Wintersmith

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"A Tiffany Aching adventure" -- cover.
When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.

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my beloved diskworld submitted by ferdoble on August 11, 2011, 3:50pm To describe Terry Pratchett’s books is a difficult thing to do. The disc world series is in a word fantastic. Terry Pratchett, would seem to use the disk world, to take any theme, or know story and then twist it in his own very humorous way. These are not always laugh out loud funny (sometimes they are), bur rather the sort of funny that just sort of lifts your spirits a little bit.

I will say that in some cases there isn’t always a really strong story, sometimes its just his characters moving through one of those twisted themes. I like them all, you may want to start with the Most Von Lipwig story line (“Going Postal” and then “making money”) as at least the first one has a really great story line.

I love to pepper my reading queue with these books to keep all those books that take themselves seriously fresh and interesting.

I recommend reading them ALL.

OR listening to them. The two main narrators of Terry Pratchett’s books are Stephen Briggs & Nigel Planer and they take Terry Pratchett’s phenomenal writing to a whole new level.

Tiffany Aching rocks! submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 17, 2012, 7:57am "Wintersmith" is Sir Terry Pratchett's third novel about young witch Tiffany Aching (read "Wee Free Men" and "A Hat Full of Sky" first to understand the background). Tiffany has inadvertently brought the worst winter ever to her homeland and now must risk her life to save the day. Along for the ride are the funny but very rude Nac Mac Feegles, whose lives usually consist of, in their words, "Drinkin' an' fightin' an' stealin'."
Like all his books, particularly the ones set on the Discworld, I highly recommned "Wintersmith." Although it is designated a young adult novel, adults will enjoy it, too. I especially appreciate the strong lead female characters who are nonethless realistic and human.
Parents: be forewarned that this book does mention the existence of sex.

DISCWORLD submitted by unknown on August 10, 2013, 10:48pm I must start by explaining my circumstances with this book, when I finished A Hat Full of Sky in June, It was hard for me, not going mad for need of a sequel. The need for it was so strong at one point I nearly brought a proof copy, and I never buy proof copies. So I am sure you can understand why I was there on the day Wintersmith was released, and it was REALLY worth the wait. It was far, far better then I thought it ever could be.

I am sure you know the story from Amazon's handy synopsis so I will just tell you what I loved most about it. I loved the romance. I loved the descriptions. I love the sense of subtle menace and fear that managed to even make ME feel scared. It really doesn't read like most Terry Pratchett books, that although full of brilliance tend to get confusing. This although not confusing, was not straightforward either, you may need to read some parts twice to absorb them fully, but on the first read it is a wonderful exhilarating rush of beautiful writing.

All of the characters in this story are developed and explored more, you find out far more about Tiffany here, Tiffany the young woman, rather than Tiffany the rather solemn child. Not facts, just more about her as a person, her character. That's what I love about Tiffany, she feels like a living breathing person. Roland, looses the whining and complaining and grows a spine, and we see what may, just possibly, be a softer side to Esme Weatherwax. And of course there's the Wintersmith. The titular character, and boy is he a worthy subject for a novel, his story is very, very moving, by the time I got to the end I was close to tears. Although he could interpreted as the villain, he is such as sad, tragic character, that you just can't help but feel sorry for him.

Crivens! submitted by slugwhisperer on August 24, 2013, 2:57pm Read this book, bigjob!

Tiffany submitted by Duckling on June 20, 2014, 6:21pm I love the character Tiffany, she is easy to relate to when you are a young teenager. She is sweet and nice and understands the frustrations of figuring out her world.