The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchet
This is the first book in Pratchet's wildly popular Discworld series. This series is a satire of the popular fantasy genre. Pratchet has written dozens of Discworld novels over the years but for some reason this was the first time I've ever picked any of them up.
While I enjoyed it, I have to admit that I was a little underwhelmed. I found the stories to be interesting (this novel is a collection of several) and the characters were colorful and interesting but at times I found the satire to be so understated that I was able to forget that it was intended to be satire. I was expecting something laugh out loud funny and instead I found it rather amusing and understatedly absurd. Still, I enjoyed it enough to want to explore a few more of them.
This is the first book in Pratchet's wildly popular Discworld series. This series is a satire of the popular fantasy genre. Pratchet has written dozens of Discworld novels over the years but for some reason this was the first time I've ever picked any of them up.
While I enjoyed it, I have to admit that I was a little underwhelmed. I found the stories to be interesting (this novel is a collection of several) and the characters were colorful and interesting but at times I found the satire to be so understated that I was able to forget that it was intended to be satire. I was expecting something laugh out loud funny and instead I found it rather amusing and understatedly absurd. Still, I enjoyed it enough to want to explore a few more of them.
