Wintersmith
Tiffany Aching book 3
by Terry Pratchett
This is the third book in Terry Pratchett’s trilogy about Tiffany Aching aimed ostensibly at younger readers. Just
like the others it is a winner, and something adults will enjoy just as much, especially if you are a fan of the
Discworld series. Tiffany’s witch training has begun in earnest, and she is studying with the strange, but
amiable, Miss Treason up in the Ramtops. When she is taken to watch a very special dance she forgets herself and
joins in - taking Summer’s place as she dances with the Wintersmith. Instantly, this elemental becomes interested
in a human girl and woos her with Tiffany-shaped snowflakes and icebergs... but then he wants to become human. It
is lucky then that the Nac Mac Feegles are around, and game to help out the "big wee hag"...
This is another one of Terry Pratchett’s better books. Writing "crossover" novels seems to bring out the best
in just about every author who attempts it and this is no exception. Perhaps it is the freedom to create worlds
that have a foot in both camps, the innocent magic of childhood mixed with the harder reality of the adult world.
Thirteen-year-old Tiffany makes a great heroine, unpretentious and practical as well as inquisitive and brave, as
she takes on the fearsome Wintersmith as well as some other more advanced witching duties. The Feegles are
hilarious, and who can resist Horace the Cheese? Behind all the laughs are plenty of thought-provoking issues
about the adult world to ponder on, and the delicious background of the inimitable Discworld. Utterly
unputdownable - more please! |
The Book |
Doubleday (Transworld) |
28 September 2006 |
Hardback |
0385609841 |
Juvenile - Comic Fantasy - Discworld |
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The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2006 |
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