Equal Rites

Equal Rites

A book review by Daniel S.

Equal Rites is another book of the Discworld series, following Rincewind the Wizzard and Mort. Just as the previous books in the series, this book is great. This one is a bit different from the others so far, in ways that you will find out only by reading it. I also recommend the Discworld series to Harry Potter fans. The book is an excellent way of just letting your mind wander, and will be very enjoyable if you like the books with fast paced plot, scene shifts, and originality, you will most certainly like this book.

All wizards on the Discworld are male, but always we portray wizards as male. All wizards are, indeed, male. Until now, in this story. This is the story of a female wizard, which on the Discworld, is 101% different from a witch. Witches just use herbs, and borrow creatures minds (more of a gentle steering than possessing, rather, you are inside the creature’s mind, and it does not work with humans).  Wizards on the other hand… they are very powerful. You think they hurl fireballs, send lightning, and create huge tidal waves. No, those are sorcerers, the most magical creature on earth. A wizard is an old, tattered man, and looks as if he has seen too much. They in fact, have seen too much.

The female wizard’s name was Eskarina Smith. Her staff, was hidden until she was eight years old. Then her magic began to emerge, very suddenly. But she thought logically, completely baffling any wizard. Or anyone, in fact. She knew how magic worked. This was crazy! No one could possibly know, because it doesn’t. and female wizards were against the lore. There could not be one, it was impossible.

All in all, the rating I give is a 8/8 for ingenuity, originality, comedy, and intensity. The only problem with this, you cannot find a good place to stop. No book could have even been close to similar. Nothing can reflect why anything in the world is as it is, but this does for wizards being male, because wizards don’t exist.