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.