Sunday, May 10, 2009

Discworld #12: Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett

Read: 26 April, 2009

A beautiful young servant girl is destined to marry a handsome prince, thanks to her fairy godmother. The ball has been arranged, the gown made, and everything prepared so that Ella can meet her prince charming and live happily ever after.

But there's a catch. Three witches have come to put a stop to this fairy tale and make sure that Ella never marries the prince. Ella couldn't be happier!

Terry Pratchett's twelfth Discworld novel returns to Bad Ass and to the adventures of Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat.

There isn't much to be said about this novel that can't be said for pretty much any of the other Discworld books. As usually, Pratchett his hilariously funny. I love Granny and Nanny and how they play off each other. The inversion of the classic fairy tale is quite clever as well.

But this isn't just about fairy tales. A large portion of the novel could better be called a mock-travel narrative, which was very interesting.

Other books in the Discworld series:

  1. The Colour of Magic

  2. The Light Fantastic

  3. Equal Rites

  4. Mort

  5. Sourcery

  6. Wyrd Sisters

  7. Pyramids

  8. Guards! Guards!

  9. Faust Eric

  10. Moving Pictures

  11. Reaper Man

  12. Witches Abroad

  13. Small Gods

  14. Lords and Ladies

  15. Men at Arms

  16. Soul Music

  17. Interesting Times

  18. Maskerade

  19. Feet of Clay

  20. Hogfather

  21. Jingo

  22. The Last Continent

  23. Carpe Jugulum

  24. The Fifth Elephant

  25. The Truth

  26. Thief of Time

  27. The Last Hero

  28. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

  29. Night Watch

  30. The Wee Free Men

  31. Monstrous Regiment

  32. A Hat Full of Sky

  33. Going Postal

  34. Thud!

  35. Wintersmith

  36. Making Money

  37. Unseen Academicals

  38. I Shall Wear Midnight

  39. Snuff

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