Pros: Funny, light reading... Cons: ... lacks subtlety, not one of the best Discworld novels
Eric is one of the earlier Discworld novels (8th in the sequence, in fact), and deals with the trials and tribulations of an adolescent Demonologist. He tries to perform a tricky demon-summoning rite and ends up with... well, not exactly a demon ...
Pros: It's short. Some amusing bits Cons: Rincewind. The rest of the book isn't that funny.
Eric is more of a Discworld novella than it is a novel. At 154 pages, it’s not very substantive. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it isn’t a quality book. However, in this case, I’m sorry to say that Terry Pratchett...
Pros: That Pratchett wrote it is really pro enough. Cons: Shorter than most.
The odd thing about saying that 'Eric' takes a rather odd turn in the Discworld series, is that the series is so odd to begin with. How does one really know when an odd turn has been taken in the midst of something so odd? Is this really odd...
Pros: Delightfully funny! Cons: Not really a standalone work.
What pure delight! I have finally found a Pratchett novel that I can recommend without reservation. I am grateful that perseverance paid off. Every other novel I’ve read by him (with the exception of Maskerade), left me feeling that I was reading...
Pros: Funny, Discworld, Easy to pick up Cons: Short, not as good as some terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett has become one of my favourite authors and this work is in his usual style of a blundering hero in a world gone mad. The book centres around a young boy called Eric (based on Faust) who summons a demon. However instead of a demon he ...
Discworld s only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork s denizens. This would-be Faust is very ba...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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