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22) "Witches Abroad" - Pratchett
A re-read, of course, and it possibly delighted me even more this time. The whole backstory to Baron Samedi is pretty cool. He doesn't seem to have a back story in this world.
There's lovely symmetry in "Witches Abroad". Pratchett mentions early on in a seemingly casual way that the Ogg family has feuds within it, but they close ranks to protect each other against outsiders. Then family being at odds, yet coming together to protect each other, becomes a theme at the end. Similarly, Magrat is in a "needing to find herself" moment just before the beginning of the book, and it's contrasted to Granny Weatherwax always knowing who she herself is. She starts studying martial arts through materials she sent away for, and there's all these lovely footnotes and discussions about people always searching for mystical knowledge far from home, and then they go on this journey, and then Magrat finds herself... and it's a primal moment, it's not something she could have studied. And then Granny has to find herself, too, but that's kind of a foregone conclusion as we already know Granny always knows who she is. :)
A re-read, of course, and it possibly delighted me even more this time. The whole backstory to Baron Samedi is pretty cool. He doesn't seem to have a back story in this world.
There's lovely symmetry in "Witches Abroad". Pratchett mentions early on in a seemingly casual way that the Ogg family has feuds within it, but they close ranks to protect each other against outsiders. Then family being at odds, yet coming together to protect each other, becomes a theme at the end. Similarly, Magrat is in a "needing to find herself" moment just before the beginning of the book, and it's contrasted to Granny Weatherwax always knowing who she herself is. She starts studying martial arts through materials she sent away for, and there's all these lovely footnotes and discussions about people always searching for mystical knowledge far from home, and then they go on this journey, and then Magrat finds herself... and it's a primal moment, it's not something she could have studied. And then Granny has to find herself, too, but that's kind of a foregone conclusion as we already know Granny always knows who she is. :)