Equal Rites

3.5 stars Originally posted at FanLit.

When a wizard on the Discworld knows he???s about to die, he passes on his staff and magical powers to the eighth son of an eighth son who is being born at that time. So, that???s what the wizard Drum Billet does just before his death ??? he passes on his powers to the baby who???s just been born to the Smith family. But nobody notices in time that Eskarina Smith is not a boy... Several years later Esk realizes she???s got some uncontrollable powers so she, along with her friend Granny Weatherwax, the local witch, sets out to find her place in a world where women do not have equal rights.

Equal Rites is the third book in Terry Pratchett???s DISCWORLD series and the first in which Rincewind the cowardly wizard is not the protagonist. Though the focus here is on Eskarina, the first female wizard on the Discworld, the real star is Granny Weatherwax, the indomitable witch who features more ... Read More:
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I'm glad I'm rereading these. I only gave it three stars the first time, and... well this was really fun. We finally have Granny and more of the wizards. Esk was really fun and I liked watching her relationships with Granny and Simon develop. I loved seeing the witch magic vs wizard magic and headology. I'm not super into the Dungeon Dimension stuff, but it was all really well done.