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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
I only recently discovered Discworld...how did I go this long without knowing about these books! So glad I fell into the series - they are an absolute delight! Am working my way through the Witches books - this one is number 3... although each book I've read to date can work as a stand-alone - so jump in anywhere, the weather is fine. Here's the guide to reading order: http://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2014/04/Discworld-2.21.jpg
As for this one - loved it the most out of the three Witch books I've read to date. Found I was laughing out loud as I was reading. I've now read it and listened to it in the car - good stuff!
As for this one - loved it the most out of the three Witch books I've read to date. Found I was laughing out loud as I was reading. I've now read it and listened to it in the car - good stuff!
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sehr schön zum Lachen und Schmunzeln.
Grebbo ist super ;).
Mehr gibt es einfach nicht zu sagen.
Grebbo ist super ;).
Mehr gibt es einfach nicht zu sagen.
I'm getting used to the fact that the Witches Collection is not a consecutive story like The City Watch was, at least not really. There isn't really one overarching theme, except to play around with story tropes, shake them up, traumatize and scare them, make fun of them when they cry and then send them back home with a lolly-pop.
The Witches series is hilarious. I love these characters and how much we're getting to know them and how comical and even slightly idiotic they seem, yet how poignant they are once you stop and think about it. The big question in Witches Abroad is what happens when you try to force a story? What happens when you take well known and beloved tropes and characters and force them to act out the same story again and again, even it no longer works anyone? The answer is something closer to what Stephen King writes than the Grim brothers. It's morphs into a horror story in which unwilling people are forced to do things they are not meant to otherwise. What if Cinderella didn't want to go to the ball? Or get married? What if she liked being a servant? Who's the fairy godmother to make her? You can't save someone who doesn't need to be saved.
Either way, great installment of the Witches series.
The Witches series is hilarious. I love these characters and how much we're getting to know them and how comical and even slightly idiotic they seem, yet how poignant they are once you stop and think about it. The big question in Witches Abroad is what happens when you try to force a story? What happens when you take well known and beloved tropes and characters and force them to act out the same story again and again, even it no longer works anyone? The answer is something closer to what Stephen King writes than the Grim brothers. It's morphs into a horror story in which unwilling people are forced to do things they are not meant to otherwise. What if Cinderella didn't want to go to the ball? Or get married? What if she liked being a servant? Who's the fairy godmother to make her? You can't save someone who doesn't need to be saved.
Either way, great installment of the Witches series.
Witches Abroad includes the retelling of several fairytales all in one book. Cinderella's (aka Princess Emberella) fairy godmother has died and left her wand to Magrat Garlick, along with a charge not to let her marry the prince and not to take Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg along with her to stop the wedding. Naturally when Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg hear this they insist on joining Magrat. The trip to save Embrella in Genua is a long one and the three witches have many encounters on the way with other familiar fairytales like the big bad wolf and a house falling from the sky.
My husband is a huge Terry Pratchett fan and he is always trying to get me to read his books. I suggested he find a way for the book to work into my Popsugar challenge for the year and he did. I fear I don't laugh nearly enough because he laughs out loud on each page as he reads and I fall short of that. I think Terry Pratchett's books are especially appreciated by intellectuals, of which he is one. Even so the book was very clever and humorous.
2020 Popsugar reading challenge #12 A book that passes the Bechdel test (To pass the Bechdel test a work must feature at least two women, these women must talk to each other, and their conversation must concern something other than a man.)
My husband is a huge Terry Pratchett fan and he is always trying to get me to read his books. I suggested he find a way for the book to work into my Popsugar challenge for the year and he did. I fear I don't laugh nearly enough because he laughs out loud on each page as he reads and I fall short of that. I think Terry Pratchett's books are especially appreciated by intellectuals, of which he is one. Even so the book was very clever and humorous.
2020 Popsugar reading challenge #12 A book that passes the Bechdel test (To pass the Bechdel test a work must feature at least two women, these women must talk to each other, and their conversation must concern something other than a man.)
The Witches are back, and they are going to "Foreign parts". In the city of Genua, stories are taking place. Big ones, all through one another, and its causing quite the upheaval. Fairy tales are the theme of this excellent book, and fairy tales are what the witches set out to stop. Serving girls that are actually princesses, frogs turned into princes, falling farmhouses and actual voodoo mojo; all signs that something dredful is taking place...
Witches Abroad is the third Witches book, featuring Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat, on a mission to stop the evil fairy godmother of Genua, Lilith. What follows is a travelogue-ish account, complete with postcards sent back home by Nanny, which, as a universal rule, of course arrive only after she does.
Witches Abroad is the third Witches book, featuring Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat, on a mission to stop the evil fairy godmother of Genua, Lilith. What follows is a travelogue-ish account, complete with postcards sent back home by Nanny, which, as a universal rule, of course arrive only after she does.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
More Nanny Ogg than the previous entry made me very happy.