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Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch

By: Rhianna Pratchett, Gabrielle Kent
Narrated by: Indira Varma, Rhianna Pratchett, Steven Cree
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

"They say you don't find witchcraft, it finds you . . ."

Covering the whole of witching, casting spells to setting cheese, from dealing with elves to making deals with demons, from tending flocks to fending off forces from other worlds, this funny and insightful guide is a must-have for all Terry Pratchett fans

An illustrated and practical guide to being a witch in Discworld, covering everything you've ever wanted to know from casting spells to setting cheese, from dealing with elves to making deals with demons, from tending flocks to fending off forces from other worlds. This beautiful and practical guide has been compiled by Tiffany Aching herself including snippets of remembered wisdom from Granny Aching and Granny Weatherwax alongside notes from Nanny Ogg, Miss Tick, and Rob Anybody.

This brilliant in-world guide is the perfect addition to any Discworld collection.

©2023 Rhianna Pratchett, Gabrielle Kent and Paul Kidby (P)2023 Penguin Audio Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Witchcraft Funny Magic Users

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It was great, I felt like I was welcoming some old friends into my home after not seeing them for ages. Triggered some truly fond memories and made me slightly emotional.

Triggered Fond memories !

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This is a great story for Terry Pratchett fans young and old. Very comical through out

Brilliant

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a great book with tons of references and supporting comments from other witches and wee free men. even persuaded my wife how listen to it.

hilarious

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This book doesn't have a plot; it's more of a companion to all of the Discworld books with the witches in, which carefully documents every detail about witchcraft that was noted in Terry's own books. It's told in sections organised by topic, and narrated by Tiffany Aching, with constant footnotes/commentary from other witches.

The main positive here is that the authors do a very good job of capturing the voices of each of the characters. This bodes well should they write further Discworld books: capturing Terry's very distinctive writing style and humour is not an easy task, and the authors deserve recognition for achieving this difficult aim!

The main negative is that this feels like a well-researched paper rather than a book. It's clear that the authors combed through the books and extracted every detail and event so that they could carefully record and categorise it under the appropriate section. The result is a work that is 90% material that you've already read before, if you've read all the witches books. Even a lot of the humour is lifted directly from the books, such as Granny Weatherwax complaining in a footnote that a woman who wears trousers has 'bifercated' legs, and many, many more examples besides. Original comments and observations are rare enough that they noticeably stand out; but when they happen, they're well constructed and in-keeping with the high quality and originality of Terry's own writing.

The result is a book that's entertaining, but not gripping, because you feel you've read it all before! It's never-the-less a fun listen to fans of Terry's books; it almost feels like a trivia quiz, trying to remember which book each fact and event was taken from!

Spoilers ahead if you haven't read The Shepherd's Crown:

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One thing that was immersion-breaking is that the book is acknowledged to have been written after the death of a particular character, yet that character also constantly adds their commentary to the book, despite being dead. It kept me reminded of the fact that this is a work of fiction designed to please a reader who might want to hear from that character, rather than allowing me to lose myself in the Discworld universe, because I was constantly aware of the impossibility of that character adding their voice to the proceedings.

Rehashes the books, but captures voices well!

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Really enjoyed this book. If you love the Discworld and all things Prachett, you will love this. I, initially, thought it might be aimed at young children but that’s not the case. There are numerous references to other Discworld stories, particularly those in which the Witches are involved which made me want to listen to them all again. I especially love the comments from Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg about the advice Tiffany is giving, very much in character and funny. The narration is perfect too. I wish the book had been longer so more in this vein, please.

A delight

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Thoroughly enjoyable writing and reading. So good I went straight back to the beginning to listen again as soon as I finished it the first time.

Superb

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This is a brilliant post Pratchett book, by another Pratchett. It is well written well read. Tiff explains, with the help of the witches, what I means to be a witch. We are all Witches. All the wisdom and wit of Pratchett of old, but new and fresh by a new Pratchett. Thank you

Family Tradition

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I loved this, it was in the spirit of STP himself but with a gentle and loving memory of the characters and discords life.
I listened over and over again.
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A beautiful tribute

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Loved this it was well written and a great tribute to terry pratchett done by his daughter

A must have

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It is in many ways a summary of the previous books, and not an actual story. It doesn't quite chronologically work as Granny Weatherwax is in it alongside Geoffrey, but that's okay. However, I enjoyed where it expanded upon aspects of folklore. I was also particularly fond of how Geoffrey's gender especially in the context of some recent Twitter drama. I think it was better in written form as the notes felt a little stilted in voice and I'm not a fan of the new voices. Rhianna, however, was an absolute delight to listen to and I am seriously consider hiring her for voiceover work! Overall, a very lovely farewell to the series and to Terry. Thank you.

A delightful book, and Rhianna is a wonderful narrator.

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