This book is SO MUCH better than The Color of Magic, especially the middle portions of that one.

Rincewind has way more personality here. I actually enjoy him, and he and Twoflower are fun character foils in a way that they don't manage to be in the first book.

I will say, while The Color of Magic is not a great introduction to the Discworld in a lot of ways, and while Rincewind really is not my favorite Discworld protagonist, these first two books are a decent start and a pretty solid satirical fantasy duology. The whole thing just gets so much better later on.

Anyway, the whole Cohen and Bethan thing is slightly awful but mostly just amusing. The trolls are great. Some of the musings on magic and the multiverse and stuff start to get really interesting here. A fun time overall.