witches abroad microreview
“Good and bad is tricky,” she said. “I ain’t too certain about where people stand. P’raps what matters is which way you face.”
as always, such a treat!! how to even describe this book. part of it is our delightful trio of maiden mother crone but you’re not quite sure which witch is which, part is what if tiana combined with cinderella, part is about stories and the grooves they wear in history, part is about the bad kind of fairy godmother, one bit was a lotr reference that snuck up and hit me over the head like granny weatherwax had reached right out of the page herself to break the fourth wall, which, incidentally, also happened at one point-
and the rest is, as always, pure terry pratchett. i probably have over 50 quotes highlighted so have another!
Mirrors contain infinity. Infinity contains more things than you think. Everything, for a start. Including hunger. Because there’s a million billion images and only one soul to go around.
originally posted to goodreads
