Maskerade - Terry Pratchett Reviews

During the mid-90s, Terry Pratchett, already well-established with his Discworld series, hit a rich seam which, for me, yielded some of his best novels. Maskerade is one of the best of the best! Set mostly in the Ankh Morpork Opera House, it sees those two meddlesome old witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg trying to recruit Agnes ...

As a reader of numerous 'Terry Books' (My own title for them) I have picked this one out as possibly the best I've ever read. Which ever one of Pratchets' long list of tales you read you will always be confused, never understand where the plot is going, be forever re-reading sentences / paragraphs / pages / chapters / books yet be ...

Readers either love or hate Pratchett, as he romps through the World of Literature creating fantastical parodies whenever he writes. Maskerade is an obvious send up of the famous Phantom Of The Opera so if this sort of thing makes your blood boil, then now's the time to make a soothing cup of tea and work off your rage by beating a pillow to ...

This is the phantom of the Opera done Discworld style. This book stars the Witches but the lineup has changed for this one. Those who are familiar with the series will know that last time we met the witches Magrat got married to King Verence. So for this adventure it’s just Granny and Nanny. Granny Weatherwax is an old witch with a will of ...

Pratchett does it again! Another best seller, set on the discworld (TM), featuring his star characters - the witches. In case you are from another planet, Terry Pratchett is a hugely successful author, most famous for his comic fantasy novels which are set on the discworld - a large flat world, supported by four elephants, which floats ...

Imagine a small kingdom near the mountains, where country ways are still accepted. Now a small, well rather large girl, by the name of Agnes Nit doesn't want to end up being a country girl so she runs away to the city of Ank Morpork where she joins the opera and calls herself Perdita X. At the same time a witch by the name of Nanny Ogg gets a ...