Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Wyrd Sisters
Book Review: May he live forever, and always write a book a year!
Summary: 5 Stars
If Fantasy is your cup of tea, and you haven't tried Pratchett's Discworld books, pick one in the series and have at it. He was compared to Douglas Adams in the beginning, but I have to say that Pratchett has it all over Adams. Discworld is funnier and more inventive than either Hitchhiker's or Dirk Gently. Describing the premise of the series (life on a flat world riding on the back of four huge elephants who in turn ride on the back of the great sky turtle where magic works...sometimes) or the plot of any given entry in the series (here three witches meddle in the affairs of a kingdom) can not do the books justice. They are sly and witty and, at times, laugh out loud funny. I knew a hugh fan of Wodehouse in Boston who said Pratchett should be allowed to live forever providing he produced one Discworld book a year. He should be paid up for a decoade or more since he's been doubling up the past couple years. You can't go wrong if you are looking for a laugh! And the BBC has produced two of the books as animated series (check them out in Amazon's DVD land Soul Music and this book).Book Review: My 2nd favorite of the Discworld Books with the Witches
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the witches! Maskerade is my favorite of the books featuring the witches. Wyrd Sisters has the best character descriptions and the sly satire on wannabes is keen. It takes "Skin".Book Review: Not Free SF Reader
Summary: 3 Stars
In a comedy series that goes this long and has witches it was going to be pretty hard for Pratchett to resist the urge to do a Shakespeare spoof. He takes a crack here, and it is not too bad. For fans of the Death and Rincewind type of antics though you may well not enjoy this one as much.
Some amusing lines, but only average, to me.
Book Review: Not one of his best.
Summary: 3 Stars
Story spotty and a little hard to fallow. It is a middle ground book for a very talent and funny writer. The Discworld is overall excellent, but this one let me down some. It did not flow like the other books he has done.Book Review: Not the best...
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, frankly I didn't like it very much. It had some great moments in it but everything was kind a slowish... altrough there are some extremly very funny moments the story is kind a weak. The crazy duke, and the controlling duckess were the only two gems in the whole story (and maybe the dwarf writer... he was kind of cool.) But maybe I just didn't like the whole withc thing (altrough Equal Rites was superb.)