Thud!

Curious. Thud is a curious tale with characters that I think I'd like to know better. I did not read the previous books in the series, so perhaps I'm missing something. While I was a little disoriented as a reader throughout this story, I enjoyed it. Nobody was quite how they appeared at first glance, and prejudice was so pervasive that it almost got old. I assume that both of these have something to do with the world with which I am not familiar. Despite the prejudice and shifting people, the plot pulls the story along well, and all is well that ends well.