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I shall wear midnight de Terry Pratchett
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I shall wear midnight (2010 original; edició 2011)

de Terry Pratchett (Autor)

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Fantasy. Humor (Fiction.) Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

The fourth in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.

As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someoneâ??or somethingâ??is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Tiffany must find the source of unrest and defeat the evil at its root. Aided by the tiny-but-tough Wee Free Men, Tiffany faces a dire challenge, for if she falls, the whole Chalk falls with her. . .… (més)

Membre:bonne1978
Títol:I shall wear midnight
Autors:Terry Pratchett (Autor)
Informació:London : Corgi Children's, 2011.
Col·leccions:La teva biblioteca, I lägenheten, Use for recommendation
Valoració:***1/2
Etiquetes:SAB:H.01, fiction, fantasy, Discworld, Tiffany Aching

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I Shall Wear Midnight de Terry Pratchett (2010)

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    Equal Rites de Terry Pratchett (MyriadBooks, petwoe, ijustgetbored)
    MyriadBooks: For the appearance of Eskarina Smith.
    petwoe: Noteably for the parallels between Tiffany and Eskarina.
    ijustgetbored: For the backstory on Eskarina Smith, and for the parallels between Tiffany and Esk.
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  davidrgrigg | Mar 23, 2024 |
C+ (Okay).

A teenage witch vs a moral panic. A lot about this book didn't quite work - especially the villain, who shows up late and only ever makes sense as a metaphor. And a lot of the ideas and minor characters feel like their arcs have been erased. It's not a bad book; I just really want the Tiffany Aching series to be as good as its first couple books.

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  comfypants | Feb 1, 2024 |
I am always amazed at how much folk wisdom Terry Pratchett can cram into a book, in this case even just the first couple of chapters. If you have not had the good fortune to read his Tiffany Aching series, do yourself a favor and rush out right now and get The Wee Free Men . Don't pause just because it is marketed as a Young Adult book, for you are only depriving yourself of a great literary treat. I Shall Wear Midnight is, in some ways, not quite as satisfying as its predecessors, because Tiffany is growing well into her role as the witch for the Chalk region and so there aren't quite as many discoveries for her to make (and us along with her). Nevertheless, she is a lovely character to know and a knowing character to love. I will definitely be re-reading this book someday.

2024-02-24 - That day would be today. And it is still as wonderful as the first time. ( )
  Treebeard_404 | Jan 23, 2024 |
This book is the third of what I see as a trilogy about Tiffany Aching growing into the responsibilities of being a witch, and this book engages with the downsides of it: when you're willing to do the things no one else is willing to do, but society needs done to keep going, then you might find yourself under a bit of suspicious from the rest of the community.

I really liked this. I enjoyed the second through fourth Tiffany books a lot, but this one was my favorite of all of them. It's the darkest, opening with a posse coming for a man, and Tiffany being the one who protects him even though he kind of deserves what he gets; when there are neglected children, only Tiffany stands up to protect them. As the old lord dies, Tiffany comes under suspicion, and suddenly finds herself at odds with her old boyfriend, the old lord's son.Pratchett is at his best when he uses the Discworld to shine a light on the issues of our world, the dimensions of power and prejudice, and this book is as strong an example of it as I've seen. While the City Watch novels let him explore state power, this explores the issues of social prejudice on a personal level; the Watch novels looked at those who directed the power, but Tiffany—for all her magical powers—is the person that power is directed against.

And yet, Tiffany keeps on going, because there are jobs to do, and is she doesn't do them, who will?

Marvelous stuff, if not perfect; the big bad, in particular, seems taken care of a bit too easily. But this book is the kind of magic ones goes to the Discworld for. Probably my favorite of the thirteen I've read, other than Jingo.
  Stevil2001 | Sep 22, 2023 |
Tiffany vs. The Cunning Man that has holes for eyes. Great fun! We get to visit Ankh Morpork and meet some of the City Watch, in particular Carrot and Angua and Wee Mad Arthur who we learn is a Feegle. We also meet the proprietor of Boffo's, Mrs. Proust, who is a witch. The Cunning Man represents, for me, Donald Trump: a creature that lives on lies, hatred, and deceit which spreads like poison among the susceptible. And he is very cunning indeed.

There is some interesting insight on domestic violence at the beginning as 'The Rough Music' plays for an abusive husband and father that Tiffany rescues from suicidal hanging. I enjoyed the subplot that follows his daughter Amber as she escapes the cycle of violence and does well for herself with Tiffany's help. I also like the idea of the rough music - social justice taken into the hands of the citizenry where there are no laws or courts.

The subplots of Letitia wanting (and then becoming) a witch is also a nice addition, along with her haughty mother the Duchess being brought down to size. ( )
  jsmick | Jul 17, 2023 |
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I dedicate this book to Mr [George Ewart] Evans, a wonderful man who helped many of us to learn about the depths of history over which we float. It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.

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Why was it, Tiffany Aching wondered, that people liked noise so much?
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Still, it could have been worse, she told herself as they set off. For example, there could have been snakes on the broomstick.
It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.
Roland was staring at Tiffany so nonplussed he was nearly minused.
The room (at Keepsake Hall) was full of bookcases, and the books on them gleamed. These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had given up their lives for literature after a happy existence in the very best pastures. The books gleamed as Letitia moved around the large room lighting other lamps. She hauled them up toward the ceiling on their long chains, which swung gently as she pulled so that the shine from the books mixed with the gleam from the brasswork until the room seemed to be full of rich, ripe gold.
"A wedding almost straight after a funeral...I can tell you in truth that at such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings and endings. Dangerous and powerful. And we feel it even if we don't know what it is These times are not necessarily good, and not necessarily bad. In fact, what they are depends on what we are."
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The fourth in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.

As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someoneâ??or somethingâ??is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Tiffany must find the source of unrest and defeat the evil at its root. Aided by the tiny-but-tough Wee Free Men, Tiffany faces a dire challenge, for if she falls, the whole Chalk falls with her. . .

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