Equal Rites is the 3rd installment in the Discworld series. This one introduces us to all new characters, and a few new places on the Disc. This book takes us to the town of Bad Ass and tells the story of Esk, the first girl wizard. It starts when a dying wizard went searching for the 8th son of an 8th son to pass his wizardy powers to, but found a little too late that Esk wasn't a son after all. It's well known that women are never wizards and, likewise, men are never witches. So the town witch, Granny Weatherwax, tries to raise Esk and help train her to be a witch, while never letting on that Esk is supposed to be a wizard. Eventually Esk discovers that she's a wizard, and Granny realizes she can't help Esk alone. So they make the journey from Bad Ass to Ankh-Morpork and Unseen University(which we heard about in the first 2 books). And we get to enjoy reading about all the fun that crops up when a girl goes against the wizard lore to try and be the first female wizard.
As usual Pratchett is funny and entertaining. I really enjoyed the book and am looking forward to book 4, Mort.
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