Review: The Fifth Elephant
EricMesa
- One minute read - 144 wordsThe Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is my second time reading this book. Keeping the score of 3/5 stars
Another mystery staring Samuel Vimes. This time he’s been sent by Vetinari to Uberwald as Ambassador. Vetinari purposely chose him because he thinks like a cop and isn’t the usual royalty that gets sent to these things. This turns out to be a good thing because the Dwarves, Vampires, and Wolves are each trying to gain advantage over the other.
This book can somewhat be read as a standalone without having read the other City Watch books. You’ll be missing a little bit on some of the background relationships, but since the majority of the plot is about the mystery - most of the background stuff can almost just be treated as easter eggs.