Hardcover, 349 pages
English language
Published Sept. 2, 2010 by Doublebay UK.
It starts with whispers.
Then someone picks up a stone.
Finally, the fires begin.
When people turn on witches, the innocents suffer. . .
Tiffany Aching has spent years studying with senior witches, and now she is on her own. As the witch of the Chalk, she performs the bits of witchcraft that aren't sparkly, aren't fun, don't involve any kind of wand, and that people seldom ever hear about: She does the unglamorous work of caring for the needy.
But someone or something is igniting fear, inculcating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Aided by her tiny blue allies, the Wee Free Men, Tiffany must find the source of this unrest and defeat the evil at its root before it takes her life. Because if Tiffany falls, the whole Chalk falls with her.
Chilling drama combines with laugh-out-loud humor and searing insight as beloved and bestselling author Terry …
It starts with whispers.
Then someone picks up a stone.
Finally, the fires begin.
When people turn on witches, the innocents suffer. . .
Tiffany Aching has spent years studying with senior witches, and now she is on her own. As the witch of the Chalk, she performs the bits of witchcraft that aren't sparkly, aren't fun, don't involve any kind of wand, and that people seldom ever hear about: She does the unglamorous work of caring for the needy.
But someone or something is igniting fear, inculcating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Aided by her tiny blue allies, the Wee Free Men, Tiffany must find the source of this unrest and defeat the evil at its root before it takes her life. Because if Tiffany falls, the whole Chalk falls with her.
Chilling drama combines with laugh-out-loud humor and searing insight as beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett tells the high-stakes story of a young witch who stands in the gap between good and evil.
Tähän mennessä kiinnostavin Tiffany Aching -kirja, mikä sinällään ei vielä riitä Kiekkomaailman parhaimmistoon.
Totally shipping Tiffany & Letitia. ;)
I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth installation in the Tiffany Aching subseries set in the Discworld universe. The first three were targeted for young adults, and this one's main character is still only 15 years old, so you might think it's another story for the younger audience. Forget about that, and just go read it already.
Compared to some of the earlier Discworld novels, I Shall Wear Midnight has a darker tone from the beginning. Even if it still has plenty of humor, clever use of words and distinctly funny supporting cast, it also attacks some of the shadier undercurrents of the human mind. Pratchett takes a teenaged witch, a bunch of tiny blue men and a decent plot, and turns them into a cocktail that, along with the story-telling, also brings up themes revolving around communities, such as acceptance, bonding and herd behavior. It does not really reveal …
I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth installation in the Tiffany Aching subseries set in the Discworld universe. The first three were targeted for young adults, and this one's main character is still only 15 years old, so you might think it's another story for the younger audience. Forget about that, and just go read it already.
Compared to some of the earlier Discworld novels, I Shall Wear Midnight has a darker tone from the beginning. Even if it still has plenty of humor, clever use of words and distinctly funny supporting cast, it also attacks some of the shadier undercurrents of the human mind. Pratchett takes a teenaged witch, a bunch of tiny blue men and a decent plot, and turns them into a cocktail that, along with the story-telling, also brings up themes revolving around communities, such as acceptance, bonding and herd behavior. It does not really reveal anything you wouldn't already know, but it shows that comic fantasy doesn't always have to be light.
