I love that everyone's take on this book are so different, and I love that so many people read it. 
 This was not one of my favorite Pratchett novels, as I fear many of his more recent novels are too formulaic. But the plot and characters, and the ever present social commentary are solid. And after all a couple of my favorite of his novels are his newer novels - Thud!, Going Postal - and formulaic or not, they are awesome.