Pratchett, Terry - I Shall Wear Midnight
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oyceterTiffany Aching's adventures in Wintersmith have attracted the notice of an old enemy to witches, the Cunning Man, and she has to deal with that along with her relationship with Roland and her relationship to the people of the Chalk now that she's their witch and not just little Tiffany Aching.
I've seen people mentioning here and there that this will be the last Tiffany Aching book that will be published as YA, and this book does indeed start out dark. On the other hand, despite the series being YA to date, I find the Tiffany Aching books to be some of the darker Discworld books, adult or YA, largely because they're about Tiffany growing into her power and acquiring more and more responsibilities as the books go on. As such, they're my favorite out of all the Discworld series.
That said, this isn't a very fair review, because I spent the entire book wondering if the voice was off or if I was just making things up. So I was pretty distracted while reading and focusing more on the nuts and bolts of prose rather than what was going on. I'm still not sure if it was me or the book; it's been a few years since I last read the Tiffany Aching books, so my memory, already terrible, is even worse.
So... the villain was very creepy, I loved the folk tradition woven into the ending, I'm curious to see how Pratchett handles Tiffany + romance, I continue to love how Pratchett always brings in so many different women of different ages in the witches books, I really liked how he handled Tiffany's relationship with Letitia, but I felt really distant from the book while I was reading it. I suspect this will be one of things that changes on a reread.
ETA: Also, let me know if you have a review of this! I know I missed people's while I was waiting for my library hold to come in.
I've seen people mentioning here and there that this will be the last Tiffany Aching book that will be published as YA, and this book does indeed start out dark. On the other hand, despite the series being YA to date, I find the Tiffany Aching books to be some of the darker Discworld books, adult or YA, largely because they're about Tiffany growing into her power and acquiring more and more responsibilities as the books go on. As such, they're my favorite out of all the Discworld series.
That said, this isn't a very fair review, because I spent the entire book wondering if the voice was off or if I was just making things up. So I was pretty distracted while reading and focusing more on the nuts and bolts of prose rather than what was going on. I'm still not sure if it was me or the book; it's been a few years since I last read the Tiffany Aching books, so my memory, already terrible, is even worse.
So... the villain was very creepy, I loved the folk tradition woven into the ending, I'm curious to see how Pratchett handles Tiffany + romance, I continue to love how Pratchett always brings in so many different women of different ages in the witches books, I really liked how he handled Tiffany's relationship with Letitia, but I felt really distant from the book while I was reading it. I suspect this will be one of things that changes on a reread.
ETA: Also, let me know if you have a review of this! I know I missed people's while I was waiting for my library hold to come in.