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Advantages: Excellent Read
Disadvantages: Not being able to put it down

An amusing novel one of Terry Pratchett's best, or so I think. Pratchett unlike other aurthors has chosen to take certain scenes of the famous play Macbeth by Shakespear but instead has taken the view of the three witiches. Many people say it is a re write of the play but I disagree.You can see the observation of our modern world in his Discworld fanasy series which i think just brings the homour to life The king is murdered and the Duke has taken ...
...seems to be the brains behind the deed Three witches are caught up in the dastardly plans and doings of the Duke and the witches are left to ponder whether to meedle with the poitics of it or not, Granny weatherwax being the "leader of the group is not so sure that meddling is a good thing but is forced to dicide when the rightful heir (Kings child) is accidently left with the witches by a terrified knight who left the baby while running away. A ... Read review

Advantages: Very funny, great characters, great story
Disadvantages: Gets a little baudy in places

...by wicked witches? The good witches have to go and stop it happening, of course!! Well actually there's a lot more to it than that, but there you have the basic plot. When someone's Fairy Godmother dies, she entrusts her job to none other than Magrat, a young witch who is almost by her own admission a "wet hen". She tries desperately hard not to be, but there you are - that's what she is. The recently deceased Fairy Godmother, Desderita, wants two ...
...that's the key… Witches Abroad is a fairytale with a difference - well, with a lot of differences. Normally, the idea is not to stop the girl from marrying the handsome prince. This is only one of many twists put on the traditional fairy tale storyline and they all work. The witches, who in other Discworld books I've read really haven't grabbed me as interesting or amusing characters, really come into their own here. Mainly it's the interplay between ... Read review

Advantages: A fun and exciting book
Disadvantages: It might get a bit confusing

I've read this book several times it's one of my favourite Terry Pratchett books with mystery, excitement and magic. If you like working things out and reading about magical creatures, other worlds and witches you'll love this book i know i do! This book is gripping and has a very imaginative storyline. The feegles are so funny with a strange way of talking it will keep you laughing and reading for hours you'll never put this book down. It's never ... Read review

Advantages: 3 unique books contained in one book, very interesting characters, excellently written
Disadvantages: nothing I can think of

The Witches Trilogy By Terry Pratchett (Hardback) Book 1 - Equal Rites Book 2 - Wyrd Sisters Book 3 - Witches Abroad Year Released: 1994 Number of Pages: 592 This one book contains three of the Discworld novels written about Witches in the order that they were published. All three books are centred on the main witch called Granny Weatherwax and there are two other witches called Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. They find themselves in all sorts ...
...can be tricky and the witches find this out the hard way. In this book the Wyrd Sisters story starts on page 169 and ends on page 380. This story finds the three witches Esme Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick finding out that King Verence the reigning king of Lancre has mysteriously died and has left the throne open. Duke Felmet is the king's cousin and is a nasty man who wants to become the new king. Throughout the book there is a theme ... Read review

Advantages: 90% of the quotes are brilliant
Disadvantages: 10% of the quotes aren't brilliant

...brilliant list of quotes from the many Discworld books written by quite possibly the best writer of the last 100 years. I've only given the book a 4/5 because not all of the quotes are brilliant, that said, I've been told off during at least three lectures for laughing almost uncontrollably at parts of the book, and some people have thought that I'm mad when I burst out laughing on the train on the way home. Pratchett provides a nice break from ...
...The book of Quotes allows you just to dip into discworld whenever you feel like it. I have in fact read the quotes section for particular books shortly before reading the corresponding book. I recommend this book to any avid discworld fan, and also possibly to non-discworld fans, because it provides you with a taster of the institution that is Discworld. ... Read review