Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

17 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

coulson's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

It definitely shows that this is early days. It was still funny, but got one-note pretty quickly. I didn't find Rincewind to be a particularly compelling character and he got annoying. A bit like a concept for a three-minute sketch that suddenly had to hold up for an entire movie. Twoflower was very enjoyable though. There's a lot of creativity here and I liked seeing so many parts of Discworld, but my god, get these boys out of Situations!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Slavery

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Colonisation

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.5

A fun satire of fantasy as a genre! I found it hard to get into at first but once I understood it as a critique of high fantasy, a lot more of the content clicked in for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

_al's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

continuing my way through Discworld books: I heard so many times how this one isn't good for early readers of the series, and honestly, I understand that now. But, I wanted something fun and relaxing to read in bits in few times I got time for the book and this book provided that. It's certainly a product of its decade and being the first work. Still, I had fun. Main characters are amusing and their shenanigans are extremely hilarious, worldbuilding is extremely rich and creative but never overwhelming. I think it drags in the middle and second to part being the least fun isnt helping. So yeah, it isn't a great start of Discworld series but as second or third one and for the purpose of relaxing and getting to know the world better it's fine. 2.5 stars, .5 for entertainment value, especially in the first half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

Minor: Slavery

doovdoesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

nightstitch96's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Slavery

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

rainbowrachel's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Fire/Fire injury