Wyrd Sisters (1988)

Pratchett has taken Shakespeare's play Macbeth, theater in general, and the lifestyle of royalty, then dropped them into a cauldron filled with silly sauce. This is a masterwork of Discworld lunacy, with a storyline that had me smiling from cover to cover. And I surely did enjoy learning more about Granny Weatherwax, the hat pin wielding witch with the jaw like an anvil.

On a sad note, while reading this book, I learned that Pratchett has been diagnosed with dementia. I dearly hope that researchers in this field will make sufficient progress to provide timely help for this wonderfully creative author. ( )

This is best described as Shakespeare on acid! There's a macbeth base with a seasoning of hamlet, but from there it takes on a life of its own. The king is dead but not yet departed, the three witches have a role to play, there's a missing heir and the Duke can't get rid of the blood, no matter how hard he scrubs his hands - not even with sandpaper. But the play's the thing to unlock the secrets of lancre.



This has the witch, Granny Weatherwax, back, only this time she's got a coven to back her up. She's not mad, but can be bad and is certainly dangerous to know, especuially if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when her broomstick comes whizzing out of the night. A lesson in life and if you're going to break your own rules, make sure you do it with style and break them good and proper! ( )

Discworld is high on my list of books I reach for when I want something funny, light, and non-sequential. (Not to be confused with "inconsequential.") And with few exceptions I like the witches the best.

Wyrd Sisters is a typically Discworld take on Macbeth. It's not particularly weighty in theme - unlike, say, Small Gods or Monstrous Regiment - but it moves along quickly and has a satisfyingly offbeat ending. Granny Weatherwax, as usual, rides the line between devilishly clever and cleverly devilish, and Nanny Ogg is always a delight. (My favorite character, though, was the thunderstorm, just beating out Greebo.) ( )

I'm a sucker for Macbeth. ( )

Well Granny Weatherwax has done it again.
This was a very enjoyable read.
I loved the Abbott and Costello reference that was made when Huel was trying to write a scene with 3 clowns and could not come up with anything funny for the 3rd clown. ( )