Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
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Monstrous Regiment
- Discworld, Book 31
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Katherine Parkinson, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
- Series: Discworld, Book 31, Discworld: Industrial Revolution, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The audiobook of Monstrous Regiment is narrated by Katherine Parkinson, star of The IT Crowd and Here We Go. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'THAT'S THE TROUBLE ABOUT THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS! THEY'RE ALL GUYS!'
In the small yet aggressive country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. For a start, women belong in the kitchen - not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line.
Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Going to war however, is not.
Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee.
It's time to make a stand.
The first book in the Discworld series-The Colour of Magic-was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
©2003 Dunmanifestin Ltd (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Megs
Story Great, Reader no so
I love the story. Just don’t know that Katherine Parkinson did the characters’ justice. Her performance was a bit flat, I thought.
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Charni
Bad narration
I normally love Katherine, but she was not the right fit here. Her voices were awful, specifically Igor, I know he has a lisp, that’s what all Igor’s sound like, but she made him unintelligible. The Officers in the army were awful too. The book also isn’t split into chapters which when listening to go to sleep makes it hard to remember where you were. Couldn’t finish it which is a shame.