Audio cassette
English language
Published Jan. 25, 2005 by Corgi Audio.
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.
Probably not my favorite of the series, but still an enjoyable read.
Started slow, but picked up through the middle and later portions. Esk was fine, but Granny Weatherwax is great.
Terry Pratchett has so much fun with his world, characters, and narrative itself that it's hard not to love this series. This one felt a little tamer than the first two in the series but Pratchett loves his characters so much that you can't help but feel the same for them. Really, after all the heavy and series literature I've been reading dipping into Discworld for a bit is a great reminder of the sheer pleasure literature (writing it; reading it) affords. I recommend this series to anyone.
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).
After almost a decade, I have reread Equal Rites, and let me tell you: it gets better. A lot of the details I didn't remember surprised me, there's so much wit and intelligence and criticism in Pratchett's book. It's amazing and refreshing. One can never be bored by Discworld.
It's still five stars. In fact, six stars.
My only beef with Pratchett is the fact that he never got to continue telling the story of Esk, and I need so much more of her.
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.
