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Review of Wintersmith
When the Spirit of Winter takes a fancy to Tiffany Aching, he wants her to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. It will take the young witch's skill and cunning, as well as help from the legendary Granny Weatherwax and the irrepressible Wee Free Men, to survive until Spring. Because if Tiffany doesn't make it to Springā
āSpring won't come.
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- Posted on 2008-06-21
Tiffany's New Boyfriend
I've already read just about everything by Terry Pratchett I can get my hands on. Several times. From "The Carpet People," to "Making Money." I love the worlds Mr. Pratchett's fertile imagination creates. His characters are as real as they can be, people from regular life, just on a different world.
I bought "Wintersmith" in the audio version, so I could listen to someone else's interpretation, to augment the voices and personalities I "heard" in my mind when I read the book. Stephen Briggs does a magnificent job of reading into the prose the subtleties and nuances of each of the characters.
The story is wonderful, the reading is great, and it makes the miles go by quickly as I listen on my iPod (tm). If you're already a Pratchett fan, I recommend the adventures of Tiffany Aching, as she does her best to convince the Wintersmith that she really doesn't need a cold-shouldered boyfriend at the moment. Read it or listen to it, you'll enjoy it.
Score: 5
- Posted on 2008-04-30
The Big Wee Hag is back, and is she ever frosted!
What happens when the Wintersmith (discworld's version of Jack Frost) falls in love with a teenage witch in training? Why, he makes snowflakes in her likeness, of course...and then he snows them down on the world by the billions, until the land, the houses and even the sheep are buried in them. And what does a young witch do when she is showered with this sort of attention? Well, she gets very very embarrassed. The whole sordid and hilarious mess is right here in the third book of the Tiffany Aching series: another great young readers novel by Terry Pratchett. You'll have to read the book to find out how Tiffany deals with the affections of the Wintersmith, and all the ways he/it tries to win her love, and how the Nac Mac Feegle come to help the "Big Wee Hag" out of a truly elemental mess. Just be prepared to do a lot of laughing along the way.
- C.A. Wulff, author of Born Without a Tail
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-03-21
A nice finale
This is the third of the Tiffany Aching trilogy. The books could easily be read individually as Pratchett is a wonderful author, skilled enough to make each book stand alone and at the same time fit together. If you haven't read any Discworld books yet you're in for a treat though I personally would start at the beginning and not the end. Though some people like to eat dessert first...
Score: 5 - Posted on 2008-03-13
Delightful!
This is a story about Tiffany Aching, a young witch in training. She stumbles into a situation with the god of winter in which she becomes his first crush. She must rectify the problem before a major disaster is made of the seasons and the people who are subject to the weather's whims. She learns what it means to be a competent witch along the way.
Very enjoyable story. Fun, irreverent, touching.
Score: 5 - Posted on 2008-03-12
Another great Terry Pratchett book
This is another book in Terry Pratchett's series on the Discworld - a flat world, supported on the backs of four massive elephants riding on the back of a planet-sized turtle, anything hilarious can happen here, and eventually does.
In this sequel to A Hat Full of Sky and The Wee Free Men, young Tiffany Aching's apprenticeship in witchcraft get interrupted when she is taken to see the dancing of the Black Morris, and she unwisely joins the dance. The Wintersmith, quite literally Winter himself, is quite taken with this brash young women, and begins the courtship to end all courtships...literally.
This is another great Terry Pratchett book - I must say that I really like the Tiffany Aching books, and really, really like the Nac Mac Feegle. There's some great additions here, including the presence of Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax. So, let me just say that if you are a Discworld fan, you will not be disappointed. If you like good (no, great!) fantasy stories, then read the three Tiffany Aching stories, and have the time of your life. I give this book two thumbs up!
Score: 5