimes remains the reason to pick up the City Watch books, and the Watch’s first vampire recruit, paired with its werewolf, adds friction of a lighter kind. Some readers feel the message is pressed too hard, and a few find this entry less memorable; newcomers should begin earlier in the series.

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About the book

Thud! is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 34th book in the Discworld series, first released in the United States on 13 September 2005, then the United Kingdom on 1 October 2005. It was released in the U.S. three weeks before Pratchett's native UK in order to coincide with a signing tour. It was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2006.

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Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.6 across 455 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 76% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.4 comes out.