Brilliant performance of an excellent story

Nigel Planer really outdid himself here. This book has more than the average Discworld novel in the way of accents, funny noises, and inflections like mumbling, and it's all brilliantly done and really adds to the characters. One character in particular is lightly disguised at one point in the book and that includes how they speak, and Planer portrays that wonderfully.

As usual, Pratchett examines the big pointy issues of our world through the comedy of the Discworld in a way that still feels uncomfortably relevant twenty years later. It is a little bit cookie cutter Discworld (everything goes to plan, the characters pull off amazing feats reliably, etc) but not every book can have life changing twists I suppose. But then, it is exactly what I came for.

There is a slightly amusing editing defect where it asked me to turn the tape over to side 14 but ah well, that's the nature of using the old recordings I suppose.

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A true Pratchett classic

Would you listen to Jingo again? Why?

One of the funniest Pratchett stories. Had me rolling with laughter at times.

Have you listened to any of Nigel Planer’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I prefer Stephen Bigget's narrative but Nigel definitely performed with flying colour in Jingo.

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Trolls are Scottish???

NO! No-no-no-no-NO! This simply won't do, Trolls are Scottish half the time and just plain confused the rest of the time, Angua sounds like a 6'4" male body builder recovering from a head cold, which she apparently caught from Sam Vimes judging by his voice (at least up to half way through the book before it finally developed), and lady Sybil makes me think of a portly matron with nothing but cotton wool between her ears. Sorry but if it wasn't for the storyline I'd plain give up listening all together. Nigel Planer doesn't seem to develop any characters before performing, instead just experiments along the way, changing tempo, tone and even accents along the way. I'm sorry but there other Terry Pratchett narrators that bring the story to life with such natural passion and brilliance of characters that in comparison makes me want to find Nigel Planer, fly there, and demand a refund!

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What you see is what you get

When you listen to a watch novel from the discworl you know excactly what you're gonna get and thats pretty damn satisfying.

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Laughed out loud too many times to count

Exceptionally incisive, hilarious and a study of human nature at its best.
Loved it !
A must read for anyone that likes satire. A lot of the usual characters make an appearance.
The way he explains the concepts of war, of how 'different means dangerous' is just amazing. Of course you will be laughing all the way at the brilliant wit, fast paced plot so that you won't see the twists coming.
A suffering Vimes, a smug Vetinari, the always innocent Nobby and so much more !!

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Jingo, not just for Terry Pratchett fans

Wonderful story, funny, entertaining, I highly recommend it. The narration is superb. The hours flew by listening to this tale.

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Missing part, but still great

I think there was a part of the book missing, you can hear "end of page 14" at some point there and so I think it was probably copied from cassettes, but that's fine. The book is of course good, just like other Discworld novels ;)

Very great

Wow this and another book taken at random from the huge library on audible are so excellent I feel like I’ve found gold. Lots of very enjoy hours ahead.

Sir Terry never disappointed any reader

Love to hear the books in the original language. When translated to Spanish form Spain I hate reading local language such as gilipollas 😑. The reader is very good, my only complain is that the full collection is not available for Mexico.

Perfect Pratchett-esque cynicism

Wonderfully cynical and beautifully pacifistic satire. In a typical Pratchett fashion, people are accurately examined in a way, that makes you almost disgusted with yourself and humanity, but at the same time, you think "Ah yes, everything is, as it will always be".