Equal Rites
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Continuing my way through Discworld, and starting the Witches sequence in which: I get to meet Granny Weatherwax, Esk and learn a bit more about wizards, witches, and The Librarian.
I really liked Granny Weatherwax. She actually reminded me a lot of Marilla Cuthbert in her matter-of-factness about how the world works, as well as her acceptance of how things just go outside of those rules sometimes. As a result, I mostly pictured Granny Weatherwax as Geraldine James, the actress who plays Marilla in Netflix's 'Anne with an E.' Anyways, I loved how loyal she is to Esk and where that takes her, and that she seems to be low key sitting on a some seriously powerful witch-y abilities that she can pull out when she wants to.
I also enjoyed getting a little more back story on The Librarian when Esk spends some time with him at the Unseen University, and am hoping for more on both Esk and The Librarian in future books.
I know that's a pretty brief review, but I've talked earlier about how much I love Terry Pratchett's fantasy world building and quirky, humorous story telling, so it feels redundant to talk too much about that again. Next up in my Discworld read-through is Mort!
Continuing my way through Discworld, and starting the Witches sequence in which: I get to meet Granny Weatherwax, Esk and learn a bit more about wizards, witches, and The Librarian.
I really liked Granny Weatherwax. She actually reminded me a lot of Marilla Cuthbert in her matter-of-factness about how the world works, as well as her acceptance of how things just go outside of those rules sometimes. As a result, I mostly pictured Granny Weatherwax as Geraldine James, the actress who plays Marilla in Netflix's 'Anne with an E.' Anyways, I loved how loyal she is to Esk and where that takes her, and that she seems to be low key sitting on a some seriously powerful witch-y abilities that she can pull out when she wants to.
I also enjoyed getting a little more back story on The Librarian when Esk spends some time with him at the Unseen University, and am hoping for more on both Esk and The Librarian in future books.
I know that's a pretty brief review, but I've talked earlier about how much I love Terry Pratchett's fantasy world building and quirky, humorous story telling, so it feels redundant to talk too much about that again. Next up in my Discworld read-through is Mort!
"She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you."
“She was also, by the standards of other people, lost. She would not see it like that. She knew where she was, it was just that everywhere else didn't.”
“That's one form of magic, of course."
"What, just knowing things?"
"Knowing things that other people don't know.”
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