Hi Mina, welcome!

... ::gulps:: People didn't like "Thud!"? But, but, but... :sputters: It was so---so---RELEVANT!!! I honestly haven't seen a better fun-house reflection of the world affairs - doesn't matter if it's today's, yesterday's, or centuries ago, - yet, unlike "The Monstrous Regiment", which likewise attempted to hold up a mirror to the world (world's wars, specifically), "Thud!" actually offered some hope that people might someday learn to get along after all!*
After reading "Thud", I seriously wished it was a required reading for aspiring world leaders, until it hit me (half a second later), that most world leaders aren't quite the learn-from-their-betters type.

So yeah, "Thud!", don't listen to them, you're one of my most favorite books EVER, and I would'nt trade you for a thousand "Going Postal'"s. (Nothing against "Going Postal", it was a fun read, I just can't remember any of the plot details to save my life )

*Whereas "The Monstrous Regiment" was mostly a misery bath for the soul, and as misanthropic as I've ever seen the Marther get.