Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett

Well, I needed some light relief after the last two books. What is there to say about this book though? It is the 136th Discworld book and people who liked the other ones will like this one; people who didn't, won't. Still, I can't always be pushing back the boundaries of weird fiction. I need some easy, cosy reading sometimes.

In Monstrous Regiment war and gender politics are up for discussion as a whole platoon of girls cut their hair and stick socks down their trousers in order to enlist in the army of Borogravia, an ultra-nationalistic war-crazy state which I suspect might be modelled on Serbia. In a typically Balkan way, Borogravia actually has nothing to be proud of except its fierce national pride. After centuries of fighting anyone they share a boarder with, all of the surrounding countries have united against Borogravia, which would sort of serve it right, except that thousands of ordinary everyday folk are about to get killed by invading armies or starve in the aftermath. Don't worry too much though, because Mr Pratchett hasn't written a sad ending yet, and he's not about to start now.