YMMV / Feet of Clay

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Is Carrot really as naive as he lets others believe him to be or has he begun to discover his hidden Manipulative Bastard? Near the end of the book Carrot and Angua have a hilarious One Dialogue, Two Conversations, during which he convinces her to stay in the city, even though she had made up her mind to leave. He appears to be his usual Adorkable self, but Angua instinctively believes that this is not the case. Angua's "feelings" are rarely, if ever, doubted. Moreover, despite the fact he is a major character in this book, chapters that are narrated from his PoV concern the investigation and his thoughts about golems; they do not elaborate on his day-to-day thoughts, like Men at Arms did. He's still an idealist but, as it was mentioned there, simple does not mean stupid.
• Applicability: Contrary to popular misconception, Cheri's story as written is not about trans issues; at the time the book was written in 1996 "trans issues" were barely a blip on the cultural radar of a society that was still struggling to come to terms with homosexual issues. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" had only been signed into law a mere two years before the book was published, and would not be repealed due to finally being considered unnecessary for another fifteen. Cheri, a dwarf who dared to stray from what was "normal" for her species by being female rather than male like all other dwarves presented as, was supposed to be the dwarven version of a gay man struggling to come out to an unaccepting society, not a trans woman. However, her story still works perfectly well when READ as being about trans issues, which Pratchett was fully supportive of.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Come back to this book after having read Night Watch, and try not to wince at the mention of Nobby's father and the scars he left him... It might be still Played for Laughs, but it just doesn't feel so funny.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: "Words in the heart cannot be taken" went a bit memetic after Terry Pratchett's death.
• Memetic Badass: One of the first examples of Vimes' status as such. Nobby, offered the chance to be King and Vimes' boss, can only worry about the fact that "Vimes will go spare."
• Values Resonance: Cheri's story is very much applicable to transgender issues, which have become a far hotter topic than they were at the time the book was written.