Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett Reviews

What happens when fairy tales are controlled 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 ...  Read the complete review

This book is the twelfth in the Discworld series. Though its not necessary to be familiar with his other works, some parts of this story would benefit from the reader having some prior knowledge. The Discworld books may all take place on the same world, but this world is as varied as our own, meaning that they can have different ...  Read the complete review

Out of all the Terry Pratchett books, I love the stories about the three witches. Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat. Whichever book you pick up and read about these three, you will be entertained and Witches Abroad is just as good as the others. The start of the book takes us to a cottage in the woods, where an old witch Desiderata ...  Read the complete review

The only criticism I have of Pratchett is his absolute reliance on established stories. Shakespeare ripped off all his plots as well, but that doesn't make it right. Witches Abroad pretty much relies on poking fun at all the European stereotypes and really overdoing the stealing from a bunch of fairy tales. After a while the book gets very ...  Read the complete review

Witches Abroad follows on from Wyrd Sisters with Magrat, nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax all travelling to a far away land where the fairy tales really done come true. Magrat is left wondering if she will marry Verance, who proposed at the end of Wyrd Sisters, in the mean time they travel with Grebo the one eyed vicious cat, that nanny still ...  Read the complete review