Equal Rites

Electronic resource

English language

Published Oct. 29, 2007 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-136751-9
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Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the third novel in the Discworld series and the first in which the main character is not Rincewind. The title is wordplay on the phrase "Equal Rights". The novel introduces the character of Granny Weatherwax, who reappears in several later Discworld novels. The protagonist Eskarina Smith does not return until I Shall Wear Midnight, which was published 23 years later. Pratchett based the character Esk on his daughter Rhianna Pratchett.

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Review of 'Equal rites' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Not quite as good as the two before it. The characters weren't as strong, and the one-liners were altogether a bit less frequent.
The entire thing felt as if it were exposition for books to come; retconning some stuff from the first two books to prepare for another book in the future. No idea if I'm right or not, but that's how it felt to me.
Not that it was a bad book; it wasn't. But I felt it was weaker than the first two, the characters were less developed and there was less comedy overall (other than a few sex jokes, which felt a little like cop-outs).

Review of 'Equal Rites' on 'LibraryThing'

4 stars

easily better for me than other pratchett's on my list; i was able to read this one and follow the interchange. where the players are talking to one another, without other influences in the scene, one can make some sense of the story. returnSince it was only #3 in the Discworld series, one can imagine it was more elemental; i think the idea is still fresh, "that's not in the lore" is still way to prevalent.

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