Name: Matthew Jackson's review of The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Item: The Colour of Magic
Rating: 5
Author: Matthew Jackson

Terry Pratchett

On a world supported on four elephants standing on the back of the great A'Tuin, a giant turtle swimming slowly through the interstellar gulf, an eccentric expedition sets out to the edge of the planet.

The Colour of Magic

On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet...

This is me everytime I try to think positive thoughts too.

No, that sort of thinking wouldn't do. He tried to think of something else - grass, trees, fresh air, dragons. Dragons ...

a novel of Discworld

The color of magic

Amrei 

Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance, boredom, fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality.

Matthew Jackson

Can see why folks don’t recommend starting the Discworld saga here, a fun read but you can see the world building is still being established and the bits of the world I really enjoy are not yet in place

Dave Walker

Sabanar

It’s was okay, funny at times but also kinda boring. I like the world though that was the most interesting part.

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. The Color of MagicM is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins -- with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.

A Novel of Discworld

The Color of Magic

Gillian Rose

3.75 stars

I had a hard time in the beginning with this one. I don't know why. It's not my first Pratchett or anything, but I couldn't really understand what was happening. Thankfully, it really kicked into gear and I enjoyed myself.

Ben Silverman 

7/10

It took me a little bit to get into Pratchett's style of writing, which was a bit more whimsical and less serious than I'm used to, but I really enjoyed it!

The story was light but by no means weak, and I think that just gave Pratchett the opportunity to explore the world on A'Tuin's back, including the gods that rule it and a little about the magic woven throughout it. 

I look forward to reading a few more of the fourty-one(!!!) books, getting to know more of the characters more deeply!

Stijn de Boer 

Charming little book. You have to feel for Rincewind and his misfortunes, and there is a lot of great worldbuilding done in such a short book. However, the plot is not very compelling in any of the short stories, which keeps it from getting 5 stars from me. Curious to see where the rest of the series goes, since I've heard that the first book is definitely not the strongest.

Omar AlHashmi

[Minor Spoilers]

"Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying."

This is only one of the few qoutes that made me laugh out loud in public. This is what the books offers plus a wider variety of humor that I can see many people enjoy. The Color Of Magic is filled with good jokes, bad jokes, ironical humor, satircal humor and many more. 

Let me start out by saying that I am not the biggest fan of fantasy books. Which is why i was hesitant to start reading the Discworld series. One of my friends kept on insisting yet I was still hesitant. After giving in, and buying the book, i started reading. After 50 pages i finally accepted that I liked the book. I feel like the reason is best summed up by one of the reviews i had read somewhere. To the best of my memory it said "Pratchett is a master at creating worlds so different from ours that the similarities stick out from unexpected angles". Thats what it all comes down to basically. It didnt feel like those fantasy books that i dont really enjoy. I appreciate the wide imagination of many fantasy writers and how they can create worlds but its not for me. Pratchett gave me something else. He gave a world which can contain so many differences yet still feel similar. I found myself laughing outloud when i felt confused after reading 20 pages on this magical force called "inn-sewer-ants" and how this force protects possessions from being destroyed and all that stuff. It wasn't after 20 pages i actually said "inn-sewer-ants" outloud that I realized it meant insurance. I felt so stupid! Yet that made me laugh more at how i couldn't notice it. I was so caught up that the book was a fantasy that it was plaguing my thoughts on it. The same thing happened when they introduced a character as having 4 eyes and how everyone was looking at him strangely. In my mind it was this weird creature thing with 4 eyes, but halfway through I realized they were just glasses. And again, that made me feel stupid. This obviously wont happen to everyone but im glad it did with me, it made me like the book even more. Its true that there were some boring parts in the book, but it is worth it for all the other crazy adventures that Rincewind goes through in this book. I am sure that there is more to come from the Discworld series, and I can't wait to go on and continue reading this series. Though this might not be everyone's opinion, since I feel like humor is one of the most subjective genre's ever. It has something for everyone though, and carries some style similar to Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Anyway, I would recommend this to many people. Great job Pratchett, really hooked me in.

✨Tyler ✨

fantasy is just not my cup of tea, but it was a quick enough read.

a Discworld novel

Hm.

I guess I just really didn't get much of this book. It was hard to keep up with, the characters seemed kind of distant with the exception of the wizard, and most of its humor passed me by.

I'm going to take all of these things as indicators in my failure as a reader, rather than a failure on the part of Terry Pratchett, who probably really is as brilliant as most of you make him out to be.

I was able to get through the whole thing, so there's that. It really did remind me of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was pleasant, but I just think that Douglas Adams did it a whole lot better.

Still debating on whether or not to follow through with the whole discworld series.

Sarah Escorsa

I'm probably one of the few readers on this planet and surrounding galaxies that don't enjoy Terry Pratchett's prose...

Ryan B Harvey

In the beginning there was...a turtle. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Particularly as it's carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules. But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc's very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight- the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death, is a spectacularly inept wizard...

Alexia

3.5 stars. Interesting but not as funny as I expected.

Kendra Jones

This book was boring to say the least 
This followed Rincewind the wizard and Twoflower, the tourist, as they made their way through the disc world. Rincewind had been tasked with keeping Twoflower safe and his luggage goes wherever he goes.
I didn't like either character and the story was just small snippets for their adventures. I won't be continuing to the rest of the series.

Michael M.

Actually deserving of more than seven stars, but fewer than nine.

dead line

The wit!

I'm stunned at the imagination of Pratchett. I don't know how he uses only words to describe the weird and wonderful world in his head, but he did it. It's so vivid.

There's too much to say. Every detail blew me away.

Olivera Mitić

Everyone said this wasn't the best Pratchett book there is.
Everyone was right.

I can definitely tell that this is the first book in the series. Pratchett does a fantastic job with the characters and the silliness, but he hasn't yet mastered the sometimes convoluted syntax and diction he likes to use. Many times I found myself reading the same passage to fully understand what happened, especially in the last scene where I couldn't figure out exactly what happened even after rereading several times.

It was still a great, fun story to read that does a good job of introducing you to the Discworld. I think I have the next book in the Rincewind series but my next read is for the Witches.

Marley 

The Colour of Magic is a wacky and frankly bizarre tale of friendship, stereotypes and an adventure across the world. 

I thought it was a little  difficult to get into, but maybe that's because i've never read any discworld before, and a bit boring/frustrating in it's strangeness as I couldn't see much logic to it. Whilst the characters were believable I found them a little boring but maybe that's the point, ordinary people in an inordinary world?



Natali Topliff

Book one in the Discworld series (and the Wizards/Rincewind reading order), The Colour of Magic sets the tone for this series as a fun fantasy with dark elements. Full of British humour, Rincewind is a fantastic character to follow.

Rowan Jones

Can't wait to make my way through the rest of the Discworld 🥰

Joanna Rosenwink 

I’ve read a few of Terry Pratchett’s books in the past and loved Good Omens so it felt like only a matter of time before I started the Discworld novels. I expected to love The Colour if Magic. Sadly, it seems the Discworld just isn’t for me. I struggled to get into the story and that surprised me. Maybe I’ll try another one in the future when things have settled down and I can concentrate better but at the moment I just feel a little disappointed.

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