Paperback, 380 pages
English language
Published Nov. 5, 1997 by Corgi Adult.
The show must go on, as murder, music and mayhem run riot in the night...
The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork...a huge rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely-familiar evil mastermind in a hideously-deformed evening dress...
At least, he hopes so. But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld's most famous witch, is in the audience. And she doesn't hold with that sort of thing.
So there's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evening's entertainment with murders you can really hum...)
"Pratchett is as funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh" Independent
The show must go on, as murder, music and mayhem run riot in the night...
The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork...a huge rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely-familiar evil mastermind in a hideously-deformed evening dress...
At least, he hopes so. But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld's most famous witch, is in the audience. And she doesn't hold with that sort of thing.
So there's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evening's entertainment with murders you can really hum...)
"Pratchett is as funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh" Independent
It has been a while since I read a Pratchett novel (I read these in ebooks, and I have been 4 years without one) and this one has been a great reintroduction to Discworld. It is witty, it is funny and it reads very, very nicely. Too nicely, as I was reading until well past midnight to finish the book.
meh, it was fine for a witch book. i liked it better than lords & ladies, but i wouldn't put it on my top 5 list. the plot was fine, i like Agnes better than Magrat, but i'm not 100% convinced with this ending. i think Agnes's full arc might take another couple of books before she comes to grip with who she is, maybe my opinion with improve with that, but for the moment, it's a distinct Meh from me.
meh, it was fine for a witch book. i liked it better than lords & ladies, but i wouldn't put it on my top 5 list. the plot was fine, i like Agnes better than Magrat, but i'm not 100% convinced with this ending. i think Agnes's full arc might take another couple of books before she comes to grip with who she is, maybe my opinion with improve with that, but for the moment, it's a distinct Meh from me.
Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax end up at the Ankh-Morpork Opera. Lots of chaos with an operatically for finale. The Librarian makes an appearance to ensure the show goes on.
Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax end up at the Ankh-Morpork Opera. Lots of chaos with an operatically for finale. The Librarian makes an appearance to ensure the show goes on.
It’s almost impossible not to spoil this one by reviewing, but I’ll say that when I was watching the Phantom of the Opera, I was hoping for non-mystical resolution.
This book is an exemplar detective story, Mrs. Plinge could have just as well be written by Dame Christie and screenplayed by Mr. Horowitz.
Maximum points for detective story and half-a-point extra for, again, keen philosophy and cinematic writing.
Enjoyed the interweaving of character personalities and roles in this one. Ahead of his time politically as usual without being a political book. A who-dunnit that keeps you guessing.
