#3 - Discworld
This was a left turn from the two previous books so it took me a minute to readjust. While I miss some of the characters from THE COLOUR OF MAGIC and THE LIGHT FANTASTIC, the world has opened up with new characters in some familiar settings, like Ankh-Morpork and the Unseen University. I'm totally on board with world expansion here and I'm looking forward to seeing how these characters will interact (if they do) with some of my favorites from the first two books. I'm also loving Pratchett's gender politics journey here and the language inherent in the assigning of gendered roles like witch and wizard. I am eager to see how he defines sorcerer and warlock (though I think the latter is already vaguely defined in this book). The "wizard's battle" that occurs in this book is fun and I wish there were more of it but I understand why it isn't lingered on. I do want to know more about Wandering and the worlds that were introduced in that section - will we see more of them? Overall, I enjoyed this one. I know there are some people who say this is one of the books to start with but I'm glad I read it after reading the first two.
4.5/5
This was a left turn from the two previous books so it took me a minute to readjust. While I miss some of the characters from THE COLOUR OF MAGIC and THE LIGHT FANTASTIC, the world has opened up with new characters in some familiar settings, like Ankh-Morpork and the Unseen University. I'm totally on board with world expansion here and I'm looking forward to seeing how these characters will interact (if they do) with some of my favorites from the first two books. I'm also loving Pratchett's gender politics journey here and the language inherent in the assigning of gendered roles like witch and wizard. I am eager to see how he defines sorcerer and warlock (though I think the latter is already vaguely defined in this book). The "wizard's battle" that occurs in this book is fun and I wish there were more of it but I understand why it isn't lingered on. I do want to know more about Wandering and the worlds that were introduced in that section - will we see more of them? Overall, I enjoyed this one. I know there are some people who say this is one of the books to start with but I'm glad I read it after reading the first two.
4.5/5
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