"The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things-wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime-but athletics is most assuredly not on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive an erstwhile tradition and once again put forth a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff, the wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. To begin with, they have to figure out just what it is that makes this sport-soccer with a bit of rugby thrown in-so popular with Ankh-Morporkians of all ages and social strata. Then they have to learn how to play it. Oh, and on top of that, they must win a football match without using magic. Meanwhile, Trev (a handsome street urchin and a right good kicker) falls hard for kitchen maid Juliet (beautiful, dim, and perhaps the greatest fashion model there ever was), and Juliet's best pal, UU night cook Glenda (homely, sensible, and a baker of jolly good pies) befriends the mysterious Mr. Nutt (about whom no one knows very much, including Mr. Nutt, which is worrisome . . .). As the big match approaches, these four lives are entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about football-the most important thing about football?-is that it is never just about football."
This is the review that I had read that caused me to pick up the book to begin with. It sounded like it would be light and funny. However, I was completely lost. I couldn't connect with the characters and found it hard to follow the story line. In fact, I eventually gave up altogether. I have since found that this is the 37th book in the Discworld series (that might have something to do with it). Imagine trying to start Harry Potter by reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, you would be very confused to say the least. I might give the series another try at a later date, but for now I give it 1 star out of 5.
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