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Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

8 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Trying to get into the Discworld and I loved this book!  It was equal parts charming (funny and clever) and challenging (how the world works versus how it could/should work).  The characters are vibrant and distinct, the world building fantastic, the magic system hilarious...  I'm looking forward to making my way through the series.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I was expecting the story to focus on Esk’s time at Unseen University as a student, but it’s all about her journey to get there, and I enjoyed it a lot more for that. The horror elements were also a bit unexpected! 

“They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

“If you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”

“They both savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Additional CW for a flooded city.

amysteriousglowingblob's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Violence

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse and Classism

wishbea's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Minor: Child abuse and Death

notaaron's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This is definitely the weakest Discworld book I've read so far. It certainly isn't bad. It just feels like it's teetering on the edge of being brilliant.

I'm probably going to be taken out the back and shot for this, but I really don't like Granny Weatherwax.

I much preferred Esk and I was hoping the book would Be more focused on her. From what I can tell the rest of the witches collection isnt based in her at all and it's all about Granny.

I did like the overall message. I liked how sexism is addressed very directly. If I was a young girl (I say at a 20-something-year-old man) I feel it would have influenced me in a great way.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Violence

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

UPDATE AFTER 07/23 REREAD: I see my review here, so I know I've read it. And this book has the passage about goat names, which I definitely remember but my mind had transplanted to one of the early Tiffany Aching books. I just don't remember much of the rest of it.

Equal Rites is where Terry Pratchett started trying to move beyond being "just" funny (being funny is a lot harder than a lot of writers think) and into Saying Something Serious™️. But he wasn't, IMO, very good at it yet.

ORIGINAL REVIEW:

Silly and fun. Not as good as others I've read, but entertaining, and I can always use some Granny Weatherwax in my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Child endangerment

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, and Alcohol