The Colour of Magic

been wanting to get into discworld ever since i read good omens for the first time like, a decade ago, and i'm so glad i did.

i really understand why people don't want newcomers to start with this one. i decided to because release order is the order any fan who has been into it since the beginning had to read it, and i wanted to experience the series that way, but it does just throw you right into the middle of wacky situations. confusing lingo, and a pretty wild format, but here's the thing - i LOVE that. i love sci-fi and and fantasy that has worldbuilding and characters and events solely for the sake of theme and tone, and this feels like peak that to me. i don't care if everything i'm reading can be neatly categorized and placed into an encyclopedia, just hit me with it! also don't make the characters act like they've never encountered normal things in their universe.

this first discworld book does neither of those things and i love it for that, and i'm very excited to keep reading them and get to the ones the fans consider better than this!