I still enjoy reading it mind you, the characters are alive as always and Terry's words are still hilarious. And while it established Granny and her way of doing things, I felt the overall plot wasn't very good. Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by British author Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which are in turn standing on the back of a giant turtle, the Great ATuin. The one that only comes out in darkness ’ The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theatrics and a harmless masked Ghost who lurks behind the scenes. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. I still laughed out loud while reading them and read the whole series in publication order.īut the third book? It introduced important characters like Granny and the UU wizards but doesn't seem to affect future books. Buy Now Choose Format Select Format Synopsis ‘There’s a kind of magic in masks. The first 2 were straight up parody, so I don't mind that the Patrician doesn't sound like Vetinari or other continuity errors. Personally, Equal Rites was the weakest for me. Other than the fact that his later books were affected by his embuggerance, I don't think Disc fans can agree on what's the worst book in the lineup is! To me, that says a lot about STP's skills. Maskerade - 2022 Edition Terry Pratchett Books Discworld Novels Terry Pratchett eighteenth Discworld book and fifth Witches novel. Plus Nanny and how she makes her way through the world shines in a wonderful way. Not only the plot but Grannys portrayal really leaves the reader morgadored. And if Nanny Ogg had been listening, she would have resolved as follows: that no maddened cackle from Black Aliss of infamous memory, no evil little giggle from some crazed Vampyre whose morals were worse than his spelling, no side-splitting guffaw from the most inventive torturer, was quite so unnerving as a happy little chuckle from a Granny Weatherwax about to do what's best.One of the things I love about the Discworld series is how everyone has different 'best' and 'worst' books. Maskerade NEW cover edition Terry Pratchett’ eighteenth Discworld adventure, now with a new cover design for 2022. Id put Maskerade up there as PTerrys best story in his whole bibliography. Oh yes." There was another sigh, deeper and more heartfelt. I could leave him with a mind like a scrambled egg, listening to colors and hearing smells.if I was bad. I could do things inside his head, change the shape he thinks he is, and he'd be down on what had been his knees and begging to be turned into a frog. if I was a bad witch I could make Mister Salzella's muscles turn against his bones and break them where he stood. "The trouble is, you see, that if you do know Right from Wrong, you can't choose Wrong. Because she didn't know Right from Wrong, so she got all twisted up, and that was the end of her. Because I could spit in her eye and steal her teeth, see. There's never been one worse or more powerful. “There was a wicked ole witch once called Black Aliss.
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