A review by molokov
Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett

3.0

Once again on this read through, we only covered the Discworld and not the Science chapters. In this next book, the wizards have to make sure that Charles Darwin writes The Origin of Species instead of Theology of Species. Unfortunately it treads a lot of the same ground as SoD2, with a different subject and different antagonist. And where SoD2 borrowed heavily from Lords and Ladies, this one borrows heavily from The Last Continent and Thief of Time - and the fact that ideas from other Discworld novels are recycled makes the story here fall a little flat. It's not as good as its predecessors and sometimes you get the feeling that Terry's heart just isn't in writing these stories for Science of Discworld, but Ian & Jack have a lot to say on the Science side of things. Still, as with the previous ones, it's good to get a bit more of the UU Wizards, especially as Rincewind plays a larger part in the proceedings, and he's always a good foil to Ridcully and Ponder Stibbons.