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bisexualwentworth 's review for:
The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
God, what a silly book.
There are elements here of what makes later Discworld books great. The humor is of course foremost among them. The stuff with DEATH is great. The Luggage is entertaining.
Rincewind doesn’t fully work for me in this first installment.
Also, it’s SUCH a parody that a lot of the plot just feels very tired.
The opening in Ankh Morpork is fantastic and so entertaining. The ending is lovely and philosophical and absurd in equal measure. The middle chunks are kind of whatever.
Favorite quotes:
There are elements here of what makes later Discworld books great. The humor is of course foremost among them. The stuff with DEATH is great. The Luggage is entertaining.
Rincewind doesn’t fully work for me in this first installment.
Also, it’s SUCH a parody that a lot of the plot just feels very tired.
The opening in Ankh Morpork is fantastic and so entertaining. The ending is lovely and philosophical and absurd in equal measure. The middle chunks are kind of whatever.
Favorite quotes:
- “Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance, boredom, fear, and a lingering taste for heterosexuality”
- “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.”