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loved the interplay of the 3 witches, the romance between magrat and the fool, and tomjon and the players. " woot! I was just in the mood for a good pratchett, and this was it.

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All in all a fun read, but I wouldn't expect anything else from Mr. There is some very clever and funny banter between the three witches (and Granny Weatherwax, as always is a brilliant character) and the parody of/respect given towards Shakespeare's Macbeth is also pretty brilliant.

"This was a pretty enjoyable read, and one of the earlier Discworld books that I had skipped over. This is the sixth book in the Discworld series. Terry Pratchett's vividly imaginative story takes you on a journey with hunchbacked monarchs, lost crowns, disguised heirs, refueling broomsticks, and frightening thunderstorms, as the three sisters battle the odds to restore the rightful king to the throne. Their interference in royal politics causes kingdoms to wobble, crowns to topple, knives to flash, and citizens to shudder in fear.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series. You can't fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a rival Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse. Servant girls have to marry the prince, whether they want to or not. That's the problem with real life - it tends to get in the way of a good story, and a good story is hard to resist. Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince? Inheriting a fairy godmother role seemed an easy job. įairy godmothers develop a very deep understanding about human nature, which makes the good ones kind and the bad ones powerful. The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. 'No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of modern endeavour' Daily Mail