Niko a publié une critique de A Hat Full of Sky par Terry Pratchett
Good fun
5 étoiles
Mystery! Comedy! Suspense! Adventure! Mean girls! What more could I ask for?
351 pages
Langue : German
Publié 8 août 2006 par Goldmann.
Terry Pratchett: Ein Hut voller Sterne (German language, 2006, Goldmann)
- ISBN :
- 978-3-442-54608-4
- Numéro OCLC :
- 181524042
ISBN copié !
4 étoiles
(2 critiques)
Die Nachwuchshexe Tiffany Weh lockt durch ihre magischen Kra fte einen gefa hrlichen Geist an. Der Kampf beginnt und ihre blauha utigen, ta towierten, rothaarigen Begleiter eilen ihr zu Hilfe.
Optional a publié une critique de Ein Hut voller Sterne par Terry Pratchett
Can't stand on its own
2 étoiles
This is the second book in the "Tiffany Achings" series, following the excellent Wee Free Men—which I read thrice when I first encountered it!
Why am I talking about the first book? Well, because much of this book is dedicated to recap or summarize parts of it. Characters are reintroduced in detail and relevant plot points are retold in great detail. BUT, these recaps focus very much on the content and "facts" without repeating the witty prose, jokes and puns that accompanied these events in the first book. Overall, these parts just make you want to reread the first book to (re-)experience these events properly.
Next to retellings of the first book we thankfully do get a new plot and some new quirky characters. But overall, I'd say that these new characters aren't as interesting and the plot is also not as exciting. Our protagonist Tiffany is very passive …
This is the second book in the "Tiffany Achings" series, following the excellent Wee Free Men—which I read thrice when I first encountered it!
Why am I talking about the first book? Well, because much of this book is dedicated to recap or summarize parts of it. Characters are reintroduced in detail and relevant plot points are retold in great detail. BUT, these recaps focus very much on the content and "facts" without repeating the witty prose, jokes and puns that accompanied these events in the first book. Overall, these parts just make you want to reread the first book to (re-)experience these events properly.
Next to retellings of the first book we thankfully do get a new plot and some new quirky characters. But overall, I'd say that these new characters aren't as interesting and the plot is also not as exciting. Our protagonist Tiffany is very passive and mostly gets pushed around while we are dragged along. This changes only at the very end—on the last 50 pages—when Tiffany finally acts with intelligence and agency and themes of identity and self are discussed in interesting ways.
That ending alone is worth 5/5 stars, but 300 pages of mostly mediocre fluff really drag down this book as a whole. I'm very curious to see where the next book falls.