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Pros
The tiffany aching books remain my favorites, perhaps because they were my first, but probably because of the wee free men. Rincewind is the kind of hero who knows he's the wrong man for the job, but somehow fate continues to pick on him. The luggage ... Read More
The tone is satirical and clever. His mixture of surprisingly well written details and prose goes very well in hand with the joke- setup and punchline. It considers monty python and all modern satire its incoherent, intoxicated, rowdy-but-lovable son.... Read More
It definitely enhances the fun of the book. What a delightful book.
Cons
It reads as if it was written from an outline, and barely fleshed out. Pratchett fails to achieve any real dramatic tension, partly because there are no clear limits to the sourceror's power. There's some way to access the correct footnote immediately... Read More
This book is one to skip unless you're a completist. I suspect book 5 was just a bit of a stumble along an entertaining 41-book journey. The intelligent luggage is just annoying.
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Quality
Definitely worth keeping up with the series.
His mixture of surprisingly well written details and prose goes very well in hand with the joke-setup and punchline.
Note: i have read the book as a kindle edition on my smartphone and kindle device, the reading experience was ok (no issues wit... Read More
Rincewind reappears along with the librarian and new characters i hope he doesn't let drop but brings back again.
Price
Sourcery is an early novel of rincewind.
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Then a sentence a description a remark catches you completely offguard
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Rincewindcorinathe daughter of cohen the barbarianwhose trying to be a beautician and cointhe young man whose staff wants to destroy the university
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Theres also the luggage and the librarian
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Sad that theres fewer and fewer of the late pratchett s work to read for the first time
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I am not a regular reader but this book was like a bad addiction
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His writing style is hysterical
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Another fantastical pratchett read although it was a been dragged out at the close of the story
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Cant not love a discworld novel