#9 - Discworld
This is a shorter book but a delightful one. We're back to Rincewind and Death (two of my faves). Plus, I love a bit of reimagination when it comes to cosmology and the afterlife. I also love that at the top of every page of this novel, the word FAUST is crossed out and ERIC is written in its place. It's just playfully delightful as Pratchett tends to be. I have a feeling this is going to be expanded upon in later novels and I'm eager to see how it relates to the greater Discworld...well, world. To place so much in the hands of two incompetents with someone else really pulling the strings, it's probably inadvertent in its metaphorical relatability, though I'm unsure that anything Pratchett does is inadvertent.
5/5
Quotes:
This is a shorter book but a delightful one. We're back to Rincewind and Death (two of my faves). Plus, I love a bit of reimagination when it comes to cosmology and the afterlife. I also love that at the top of every page of this novel, the word FAUST is crossed out and ERIC is written in its place. It's just playfully delightful as Pratchett tends to be. I have a feeling this is going to be expanded upon in later novels and I'm eager to see how it relates to the greater Discworld...well, world. To place so much in the hands of two incompetents with someone else really pulling the strings, it's probably inadvertent in its metaphorical relatability, though I'm unsure that anything Pratchett does is inadvertent.
5/5
Quotes:
- "Rincewind glanced sidelong at the parrot, who had been unnaturally silent for some time and was now cowering up against his ear like an elderly spinster in a strip club." (45)
- "'Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.'" (115)
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