Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches, #2) in Pick-a-Shelf

Mar 25, 2015 Catsalive rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014, 2015, pre-bc, 2010, audio

Paperback several times - love it.
13/11/14: Audio, read by Celia Imrie (10h27m). Excellent.

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Apr 21, 2013 Cora rated it really liked it

Shelves: lost-in-fire, fantasy, humor, witches, british, british-author, series

Wyrd Sisters has been my favorite Discworld novel thus far. It parodies Shakespeare, including elements of many of his plays and his life. Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick are witches in the kingdom of Lancre. One evening the King of Lancre is murdered by the evil duke and his vicious wife. The witches come across the Kings infant son in the woods and help him escape by giving him to a couple that runs a troupe of traveling actors. The duke becomes king, but he does not do a good ...more

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Jul 15, 2008 Luann rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, adult, 2008

This book was the perfect Terry Pratchett - a fun, funny, light fantasy. Yet amidst the humor, the word play, and the quirky characters, he always manages to say something meaningful about huge things like life and death.

One note - make sure you have read or at least know the basics of Macbeth before you read this.

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Jul 10, 2008 Lindsay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, z2007

A great Discworld novel, it features the witches Nanny Ogg, Granny Weatherwax and Magrat, three of my favorite characters. It draws highly from Shakespeare's Macbeth, although has lots humour and a unique twists.

Definitely a book where you have a quiet (or not so quiet) giggle to yourself. ...more

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