doner24 | 1,224 Moderator · Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Gonna try to start it tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,224 Moderator · Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Read the first quarter of it today. Very fast paced, but funny. Looking forward to the rest of it this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,482 Administrator · Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 My kindle says I’m 15% through. I think I need more time with it to feel like I’m fully in the universe. The skipping around is a bit random and after a short while I realize it, but it isn’t always the most intuitive imo. I do feel like the characters are interesting and I want to know more about Spoiler Twoflower and the Luggage. It definitely seems interesting and I want to see where it goes. Also, I think the relationship between Twoflower and Rincewind is interesting and I do want to see where their journey goes. Rincewind is interesting because I can already tell he is relatively complex and even flawed, but that is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 9 hours ago, spacepup said: My kindle says I’m 15% through. I think I need more time with it to feel like I’m fully in the universe. The skipping around is a bit random and after a short while I realize it, but it isn’t always the most intuitive imo. I do feel like the characters are interesting and I want to know more about Reveal hidden contents Twoflower and the Luggage. It definitely seems interesting and I want to see where it goes. Also, I think the relationship between Twoflower and Rincewind is interesting and I do want to see where their journey goes. Rincewind is interesting because I can already tell he is relatively complex and even flawed, but that is a good thing. Yea it's a little much to take in, I don't think I can read more than this first book based off the writing style sadly. At least I can say I tried tho. Spoiler Flawed characters are the best, I think it really allows for more growth to be seen in the story. If you start with perfect characters, how is the story to evolve I'm about 60% through according to kindle tracker Spoiler I wish they spent more time in the temple of 8. I feel that could have been so cool but it was very brief. Same with the visits with the dryads. I hope his one use spell is to do laundry or something hilariously uncool, while people have been scared of it the entire time. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 4,208 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 8 hours ago, SailorScoutMandy said: Yea it's a little much to take in, I don't think I can read more than this first book based off the writing style sadly. At least I can say I tried tho. Reveal hidden contents Flawed characters are the best, I think it really allows for more growth to be seen in the story. If you start with perfect characters, how is the story to evolve I'm about 60% through according to kindle tracker Hide contents I wish they spent more time in the temple of 8. I feel that could have been so cool but it was very brief. Same with the visits with the dryads. I hope his one use spell is to do laundry or something hilariously uncool, while people have been scared of it the entire time. Haha I’m glad I’m not the only one struggling with it. I’ve decided to not continue reading the book. I don’t like to do that because it is the first book, but I don’t have too much free time, so I don’t want to read a book I don’t enjoy. I will read these comments to get the gist of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody98 | 1,633 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/16/2021 at 8:19 AM, SailorScoutMandy said: Yea it's a little much to take in, I don't think I can read more than this first book based off the writing style sadly. At least I can say I tried tho. This is a problem with the Wizard books of Discworld, you hop around a little bit more than the others. If you finish it, and feel like you can give it one more go, read one of the Witch books, Wyrd Sisters or Lords and Ladies. They are more focused on the main characters, and the world is a little bit more of the familiar "fantasy" world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,931 Editorials Team · Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I'm about done and rather like it. After the absolutely glacially slow Ancillary Mercy, The Colorado Kid, and Roadwork, I didn't mind the torrid pace here. I definitely plan on diving into as much of the series as I can in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Hope everyone's been enjoying this book!! I'm going to be posting the next poll this weekend so that way we can have a new book for may. Don't feel rushed to finish the current book, take your time and enjoy the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,224 Moderator · Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 70% done and really like it. I’m at a glacial reading pace due to my rapidly approaching wedding and new job, but I’m gonna try to finish it tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,224 Moderator · Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Finished it up, very good book. Loved the chaos and the characters, I can’t help think that Jim Butcher took inspiration from Rincewind for Harry Dresden. The ending is.....interesting, but based on comments from blogs, this isn’t typical of the Disc World books, and most seem to think this is one of the weaker books in the series. I’m looking forward to reading more in the series, especially the ones that focus on Death. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,482 Administrator · Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I'm lagging a bit behind due to being a bit busy. Still making some progress. The story is interesting, and I like the sense of humor, some parts very dark even though light-hearted, but if I'm being totally honest, the style isn't the most casual / enjoyable to read. I get what he's going for, but it's just not my favorite. I don't mind the pace of action and whatnot, that doesn't bother me, but a few times I've had to go back and re-read a few sections because I was a bit lost for a moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,931 Editorials Team · Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 12:45 PM, doner24 said: Finished it up, very good book. Loved the chaos and the characters, I can’t help think that Jim Butcher took inspiration from Rincewind for Harry Dresden. The ending is.....interesting, but based on comments from blogs, this isn’t typical of the Disc World books, and most seem to think this is one of the weaker books in the series. I’m looking forward to reading more in the series, especially the ones that focus on Death. Yeah, same. I pick them up whenever I find them at thrift stores, which has me up to 6-7 random books across the different characters. I like that you can apparently read them in whatever order you want. I gave it a 4/5 on Goodreads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguy | 783 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) I don't read much high fantasy but I thought this book was ok. I feel like the humor was really the only thing going for it. There didn't seem like there was any particular story structure or character development; it just seemed to be "this happened, and then this happened, and then...". That being said, I still kind of feel the allure of checking out the next book to see where, if anywhere, the story goes. And why are there so many naked people? Is it just a power fantasy thing? Spoiler And did I miss the part where Twoflower learned english or whatever the native language is? I feel like one minute Rincewind has to translate everything for him, and then after they get split up, Twoflower and Hrun are in Wyrmburg chattin' it up in their cell. Edited May 1, 2021 by Aguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 I really liked the world and the characters but the formatting was so hard for me to get past. I sadly don't think I'll be able to read the others. But that's okay. I got lots of other Pratchett to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 2:45 PM, doner24 said: Finished it up, very good book. Loved the chaos and the characters, I can’t help think that Jim Butcher took inspiration from Rincewind for Harry Dresden. The ending is.....interesting, but based on comments from blogs, this isn’t typical of the Disc World books, and most seem to think this is one of the weaker books in the series. I’m looking forward to reading more in the series, especially the ones that focus on Death. I can see the dresden reference. Both think more in the moment and deal with consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 4,103 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Still working on this. About 40% lol. Slowly but surely. I like it so far. Agreed the jumping around is a bit jarring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I finally found time to finish it up yesterday evening, after barreling through the first 3/4 in a few days. Busy couple of months! That being said, having seen the movie, I am really disappointed with the random, non-ending ending that I was presented with. Apparently I finished the book a couple of nights ago as I was dozing off and didn't realize it was the end of the book, so last night I backtracked from the explanatory appendix immediately after the end a bit to make sure I was in the right spot, finished the book, then used Google to make sure the digital copy I had wasn't somehow incomplete. At this point I'm not sure if the movie version actually straddled two books (in that it actually had a real ending) or if the folks who adapted it for the screen simply took a good guess as to where things would end up and wrapped them up there. I enjoyed the book overall, the characters, the worldbuilding, the rushing pace and overall goofiness of everything happenig. However, if I had picked this up when it was new, without knowing that there were a plethora of sequels a quick click away, I have doubts that I would ever pick up another book by the author given the totally disappointing, random nonsense of the non-ending ending presented. Even a "to be continued" or "Rincewind and Two-Flower will return" would have solved this. Needless to say, I don't react well to being held hostage as a reader (or a viewer) to such cliffhanger nonsense when there's no guarantee that the creator has or will actually produce the bit that resolves the precipice I've been left on. In context of knowing there's a bunch of other books and a fully fleshed out universe it's good, but in the context of how it was originally released, screw that guy, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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