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thomas_edmund 's review for:
Maskerade
by Terry Pratchett
In a similar vein to Interesting Times, I found Maskerade to be a much refined Discworld story, complete with subplots, character development and slightly more classic twists. (that's not to say it was absent usual Discworld and Ankh-Morpork weirdness just more story focussed than earlier pieces)
Another intriguing twist is this Witches novel is based largely in the Big City, and takes on a more whodunnit type plot, where the Witches previously tended to deal with Kings and Queens and more explicitly magic scenarios, Maskerade is a different style and it works really well.
You also get a lot more dynamics between Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax - and in my opinion more of a focus on the right/wrong character development of Weatherwax.
I have a sense that Pratchett may have really enjoyed writing this novel - one of the subplots involved a greedy publisher (super subtle) and Pratchett's riffs on Opera are pretty fun-hearted while just at times touching on proper human nature.
Another intriguing twist is this Witches novel is based largely in the Big City, and takes on a more whodunnit type plot, where the Witches previously tended to deal with Kings and Queens and more explicitly magic scenarios, Maskerade is a different style and it works really well.
You also get a lot more dynamics between Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax - and in my opinion more of a focus on the right/wrong character development of Weatherwax.
I have a sense that Pratchett may have really enjoyed writing this novel - one of the subplots involved a greedy publisher (super subtle) and Pratchett's riffs on Opera are pretty fun-hearted while just at times touching on proper human nature.