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Check out my new youtube channel where I show my instant reactions to reading fantasy books seconds after I finish the book. The best Discworld book if read chronologically, but doesn't deliver as much as books later in the series This book is a little difficult for me to recommend to people, as I

Chastity, celibacy, abstinence, contraceptives, and vasectomy all don´t help if determination predicts and wants that the chosen one is born. To do the usual Discworld shattering stuff. One knows these problems with prophecies, long awaited, much turmoil surrounding them, and as soon as they become r Leggi tutto

Re-Read 3/24/24: This time, I just read Sourcery without any kind of critical eye. Indeed, I just let myself fall into this Rincewind novel as a source of pure enjoyment, of popcorn power-reads -- and just like that, I had a pure, delightful time. Power corrupts, but funny power corrupts funnily. Orig Leggi tutto

Maybe I am tiring of this series. Maybe this book really was slow. Whatever the case is, I had a difficult time getting into it. The humour was sometimes engaging and sometimes forced. It almost felt like the author was following the formula that had worked in previous books and reproducing it mecha Leggi tutto

Scorned wizard instills a sense of revenge into his genius baby boy, who subsequently sets out to conquer the world. First, all of you who've been giving the Rincewind subseries a wide berth (my past self, included) should know that you're missing out! This book is surprisingly good, especially the

„...След малко Ринсуинд вдигна рамене. — Добре, де. Но като ще си говорим истината, какво мога да направя аз? Библиотекарят отвърна с красноречив жест, по-изразителен и от неговите „ууук“, че Ринсуинд е магьосник, разполагащ с шапка, цяла библиотека магически книги и кула. Нима един посветил се на м Leggi tutto

Rincewind is a decent character but for me he is the most limited and least interesting protagonist in the Discworld series. This is his most boring story. It’s early Pratchett so it's much more the comedy that leads the story, rather than an actual plot. It’s a parody of fantasy tropes, rather than Leggi tutto