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RINCEWIND!!!!!!!! As soon as they said “wizzard” I got really excited and may have squealed. Yeah, hands down he’s my favorite character.

You know, I do have better things I could be doing with my time, more vegetable like books I could be reading. I’m hosting book club this month, and I have a stack of non-fiction books I’m at various amounts read through.

But these books make me happy. Which sometimes are the very best types of books there are.

Update: I was worried that this book was raciest toward Australian natives (I’m not going to try and spell it) but then weirdly the ending made it ok? Question mark? I don’t know if that is me being white or if it is actually fine. I also was wondering about how someone in China would react to this book. I don’t know much about the rise of communism but there is a lot of stuff about how these things are messed up. But who really cares- my brain is still broken and I thought Ricewind would make it better - which he did. I just bought Color of Magic and Light Fantastic because they make me happy - and right now I need more happiness.

jennybee2008's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jewbacca343's review against another edition

4.0

Pratchett really does have an impressive ability to satirize many different themes, tropes, disciplinary fields, etc. all while making a very fun and enjoyable story. Riffing off of old "Oriental" fantasy backgrounds is a very fun setting for Rincewind to get up to his normal cowardly antics, while bringing back a few other characters that gel really well with the story. Definitely feels like one of his most complete tales.