Like all his fans, probably, I'd hoped that the Alzheimers wouldn't adversely affect his writing whilst knowing that inevitably, in time, it would (or that it would be a miracle if it didn't). I love all of them and my favourite is 'Thud'. I adore Pratchett and have read all his adult Discworld novels to date, plus a few of his other works. Regular readers will be pleased by appearances from a few regular discworld characters and they will also get a great surprise as one long standing discworld loose end is dealt with.Ī writer on the top of his form. There's also a great sense of setting, the story being in the middle of the countryside and characters being at home with the nature and the creatures around them. There are some great laughs and there are plenty of moments that make you smile. What follows is typical Pratchett, with the supernatural threat to be dealt with - an interesting creation that cuts right to the heart of a bit of human nature - and character conflict also. Only after this is a new supernatural danger subtly introduced.

And the boy she played with when they were both young is now a young man and has responsibilities of his own.įor the first hundred pages or so little happens, it just fills us in on all this, but it's so well written in the writer's typical style that the pages turn very nicely. And people are depending on her to do those. I shall wear midnight deals with Tiffany coming of age, in that she's now sixteen and has responsibilities that go with her role as witch.

This one though is relatively stand alone and there's a bit of back story but you shouldn't have much trouble getting into if you haven't read the previous ones. Fourth and - seemingly - final volume in the run of discworld novels that are intended for younger readers that feature young witch Tiffany Aching.

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