Friday, January 07, 2005
Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Wee Free Men is less punny but just as funny as Pratchett's other Discworld books. Set aside from Ankh-Morpork in the sheep herding Chalk the story revolves around young Tiffany. Tiffany is 9 and I find that Terry Pratchett has accurately depicted the maturity and thinking patterns of 9 year olds (they are often underestimated).
Terrible monsters are appearing in the Chalk and Tiffany may be the only person who can stop them. The Wee Free Men are Pictsies (ok, that was a groaner) and for some reason they are cooperating with Tiffany and helping her in many ways; this is contrary to their usual pattern of behaviour. Is Tiffany really a witch and if she is what doesn that mean about her Grandmother (now dead).
When the Faierie Queen steal Tiffany baby brother, Tiffany must open her eyes and take a look at the real world and see things as they are and then she must try to make things as they should be.
Several paragraphs were so funny that they had to be read out loud.
I was disappointed that the local bookstore did not have the sequel A Hat Full of Sky.
Terrible monsters are appearing in the Chalk and Tiffany may be the only person who can stop them. The Wee Free Men are Pictsies (ok, that was a groaner) and for some reason they are cooperating with Tiffany and helping her in many ways; this is contrary to their usual pattern of behaviour. Is Tiffany really a witch and if she is what doesn that mean about her Grandmother (now dead).
When the Faierie Queen steal Tiffany baby brother, Tiffany must open her eyes and take a look at the real world and see things as they are and then she must try to make things as they should be.
Several paragraphs were so funny that they had to be read out loud.
I was disappointed that the local bookstore did not have the sequel A Hat Full of Sky.
# posted by JJ @ 7:09 PM 
