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It's definitely a book of two halves. The first part was a bit too long. The second did make up for it in my eyes, tho. Also, I really liked how Granny didn't share Esk's belief that women could be wizards but still went on to support her endeavours - even to the point of fighting Cutangle.
I agree, but I would have liked to have seen more of Esk trying to combine the best of both: Witchery and Wizardry, to create something new that's more about being herself than trying to fit somewhere else. Although I guess it could be argued that perhaps she and Simon did just that at the end?
I see what you mean. Yes, I hadn't seen it from that angle, but mostly because of her being nine. If she had been a teen that would have irked me, too. I mean Magrat is basically an older Esk.
If it had been shorter by about a third, I think it would be a novella, no? Anyway, you know how I feel about this one.
I'd be ok with a novella; they don't all have to be full length, and this one would have been better as a short story/novella. Either that or cut out most of the middle bit and expand on the ending post-battle a bit more. Everything after that battle felt too rushed.
I love Granny, but I get where you're coming from. And agree that this one was more uneven than the other Discworld books. It picks up again with Wyrd Sisters.
There's enough sass in Granny that I suspect I'll like her more as I read the other witches books. ;)
There's Nanny Ogg, too. I like her, too.
I'd definitely looking forward to the other witches books, especially since everyone says they only get better.
Wyrd Sisters definitely puts Equal Rites in a corner.
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