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ampharos906's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Misogyny and Xenophobia
bluejayreads's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Eric was incredibly short. Fourteen-year-old demonologist Eric attempts to summon a demon, and instead summons Rincewind, whose ineptitude is basically a skill in and of itself. He makes three wishes, and he and Rincewind get magicked around seeing the consequences of those wishes. There’s also an antagonist in a demon king who wanted Eric to summon a real demon and not an inept wizard, but the story is too short for him to really do anything.
This book being so short (3.5 hours in audiobook, around 150 pages in print) is both good and bad. Good because Eric is an entitled obnoxious brat and I didn’t want to spend any more time with him than I had to. Bad because Rincewind and his ineptitude and cowardice were fun as always and I really wanted more of the demon society and the demon king and his attempts to modernize hell. Those were honestly the most interesting bits and I wished there were more about them.
Aside from Eric himself, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It’s got Discworld mythology, interesting cultures, bouncing around through space and time, some fun stuff about demons and the Discworld’s version of hell (which I really hope is in future books), a brief and unexplored theme of ancestry and whether you should tell if you know the future, and Rincewind may not be a very deep character but he’s very entertaining. The next Rincewind book is Interesting Times, and I’m looking forward to it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood and Death
Minor: Confinement and Sexism
Cosmic horror, sexual innuendos
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