This was actually a re-read. I read this last year during my last semester of college as an ebook and I didn’t remember it most of it. When Terry Pratchett met Death earlier this month, I was motivated to pick it and begin reading the Discworld series in earnest.
The best way to describe The Color of Magic is one word. Fun. Terry Pratchett’s writing and world-building are both hilarious and absurd, filled with puns and irony and just good old fun. The Color of Magic is almost a buddy comedy between a naive tourist and a failed wizard. There are very loyal trunks with legs and dragons and all sorts of shenanigans.
I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a fun, short read. I’m interested in continuing on in the Discworld, but I think this will be a more casual reading than my frenzied flight through other (much shorter) series. There are 40 books to get through! 4 cups of tea.
