Synopsis
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old-fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go going. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match without using magic, so they're going to try everything else. The Big Match draws in an urchin with a gift for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might turn out to be the greatest fashion model ever, and the mysterious Mr Nutt. (No one knows much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt). As the match approaches, four lives are changed forever. Because the thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football. Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!
My Review
It was not my favorite novel from the Discworld universe. It felt too busy with many characters that didn’t feel as interesting as in other Discworld books, and as for the characters we already know, they felt off-color compared to their other appearences elsewhere. For instance, Lord Vetinari benefits from not showing up too often only to be a dark presence in the background. Over the past few novels, he appears so much that the character breaks down a bit in my mind. I like him much better when he interacts with people such as Commander Vimes or Moist von Lipwig, but not so much in this one.
Discworld novels are never bad, but this one made me wonder a couple of times if I should continue until the end or move on. I did finish it.