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The simplest answer is yes you can jump right in.
The more complicated answer is yes, but there will be two minor characters in this book that will look very different from the versions of them you meet when you start their respective series. But when I say they are minor in this book I mean minor. So just go for it and have fun.
Oh my gooooooodddssssss you are going to have so much fun. Monstrous Regiment is Pratchett at his absolute best.
If you end up reading Monstrous Regiment before Guards! Guards!, please come back and tell us what you think! I’d be fascinated to know how you view [character] if you saw him in MR first (which is later in his life) and then jumped back to his first appearance in GG.
There’s no wrong way to do it :-)
Monstrous Regiment is mostly stand-alone. There are some characters and concepts that it might be useful to have already been introduced to, but happily, Going Postal covers most of them, so there shouldn’t be much confusion.
I'm partial to Soul Music personally, but that's more due to my own non-literary interests. Purely objectively speaking, yeah, MR is probably the best one-shot.
Yes! Do it immediately. Knowledge of the minor characters isn't essential to the enjoyment of the plot, but will add richness when - not if - you reread it.
Spoiler below! Not sure if I've done the tags correctly so here is a very long winded way of saying there is a spoiler below incase it didn't work.
(spoiler) the minor character in monsterous regiment is vimes. Once you know him his very small part is so much funnier. (/Spoiler)
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The simplest answer is yes you can jump right in. The more complicated answer is yes, but there will be two minor characters in this book that will look very different from the versions of them you meet when you start their respective series. But when I say they are minor in this book I mean minor. So just go for it and have fun.
Epic ty :)
I think it'll actually make the book a bit more enjoyable. You won't know those characters, so you won't have any idea what they're up to...
Neat
Oh my gooooooodddssssss you are going to have so much fun. Monstrous Regiment is Pratchett at his absolute best. If you end up reading Monstrous Regiment before Guards! Guards!, please come back and tell us what you think! I’d be fascinated to know how you view [character] if you saw him in MR first (which is later in his life) and then jumped back to his first appearance in GG. There’s no wrong way to do it :-)
o7 (salute icon) will do
Monstrous Regiment is mostly stand-alone. There are some characters and concepts that it might be useful to have already been introduced to, but happily, Going Postal covers most of them, so there shouldn’t be much confusion.
:) ty
It's probably the best stand alone one there is.
I'm partial to Soul Music personally, but that's more due to my own non-literary interests. Purely objectively speaking, yeah, MR is probably the best one-shot.
Small Gods is at least in contention!
Yes! Do it immediately. Knowledge of the minor characters isn't essential to the enjoyment of the plot, but will add richness when - not if - you reread it.
Lol ok ty
You will be fine
Yay
I read it as stand alone as well, still think about it sometimes. One of the best Discworld books for me. I should do a re-read.
Nice, ty
Whilst it does stand alone, "the truth" would be a useful pre read.
Good to know, ty
Monstrous Regiment was the first Discworld book I ever read and I have no regrets.
I’m getting hyped
Could someone spoiler tag me the characters that show up elsewhere because I genuinely can't remember any reappearing again.
Spoiler below! Not sure if I've done the tags correctly so here is a very long winded way of saying there is a spoiler below incase it didn't work. (spoiler) the minor character in monsterous regiment is vimes. Once you know him his very small part is so much funnier. (/Spoiler)
if you're on mobile, type \>! !< around the spoiler. if not there's a button to do it.
It's one of the most standalone, among the later books.