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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Actually, it's far from the weakest. The people who say that are so very wrong.
I've read up to Hogfather so far and I've found Maskerade to be very weak. I got no real out loud laughs from it. And it was just OK at best. It's by far much weaker then The Colour of Magic. If it wasn't for the fact that you might need to know stuff that happens in Maskerade later on, I'd suggest to skip it.
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Seeing the huge variations of peoples reactions to Discworld, I am getting more and more reluctant to suggest such things to others. I am one that agrees that the first two (The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic) are the weakest of the series - though that probably has something to do with no longer being a fan of short fiction, and those early books read (to me) as a series of linked short stories. Maskerade is certainly not a favourite of mine, but if I was going to try and pick lesser books from the series I'd probably include Sourcery and Soul Music - but I still never skip any of them in my regular re-reading of the series. I tend to place the stand-alones, Pyramids and especially Small Gods, near the top of my list of favourites - though Night Watch currently holds the pinnacle pretty firmly.