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World Building Complexity
Customers are thoroughly impressed with the intricate and complex world building presented in The Colour of Magic. They find it both confusing and intelligent, appreciating the vivid picture painted by Pratchett's cosmology.
Character Development
Customers are highly impressed with the character development in The Colour of Magic, which serves as an excellent introduction to Discworld and its beloved characters. Some readers find it a leap in quality compared to Pratchett's earlier works and consider it a must-read for newcomers to the series.
Humor
Customers have expressed their appreciation for the book's unique and wacky British humor, with many laughing out loud throughout the story. The imaginative writing and well-developed characters are also highlighted as strengths. However, some readers found the events in the book to be completely contrived.
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Adventure
Customers have generally positive opinions about the adventure aspect of The Colour of Magic, praising its unique and unpredictable storyline filled with humor and wit. Some readers enjoy the unlikely partnership between Rincewind and Twoflower as they navigate Discworld's dangerous landscape, while others appreciate the return to this fantastical world that is full of surprises. However, a few readers suggest starting with different books in the series for newcomers.
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Quality
It is dripping in quality, literary wordsmanship of the absolute highest order!
If you are not familiar this will give you a rip roaring introduction into the vagaries of life on the disc and the tales of it... Read More
The not-quite-a-wizard, rincewind, tries to pass himself off as learned when he has, in fact, failed out of wizard training and... Read More
Absolutely superb writing spoiled by the fact that the sections are all clumped together, with no way of telling where one scen... Read More
Price
It isn’t a very big or scary dragon, but it is what i could afford.
Competitiveness
And i'd forgotten how madcap it was in comparison to the later books (and i was surprised cohen the barbarian wasn't mentioned).
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- This product had a total of 25,251 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 14 2024.
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There are some parts that you might have to read multiple times
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But it is a fun book that develops the main characters well
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Follow the adventures of rincewind and the tourist as they have fantastic adventures encounter fantastic beings and narrowly escape death despite his best efforts
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The notquiteawizard rincewind tries to pass himself off as learned when he has in fact failed out of wizard training and only knows one incredibly dangerous spell that he’s terrified to use
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Rincewind finds himself allied with the tourist twoflower a man with boundless enthusiasm to see and learn about absolutely everything unfortunately he has no sense of selfpreservation whatsoever and runs towards rather than away from danger every time
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These two unlikely partners attempt to navigate discworld a place filled with creatures that will take advantage of any weakness they can exploit for wealth and power
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Rincewind tries to control the wayward tourist who consistently manages to land them in trouble followed by twoflower’s loyal chest of sentient wood which will fight to the death for its owner
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If you never read pratchett before i envy the journey youre about to take
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