Discworld Project 2

This novel is the true start of Discworld in my humble opinion (that is to say, the opinion of someone with all the social grace of a duckweed). It's just a straight up better book than Colour of Magic, and is unfortunately lumped into it when people are talking about where to start Discworld.

The Light Fantastic is hilarious, jokes right out the gate giving me giggles and not stopping throughout. But more than its humor, the actual focus of our Protagonists Rincewind and Twoflower is engaging from start to finish. Rather than the stagnation they were forced to experience for the duration of Colour of Magic, our 'heroes' grow and change throughout this novel.

Rincewind grows to actually care about Twoflower, Twoflower grows a better sense about the world, and Cohen the Barbarian gets teeth! While not his best showing (that is, of course, in Last Hero) our introduction to the greatest hero on the disc is as hilarious and wonderful as you'd expect to be.

A gripping plot line, a great villain befitting as a counter to the everything that is Discworld, an amazing climax, and many laughs along the way. This revisit was as surprising as it was delightful, and this is one of the best Rincewind novels.

I can't believe I have to give this book an A.

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The second illustration in my discworld reread project!

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