Reviews - Maskerade | The StoryGraph

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Can't say no to a good murder mystery, especially set in a relatively familiar environment and written by such a fantastic and goofy author.

The witches are making things right (by no means could this be construed for meddling) on the Discworld again, but since Magrat is off queen-ing, they're feeling a bit short-handed. A promising candidate for the roll, Agnes Nitt, seems to have gone off to Ank-Morpork to let her alter-ego, "Perdita," shine at the one place that an over weight woman with nice hair, a great personality, and the vocal range of a T-Rex/vampire bat chimera could hope to find acceptance, or even fame: The Opera.

But people are turning up murdered, and some say they've seen a ghost in a white mask... And so, it's time for the witches to mingle with thespians again in Maskerade!

altmc's review against another edition

4.5

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A delightful romp. The witches series continues to be one of my favorites in the discworld series.

shauninmpls's review against another edition

4.0

Granny Weatherwax still can do no wrong with me. She and Death are great characters that make the Witch and Death parts of the Discworld series something a little better than standard genre fiction.

eustachio's review against another edition

3.0

‘Well, basically there are two sorts of opera,’ said Nanny, who also had the true witch’s ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. ‘There’s your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like “Oh oh oh, I am dyin’, oh, I am dyin’, oh, oh, oh, that’s what I’m doin’”, and there’s your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes “Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!”, although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That’s basically all of opera, reely.’

Non esistono libri che devi leggere. Tranne Maskerade, se sono nove anni che canti "The Phantom of the Opera is there!" quando suonano al campanello e se le canzoni sono il jolly sotto la doccia.
Dovere morale a parte, Maskerade è l'ennesimo libro di Pratchett di cui non avevo davvero bisogno. Risate e sorrisi qua e là, sì, e una storia carina, certo, anche se azzarderei tirata un po' per le lunghe.
Per citare Raoul: "We have all been blind and yet the answer is staring us in the face". E la risposta è: Andrea, per te Discworld finisce qui.