I Shall Wear Midnight
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (September 28, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0061433047
From Booklist
Pratchett returns to the terra firma of his popular, sprawling Discworld series, the young-reader corner of which centers around teen witch Tiffany Aching. Being a good witch mostly means tending to the locals’ minor aches, pains, and kerfuffles—which she does with as much aplomb as anyone could be expected to muster—but to become a great witch, she’ll have to contend with the malevolent ghost of an ancient witch-burner. Yet even that might not be as terrifying as trying to keep the peace between the humans and the wee Nac Mac Feegles (whose primary skills are drinking, brawling, having Scottish brogues, brawling a bit more, and stealing every scene they’re in) and, shudder, getting wrapped up in the wedding of her childhood friend, who is suddenly a very myopic baron. The action never picks up much more momentum than a determined amble, but readers won’t care a whit because in terms of pure humor per square word, Pratchett may be the cheeriest writer around. Now that Tiffany Aching’s adventures are concluded, readers can explore the nearly three decade’s worth of other Discworld books.
Well, in all honesty, I can't say it better then the review from Booklist, so I'm not even going to try.
The whole series was a delightful read.
In this last Tiffany Aching,book Pratchett ties up some loose ends, and gives Tiffany yet another evil to fight while she grows into her witches shoes... or should I say her midnight dress?
Many of the "usual witches" abound and a few new ones to boot. One can never have too many witches! And who is the new man in Tiffany's life?
I would have liked to seen the Nac Mac Feegles a bit more because their dialogue is certainly fun to read, and they were in the book, I would have just liked to have seen them even more.
For anyone who has not read any Discworld / Pratchett books this series would be an excellent start.
I think next is a quick Winnie the Pooh read and then on to Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton.
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (September 28, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0061433047
From Booklist
Pratchett returns to the terra firma of his popular, sprawling Discworld series, the young-reader corner of which centers around teen witch Tiffany Aching. Being a good witch mostly means tending to the locals’ minor aches, pains, and kerfuffles—which she does with as much aplomb as anyone could be expected to muster—but to become a great witch, she’ll have to contend with the malevolent ghost of an ancient witch-burner. Yet even that might not be as terrifying as trying to keep the peace between the humans and the wee Nac Mac Feegles (whose primary skills are drinking, brawling, having Scottish brogues, brawling a bit more, and stealing every scene they’re in) and, shudder, getting wrapped up in the wedding of her childhood friend, who is suddenly a very myopic baron. The action never picks up much more momentum than a determined amble, but readers won’t care a whit because in terms of pure humor per square word, Pratchett may be the cheeriest writer around. Now that Tiffany Aching’s adventures are concluded, readers can explore the nearly three decade’s worth of other Discworld books.
Well, in all honesty, I can't say it better then the review from Booklist, so I'm not even going to try.
The whole series was a delightful read.
In this last Tiffany Aching,book Pratchett ties up some loose ends, and gives Tiffany yet another evil to fight while she grows into her witches shoes... or should I say her midnight dress?
Many of the "usual witches" abound and a few new ones to boot. One can never have too many witches! And who is the new man in Tiffany's life?
I would have liked to seen the Nac Mac Feegles a bit more because their dialogue is certainly fun to read, and they were in the book, I would have just liked to have seen them even more.
For anyone who has not read any Discworld / Pratchett books this series would be an excellent start.
I think next is a quick Winnie the Pooh read and then on to Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton.
posted by DesLily | 7:25 AM
3 Comments:
So far all thumbs up on this series :D I think I'll try to get them over the summer. I'll be heading down your way next week Pat. How far are you from Orlando?
Now you're further ahead than me in a Terry Pratchett series. Need to nab this last one off my daughter. (What are kids for if you can't nick their books? heheh) It sounds like a good finale to the series.
hi kelly: sent you an email.
cath:yeah I miss that my grandson has "outgrown" reading while he becomes a raging teenager! I'll be glad when he gets back to reading! He still reads what he has to for school but he's not as active reading for the joy of it right now.
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