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The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett

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ewans's review

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4.0

Perfect lockdown reading. Such fun!

legocoffeecup's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

baby’s first terry pratchett! everything they say and more. so much fun! anyone who likes scifi/fantasy and likes to giggle will enjoy.

the pacing and overall structure of the book might take a bit of adjusting to, but if you stick through it you’re in for a fun ride. it’s written in four sections (or short stories) and jumps around frequently. the tone and the voice are a blast! can’t wait to read more pratchett!

skeleton_ashleigh's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.75

tomasthanes's review against another edition

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4.0

So I've finally finished my first Terry Prachett novel. It's about time. (It's about space. It's about some people in the strangest place.)

It was very light hearted in the same way that Douglas Adams' books are, but there they depart company. Terry wrote 40 Discworld books (plus others) while Douglas Adams confined his Hitchhiker series to just 5 books (plus others). (Thanks to [a:Neil Gaiman|1221698|Neil Gaiman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1234150163p2/1221698.jpg] for pointing out the comparison in a blog post he wrote in 2004.)

Rincewind and Twoflower start in the town of Ankh-Morpork, meet up with heroes like Bravd, the Weasel, and Hrun, brave the Wyrmberg, and end up (spoiler?) over the rim of the world.

Pratchett's "gods" (and demigods) are a comical bunch, Keystone Cops in Dunmanifestin. Petty and imperfect but having more power than they can handle. They are more like the Greek or Roman pantheons. They, in turn, are governed by the "Old High Ones" (undefined in this book) but probably just as fickle.