Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

4 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

While I love the world and theoretically everything that happens in this book, I kind of struggled with getting invested, and I'm not really sure why.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katewhite77's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

A Good Place To Start With Fantasy

Two Flower the intrepid traveller from another part of the Discworld lands in Ankh-morpork. 

This comes as a shock to the 
Ankh-morporkians as tourism is not really a thing in these parts. Especially tourists who turn up with a substantial amount of enchanted money on them. 

The powers that be on Ankh-morpork decide, in their infinite wisdom, to put Rincewind the failed wizard in charge of keeping him safe and showing him a good time. Not least because Rincewind has a talent for languages and is the only one capable of communicating with the stranger. However, they almost instantly find themselves in trouble when they get  caught up in an inn brawl, and they run from the danger,  which leads them to somewhat o an adventure. 

I would say this is a good place to start if you’re not much into fantasy. However, a lot of Patchet fans recommend starting with Mort as it is a better introduction to the Discworld. I have a thing about reading books in order, though, so I started with Book 1 and still really enjoyed it, which bodes extra well for the rest of the series. 

The audiobook was an especially good way for this non fantasy reader to get her head round Discworld.  The narrators do a wonderful job of giving the universe three dimensions

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and Kidnapping

ampharos906's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

I haven't read Color of Magic since 2009. Having read other Discworld in between, I really understand now why Pratchett called it and The Light Fantastic "essays in the craft."  This is a chaotic whirlwind of a book and not exactly good, compared to later books in the series. And that's part of what makes in awesome. What a gift we were given, to watch Discworld's (and Pratchett's) progress across the decades. Don't read it for what it is; read it for what it's building the foundation for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol