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Tiffany Aching is apprenticed to Miss Treason, a wicked old witch indeed. She is trying her best to learn how to be a witch and how to be a woman. In a moment of thoughtless clarity, she inserts herself into a dance and comes to the attention of the Wintersmith. The heartless will yearn, the divine will slumber, and Tiffany will grow up as a result. This is probably my favorite of the Tiffany Aching books. Tiffany's interaction with the Wintersmith and her fellow witches, the unfairness of her predicament, her determination to do the right thing, in the midst of her own troubles, make the novel tight and Tiffany herself admirable. Pratchett's notions of right and wrong, idealistic and pragmatic, provide the moral background for the witches and their application thereof is both compassionate and frightening. Wheels within wheels aptly describes Mr. Pratchett's work and that is doubly the case with this novel.

2022-11-14 18:16