On Discworld, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late.
The town witch insists on turning the baby into a perfectly normal witch, thus mending the magical damage of the wizard's mistake. But now the young girl will be forced to penetrate the inner sanctum of the Unseen University - and attempt to save the world with one well-placed kick in some enchanted shins (from Goodreads).
Rating:★★★☆☆
Having read Mort and wanting to read more Terry Pratchett, I picked this one up on recommendation from my boyfriend. Apparently going straight for Good Omens was not the way to go about it.
I mean, I liked the idea of a female wizard and that turning the Discworld on its head. But it wasn't as large-scale as I expected. A lot of the book is the journey to the Unseen University in the first place, and while Granny Weatherwax is amusing and possibly my life goal, she can't carry that journey with a few quips or her sarcasm.
Once we got to the Unseen University, the action suddenly seemed to take off and then end as quickly as it started. So while I did like the story, for me the pacing was off. Overall though, it was a very funny book as I had expected. I'm not going to stop reading Discworld books, so perhaps this is just how he writes and I need to get more on board with that. Everything is always a bit quirky, a bit weird, a bit unexpected after all.
Having read Mort and wanting to read more Terry Pratchett, I picked this one up on recommendation from my boyfriend. Apparently going straight for Good Omens was not the way to go about it.
I mean, I liked the idea of a female wizard and that turning the Discworld on its head. But it wasn't as large-scale as I expected. A lot of the book is the journey to the Unseen University in the first place, and while Granny Weatherwax is amusing and possibly my life goal, she can't carry that journey with a few quips or her sarcasm.
Once we got to the Unseen University, the action suddenly seemed to take off and then end as quickly as it started. So while I did like the story, for me the pacing was off. Overall though, it was a very funny book as I had expected. I'm not going to stop reading Discworld books, so perhaps this is just how he writes and I need to get more on board with that. Everything is always a bit quirky, a bit weird, a bit unexpected after all.
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