Tiffany Aching is having trouble. As a trainee witch she’s been
assigned to Miss Treason, a terrifying old woman who uses the eyes of
whatever is nearby to see (Including Tiffany’s own), a boyfriend being
held hostage by his evil relatives and just to make matters worse, the
spirit of Winter has fallen in love with her. Tiffany Aching has danced
with the Wintersmith and once that happens, there’s no going back. But
how do you reason with a season?
Pratchett’s latest foray onto the Discworld is both assured and,
like the best of his novels, a remarkably dark story. The highest
points of the series have always been the darker ones, from the loss of
Twoflower’s innocence to the political allegory at the heart of
Monstrous Regiment. Here, the darkness comes from something which lies
at the heart of almost everyone’s worst nightmares; adolescence.
Tiffany’s growing realisation of how the world works, whether its
her troubled relationship with her boyfriend or her slow education in
the politics of witchcraft makes for funny and often poignant reading.
She’s an utterly convincing adolescent, filled with the desire to do
things just because she’s not done them before but at the same time
older than her years. She’s perceptive but not self aware, and much of
the book’s drama comes from that. She knows she shouldn’t get involved
with the Wintersmith but at the same time is both flattered and
impressed by his attempts to woo her. After all, when every snowflake
is shaped like you, its difficult not to be impressed.
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