Reviews

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

jamiereadsallthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

offworldcolony's review against another edition

5.0

Very much a two-hander with Colour of Magic - treated as a coda or final volume of two, I think this book is very satisfying, setting up and expanding on more of the magic/city hierarchy and lore.

breadandmushrooms's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

leslie_ann_thornton's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

itmegreg's review against another edition

3.75

The follow-up to the inaugural Discworld book improves on the first in nearly every way. With witty and intelligent prose, a break-neck pace, and a solid cast of characters, this proves a much better read than The Color of Magic.

•  “The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you’ve got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see? You’ve got to stop. You haven’t really been anywhere until you’ve got back home.” 
•  “Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…” 
•  “...All the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?"
  
  "Yeah," said Rincewind. "...Luters, I expect.” 

jdoherty's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

akiikomori's review against another edition

3.0

There was definitely way more structure to this than TCOM which seemed more like an anthology. This was a whole lot of adventure in a lot of different settings but it did ultimately lead in one linear direction which I liked.

I LOVE Death as a character. I hope I love him more in Mort.

Also, how is it the last four pages got to me!

Seriously Two-Flower like WHAT! Such a nice character!!!

annibunny's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

erk_sndr's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

agamakota's review against another edition

4.0

Ciekawa kontynuacja przygód maga i turysty z pierwszego tomu. Uzupełnienie i zakończenie przygód podróżniczego duetu (z bagażem doświadczeń i nie tylko).