Discworld Witches Collection Maskerade

Hardcover

Published July 3, 2014 by Gollancz, imusti.

ISBN:
978-1-4732-0028-9
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4 stars (14 reviews)

The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork. When Granny Weatherwax realizes Nanny Ogg has written an immensely popular cookbook but has not been paid by the publisher, the witches also leave for Ankh-Morpork to collect the money, as well as to attempt to recruit Agnes into their coven, to replace Magrat Garlick who left the coven when she became Queen of Lancre (in Lords and Ladies). This has the side benefit of distracting Granny from becoming obsessive and self-centered, or so Nanny believes to her great relief. Agnes Nitt is chosen as a member of the chorus, where she meets Christine, a more popular but less talented girl. The Opera House Ghost, who has long haunted the opera house without much incident, begins to commit seemingly random murders staged as "accidents", and also requests that Christine be given lead …

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reviewed Maskerade by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Book 18)

I really struggle with Maskerade

3 stars

Second or third read through for me, but I've not read it for a good while.

"The fact that she was a free agent and her own mistress and quite at liberty to go off to Ankh-Morpork had nothing to do with it. They'd interfere. They always did."

This is the crux of the problem I have with Maskerade. Agnes, mostly, just wants to be left alone. A series of events happens to and around her, and Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax who insist they know best over a range of things, insert themselves over the whole book. It's not to say they don't help to resolve things, it's that they insist on doing it their way on every occasion. By any other account, we would possibly accuse them of a level of toxicity. It rubs me the wrong way.

It's not one of my favourites. I have more affinity …

reviewed Maskerade by Terry Pratchett (Discworld series)

Yes and No

3 stars

Content warning plot/characer spoilers maybe?

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