Sourcery

3.5 stars, Metaphorosis reviews

Summary
Wizards aren't permitted children. Because if they have them, the eighth son of an eighth son of an eighth son is not just a wizard, but a sourceror. And they cause all kinds of trouble.

Review
Pratchett has settled Discworld into fairly solid storytelling by this point, but this fifth book honestly didn't bring back the humor that I remember from back when (and that induced me to buy the entire Discworld series as e-books). It's fun, if occasionally confusing, but I don't find the jokes as convincing as previously, and they're starting to feel on the repetitive side.

I liked the expanded role of the Luggage, am somewhat tired of Rincewind, and was disappointed that the titular sourceror is almost entirely undeveloped. There's a plot reason for it, but it still felt like a missed opportunity to make this a much fuller story.