Witches Abroad

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Witches Abroad			Terry Pratchett		Comic Fantasy
9	4	7	7	7	6.8
Secularity	Technophilia	Quality	Xenophilia	Personal Tilt	Average

There are always two. The Fairy Godmother and the Fairy Godmother. The Alpha and the Alpha. The tail and the tail.

One has died and left her wand to Magrat Garlick, a fairly young witch who's into yoga, left-wing philosophy, and not wearing proper witchly colours. Since the dead Fairy Godmother specifically instructed that Nana Ogg and Granny Weatherwax don't meddle and help in her affairs, Ogg and Weatherwax get into meddling in Magrat's affairs big time.

The other Fairy Godmother has grown more powerful than a gumbo could ever imagine. She's going around and forcing people to live out stories. Can Magrat stop her evil plot of getting the princess to marry the prince? Can she? CAN SHE?

The fundamental problem I have with this book is that I hate Granny Weatherwax's guts. Why? Well, she judges people. She's likelier to have a subscription to the Sun than to the Guardian. Like many characters in late Pratchett, she moralizes.

I can't stand moralizing -- especially if that moralizing is to right of me. Pratchett's world is very conservative. Sure, he's got a few strong female characters, but most women in his books stay at home to prepare lunches for the lads.

Hell, Granny Weatherwax herself says "Progress just means bad things happen faster." Ugh.

I just wish Pratchett's writing was less addictive so that I'd be able to put his books down.:-/