The wonderful Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax, as wise and entertaining as ever, the Nac Mac Feegle just as comic but behind it all is the struggle of Tiffany, Petulia, Annagramma and the rest of the coven to grow up trying to do the right thing, learning to understand human behaviour and emotions and finding their place in the world. The adolescent fumblings of boy and girl, one trying to impress, the other unsure what to make of it all is very well observed. There is comic genius, not just in the one line jokes though there are still a few, but in the characters themselves. The character development of Tiffany Aching is masterful as she adapts to the changes presented to her and her handling of the (almost) unwanted affections of an Ethereal entity or a minor god in other words. A wonderfully captivating book feeding us folklore, mythology, headology with several other 'ologies' thrown in for good measure.
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