Wyrd Sisters

The Play

by

Paperback, 154 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2000 by Transworld.

ISBN:
978-0-552-14430-8
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OCLC Number:
36107146

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(293 reviews)

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them.

37 editions

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #6)

Discworld!!

Ba discworld-i sarrera emateko liburu oso ona. Harrigarria da nolatan ez diren ezagunagoak gure ingurugiroan. Esker mila nere book-club-ekoei. Wyrd sisters-ek erdi-aroko fantasia motako liburuen parodia bat egiten du, 3 sorgin xelebre protagonista izanik. Sorgin horiek, noski, normalean erresumako botere-aldaketetatik kanpo mantentzen dira, baina oraingoan badirudi unibertsoak ezetz erabaki duela, ta pixkanaka saltsan sartu beharko dira. Xelebrekeriak non-nahi.

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Review of 'Wyrd Sisters' on 'Storygraph'

 Muse Reads Discworld in Release Order, Part 6


"Words," said Granny, half to herself. "That's all that's left. Words."


I loved Granny Weatherwax in Equal Rites, so I was thrilled to not only see her here, but to find out that she now has two equally fun witches to bounce off of. I adore Magrat and the ways she’s trying to navigate what she thinks a witch ought to be like versus the reality of the witch that she is, and I find Nanny hilarious in the ‘old lady who has lived so long and seen so much that she doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her and her family anymore’ kind of way. 

The witches completely steal the show, which in many ways is the opposite of a problem, but it does make for a bit of an unfocused read. There’s Shakespearean parody and clearly …

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #6)

Eh

No rating

I didn't like this one as much. I found it hard to follow the plot and I disliked how a lot of characters were .. characterised. I also suspect that a lot of references went right over my head, since I haven't really read any Shakespeare, and I've ignored all summaries of Shakespeare that ever showed up in my life.

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #6)

The best one since the last one.

Granny Weatherwax was great in her previous outing in "Equal Rites", but it's the bickering trio of Granny, Nanny and Magrat, introduced in this book for the first time, that really bring the Witches stories to life.

This book also introduces a sense of progress and dynamism to the Discworld that is largely absent in the previous books, but will become a staple as the series progresses. Previous books have high stakes sometimes, but don't ultimately alter the status quo - Equal Rites did not end with women being accepted as wizards, everything is restored with a snap of the fingers at the end of Sourcery, etc. In Wyrd Sisters we see multiple characters breaking out of their rigid, pre-ordained roles, and a sort of renaissance taking root in the founding of the Dysk theatre. Though it seems almost incidental to the plot, it leaves the world altered.

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #6)

None

Burada neyi oyladığımı bilemiyorum. Kitabın kalitesini mi yoksa ondan aldığım keyfi mi?
İngilizcem yetmediği için bir çok kısaltmayı, "halk ağızı efekti" için bile bile yanlış yazılmış kısımları vs. anlayamadım. Haliyle, kitabın yarısından fazlasını neye baktığımı bilmeden takip ettim. Eh, keyif alamalım.
Ama, görebildiğim kadarıyla düşlerin kudretinden çok efektif bir şekilde, pek çok göndermeyle bahsediyor. Bana göre değildi, belki size göredir ama... İşte. Standart bir okuyucuyum ben, muhtemelen siz de öyle. Bu yüzden, değerlendirme şeysinde eserin kalitesi veyahut bana verdiği keyiften ziyade eseri önerme/önermeme mevzusu üzerinden puanladım.

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #6)

Solid, vivid and with a fun plot, but a bit flat philosophy-wise

A great continuation of the storyline of witches, but this one is about craft, betrayal and Agatha Christy-esque finale. Colourful and interesting read, but – as we know – Pratchett could and did do books where it's all that plus a lot of depth.

I did love the quote where he compares Ankh-Morpork with a drain where everyone ends up and can't escape. As a relatively newfound Londoner, it strikes a chord.

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (6))

Review of 'Wyrd Sisters'

This is the sixth book of the Discworld series. The humor is there, the characters are great, but on the whole, I had expected more.

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Review of 'Wyrd Sisters' on 'Goodreads'

One of his masterpieces, and even better on rereading (although I can’t remember my first reading). The tension in this one is painful: helplessness in the face of tyranny was especially excruciating right now, days before the 2022 midterm elections. Even his humor, sharp and insightful and at his best, has uncomfortable cautionary undertones.

reviewed Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Review of 'Wyrd Sisters' on 'Storygraph'

WYRD SISTERS became enjoyable about halfway through, which was either when the Shakespeare references really got going or is just when I realized they were happening at all. I got enough of them for it to be funny, but it also means that a lot of the humor is referential, depending on the reader to be familiar with a bunch of other stuff (or in this case, with several specific plays) in order to get the jokes. Discworld humor tends to he referential but this felt like a particularly egregious version since so much of it has one source rather than generally pulling from many disparate inspirations. 

There was a disconcerting amount of humor which revolved around men being in dresses in a theatrical setting. It was particularly frustrating when someone of it was from a Dwarf, who (at least later on in the series) have an approach to gender …

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