Keno Goertz reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #1)
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3 stars
While a bit overwhelming and sometimes inconsistent, this was a fun read.
ePub, 285 pages
Published May 7, 1985 by Roc.
4 stars
(518 reviews)
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.The Color of Magic 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.
Wetdryvac reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
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3 stars
One of my least favorite Pratchet novels - I'm doing a completest read starting here - and it's still quite good.
brenticus reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
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4 stars
This book is a hilarious exercise in some of the most impressive worldbuilding I've ever seen. Exploring Discworld through the lens of a wizard who doesn't cast spells, the most unflappable tourist known to man, and a carnivorous luggage chest was a riot.
I'm not sure that there's actually a lot to specifically highlight about the book. It's just all-around a great read with great characters and a fun story.
mageofmip@books.solarpunk.moe reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld -- 1, #1)
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2 stars
Ok look, this wasn't a bad book. But it wasn't a good book. It was a chore to read and I'm not entirely sure if I truly liked it. However, I definitely liked the characters and it made me more curious about the whole of Disc World as a setting. I'm as excited to read more as I am to be done with this one.
James Cridland's reading reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
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2 stars
I know that people think Terry Pratchett is terribly funny, but it's a bit of a slog to get through this one. Sorry.
arsCynic reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
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1 star
Lost my interest upon reading 'Ankh-Morpork' on page four. Stubbornness got me as far as page sixty, but it was too senseless for my liking. Should have read the reviews mentioning this is not the book to start reading the Terry Pratchett Discword series. Oh well.
matt reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
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3 stars
Fun, if zany. A bit looney-tunes - there's no reach overarching story of Rincewind and Twoflower, but they stumble from hijink to hijink along with a parade of characters with silly names.
It feels a little like fantasy sketch.
Nathan Friedly reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
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4 stars
Just as much fun the second time through! And this time I got more of the jokes such as "reflected sound of underground spirits" = echo-gnomics = economics :-)
Didactylos reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #1)
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4 stars
A reread though it felt so long ago I had forgotten much of this. You can tell its his first of the amazing series as its overambitious at times, quite picaresque, and later books have the characters somewhat more rounded and developed.
asiem reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #1)
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4 stars
My first Discworld novel, and I really enjoyed it!
Fulminata reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
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3 stars
An entertaining read poking fun at some classic fantasy tropes and characters. It didn't turn me into a Disc World fan, but it did hook me enough to give the next book a try.
Joao Trindade reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
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4 stars
Just silly and wonderful! Terry Pratchett created an amazing universe where nothing logical happens, but it is a lot of fun!
The Gnome King reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
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4 stars
Over the years I've dipped into the Discord books now and then and really struggled to get what the fuss was about, I usually found them boring and gave up. Then I decided to give them a proper go and start reading from book 1, suddenly things clicked and I was converted.
The characters are brilliant, the story is mad and moves along at one hell of a pace. The luggage is my hero!
Pratchett has his own unique writing style and if you can get into it then you're in for a great reading experience.... some of us though have to fight our way in. :)
Adrián Astur Álvarez reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
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3 stars
I wasn't sure what to make of this series before I read it. I worried it would be juvenile or zany in a way that might embarrass more than entertain me. I was pleasantly surprised. Terry Prachett doesn't go for the laugh out loud hysterical jokes (in this, the first book of the Discworld series, anyway) but his voice is entertaining and his ideas are funny in a gentle way.
What surprised me most of all was how poorly written this book was and how much I didn't care; just goes to show the power of a likeable voice. That is the real draw to this read. The characters were amusing but not filled out enough to really care about, the plot is all over the place and not particularly clever, but the very present narrator is quickly engaging and fun to read. Everything from the humorous descriptions of setting …
I wasn't sure what to make of this series before I read it. I worried it would be juvenile or zany in a way that might embarrass more than entertain me. I was pleasantly surprised. Terry Prachett doesn't go for the laugh out loud hysterical jokes (in this, the first book of the Discworld series, anyway) but his voice is entertaining and his ideas are funny in a gentle way.
What surprised me most of all was how poorly written this book was and how much I didn't care; just goes to show the power of a likeable voice. That is the real draw to this read. The characters were amusing but not filled out enough to really care about, the plot is all over the place and not particularly clever, but the very present narrator is quickly engaging and fun to read. Everything from the humorous descriptions of setting to the by-the-bye explanations of how Discworld operates are what makes this story worth reading. I don't know if the characters in this novel carry over to the next books in the series and I don't care. That's how likeable Prachett's voice is (and the lesson I could learn most from him as a writer).
drizzy reviewed The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
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4 stars
I've been meaning to start reading Discworld novels for some time because of Terry Pratchett's famous sense of absurd humor that is close to my heart. I must say he didn't disappoint me and I am looking forward to more adventures of failed wizard Rincewind, a weird insurance agent Twoflower, currently on a holiday as a tourist and of course his sapient pearwood chest following him everywhere. Beware, there be dragons!
