Difference between revisions of "The Color of Magic"
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'''''Colour of Magic''''' is a comedic novel by [[Terry Pratchett]] and the first book in the [[Discworld]] series. | '''''Colour of Magic''''' is a comedic novel by [[Terry Pratchett]] and the first book in the [[Discworld]] series. | ||
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| + | I first picked this book up because my girlfriend at the time bought it. She was a huge fan of [[Good Omens]] and wanted to read more books by Pratchett. I didn't read very far into it and found it boring. Later, I had a co-worker who was a huge Pratchett fan and had read every one of the Discworld books continued to rave about him. I decided to give the book another chance and read it. It was pretty good. | ||
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
| − | * Overall, the book is really funny. There are a lot of small jokes, ironic jokes, plays on tropes, etc. | + | * Overall, the book is really funny. There are a lot of small jokes, ironic jokes, plays on tropes, etc. I chortled many times. Pratchett makes some hilarious descriptions. |
| − | * Basing the world on real-life myths is a staple of fiction, but using the most ridiculous myths, like that the earth is supported by four giant elephants riding a huge turtle, | + | * Basing the world on real-life myths is a staple of fiction, but using the most ridiculous myths, like that the earth is supported by four giant elephants riding a huge turtle, was genius! |
* The way Pratchett bases magic on scientific principles is pretty cool. | * The way Pratchett bases magic on scientific principles is pretty cool. | ||
* The description of the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth, talking about all objects based around nine minus one and the square root of 64 was funny. | * The description of the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth, talking about all objects based around nine minus one and the square root of 64 was funny. | ||
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===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
* The book becomes rather hard to follow in the later portion when the characters are jumping between dimensions and the time line gets jumbled up. | * The book becomes rather hard to follow in the later portion when the characters are jumping between dimensions and the time line gets jumbled up. | ||
| + | * If sapient pearwood is nearly extinct, entirely magic proof, and extremely valuable, how does a middle-class wizard like Twoflower have a trunk made out of it? | ||
| + | * I didn't care much for the ending which leaves a lot of loose ends. | ||
===Ugly=== | ===Ugly=== | ||
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[[Category: Fiction|Colour of Magic, The]] | [[Category: Fiction|Colour of Magic, The]] | ||
[[Category: Comedy|Colour of Magic, The]] | [[Category: Comedy|Colour of Magic, The]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Books I've Read|Colour of Magic, The]] | ||
Revision as of 12:11, 16 June 2017
Colour of Magic is a comedic novel by Terry Pratchett and the first book in the Discworld series.
I first picked this book up because my girlfriend at the time bought it. She was a huge fan of Good Omens and wanted to read more books by Pratchett. I didn't read very far into it and found it boring. Later, I had a co-worker who was a huge Pratchett fan and had read every one of the Discworld books continued to rave about him. I decided to give the book another chance and read it. It was pretty good.
Review
Good
- Overall, the book is really funny. There are a lot of small jokes, ironic jokes, plays on tropes, etc. I chortled many times. Pratchett makes some hilarious descriptions.
- Basing the world on real-life myths is a staple of fiction, but using the most ridiculous myths, like that the earth is supported by four giant elephants riding a huge turtle, was genius!
- The way Pratchett bases magic on scientific principles is pretty cool.
- The description of the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth, talking about all objects based around nine minus one and the square root of 64 was funny.
- Death is a hilarious character.
Bad
- The book becomes rather hard to follow in the later portion when the characters are jumping between dimensions and the time line gets jumbled up.
- If sapient pearwood is nearly extinct, entirely magic proof, and extremely valuable, how does a middle-class wizard like Twoflower have a trunk made out of it?
- I didn't care much for the ending which leaves a lot of loose ends.
Ugly
- Nothing
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colour_of_Magic - Wikipedia.
