Equal Rites

A Discworld Book , #3

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240 pages

English language

Published Sept. 4, 1988 by Roc.

ISBN:
978-0-451-15704-1
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OCLC Number:
18465170

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They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not half so bad as a lot of ignorance. The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check that the baby in question was a son. Everybody knows that there's no such thing as a female wizard. But now it's gone and happened, there's nothing much anyone can do about it. Let the battle of the sexes begin . . .

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reviewed Ritos iguales by Terry Pratchett

Ritos Iguales

Es un libro fácil de leer, ingenioso y entretenido.

Tiene una lectura crítica sobre los roles de género, una crítica bastante básica pero que se podría ajustar al contexto de Terry Pratchett.

Me gusta cómo ridiculiza los roles de género a lo largo del libro y cómo los pone en evidencia de forma bastante graciosa. Por otro lado, se podría entender a Esk como la personificación de quien no ha sido aún contaminade por este pensamiento binario y arbitrario, que simplemente no lo entiende por lo que sigue sus deseos sin estar atada al binarismo. Es bonito ver cómo Yaya Ceravieja va aprendiendo y cómo se cuestiona a través de Esk las ideas preconcebidas sobre cómo son las cosas.

No le doy 5 estrellas por alguna frase machista o racista fuera de lugar, aunque nada que ver con los libros anteriores de la saga de Mundodisco, "El …

reviewed Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (3))

Fantastic Writing

Pratchett has a great sense of wit and humor and it comes through in this piece. Great for a first foray into the DiscWorld. I appreciated the ending on this one more than I did on the other two I've read, and both my partner and I had plenty of laugh-out-loud moments while reading

reviewed Equal rites by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)

Review of 'Equal rites' on 'Goodreads'

What a fun book! This is my very first Terry Pratchett. After the stories of the Discworld have been on my to-read list for way too long I was finally convinced to try one and Equal Rites is definitely a very good start into the series.
It was fun, honest, critical and everything what you want. So much magic and quirkiness, but not in a bad way—I enjoyed this book very much and definitely cannot wait to be drawn even deeper into the Discworld!

reviewed Equal rites by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)

Review of 'Equal Rites' on 'Goodreads'

This perfectly ridicules the arbitrariness of gender stereotypes. Everybody knows that only men can be wizards, everybody knows it’s part of the lore, but nobody actually knows where it is written or why it should be the case. And Esk just ignoring both her role as a wizard and a witch and rescuing Simon and herself by not using magic is about the best possible ending.

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