One down, two to go

I finished Equal Rites last night. Finally a Pratchett book with a plot, but alas the last fifth of the book devolved into the style of the previous two books. The premise was nice: an infant is ‘wizardized’ by a dying wizard only to find out (too late) that the infant was a girl… in a world where there’s simply no such thing as female wizards. The book chronicles Esk’s battle with the magic she can’t control and her witch nanny’s attempts to channel it to witchly endeavors. And then a random threat appears from no where and Esk saves the day… Meh. The good 4/5 of the book has convinced me to read the next one though… Either Pratchett was starting to get good, or he got lucky. We’ll see…

I started The Sword of Shannara last night. I’ve heard both sides of the argument, and now I must venture forth and make my own decision about the book. I trust I’ll have a review of it once I’ve finished.