The Color of Magic: A Discworld Novel (Discworld)
by Terry Pratchett
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Author: Terry PratchettEdition: Paperback
Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN: 0060855924
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Book Review: Why is this series so popular?
Summary: 1 Stars
Pros: A few lines that made me crack a smile.
Cons: No plot, random and confusing, not very funny, beats any decent jokes into the ground.
This book is confusing from the beginning. It introduces a large number of forgettable, ridiculously named characters and places in the first ten pages or so. It then proceeds into a storyline where one event never seems to connect to another. Just as I begin to get into one scene, the story shifts to another unrelated one, making the book very hard to follow. We move from one setting to another, but the story never seems to go anywhere. Instead of ending, the books just stops. Which is probably a blessing in disguise.
This book's worst crime, however, is that it is not funny. It satirizes fantasy in some of the most predictable ways possible -- we've got Rhincewind, the inept mage, Twoflower the reckless tourist, Hrun the stupid barbarian -- you get the picture. Nevertheless, Rhincewind and Twoflower might actually be decent characters if the confused storyline didn't constantly overshadow them.
There were a few -- a very few -- jokes in this book that made me crack a smile, but every time Pratchett gets a decent joke he beats into the ground mercilessly. A giant freaking turtle that pulls the sun may be mildly amusing the first time. It is just annoying the fiftieth time.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I will say that British humor is not really my thing. Maybe if it was, I would like this book better, but I still cannot imagine giving it one of these rave reviews.
I love fantasy and I love humor, but this book was a huge disappointment.
Summary of The Color of Magic: A Discworld Novel (Discworld)
The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that ... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clich?s--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise SelbyTerry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.
The Color of MagicM is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins -- with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.
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