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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LordVyreth" data-source="post: 1913031" data-attributes="member: 9626">Well, to be fair, keep in mind that I'm still only in the first half of his novels, so he probably improves in the later books.  Well, let's go through the endings that I read so far, just to speed things up.The Colour of Magic: This one barely counts, since it's really more a collection of short stories than a full novel.The Light Fantastic:  This is a pretty good example, honestly.  I didn't entire understand what the red star was, and any story that ends with too heavy a focus on the Dungeon Dimension tends to get too esoteric for me.Equal Rites: Another good example.  It started out as an interesting tale about gender relations in the magic industry, but it just got weird when the main character (who's name I can't even remember any more,) got sucked into the Dungeon Dimension.  Plus, it was annoying that she never got used again and had no seeming effect on Discworld.Mort: This was more like it.  I liked the final battle in the sand room between Death and Mort, but it was a little too "happy" an ending for me, with everyone getting married an all.Sourcery: Despite my normal Dungeon Dimension aversion, this one worked for me more.  Probably my favorite ending so far.Wyrd Sisters:  This one was okay, but like I mentioned before, Granny-centric plots just don't work for me.Pyramids: One of my favorites.  I don't see any real problems with it.Guards, Guards: This is a good example of the 'anticlimatic' endings.  The little dragon essentially defeated the novel's villain by altering its body to fart at super-sonic speed, and then the two went off to mate.  I thought Carrot ended up being underused as a result.Eric: Another short-stories collection, but I liked the ending despite.  It was about as positive as a Rincewind story gets, and I like how the "evil" devil lord was promoted out of power.Moving Pictures:  This one's mixed for me.  I liked the climatic battle in Ankh-Morpok quite a bit, especially the King Kong parody, but I didn't really get the whole "Oswald" bit at the end.Reaper Man: I didn't really get this book, to be honest.  So the abundance of life force creates snow globes out of now where, which hatch into shopping carts that form a parasitic shopping mall?  Disturbing, but didn't feel as appropriate as most Practhett stories.  And the new death was defeated too easily, in both its original and mechanical forms.Witches Abroad: Another overly Granny plot, though the mirror magic element at the end was cool, especially with Lily's final fate.I'm working on Small Gods now, so I'll just stop here, and won't comment on Lords and Ladies or Men at Arms until after I finish that one.</blockquote>

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