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rachelunabridged's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness and Violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
greevianguy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement, Self harm, and Torture
ampharos906's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.5
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
erika_smiley_emoji's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Mild: Saneism, Slut Shamingijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Self harm and Blood
Minor: Torture
wishbea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
laedyred's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Minor: Death
crufts's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Although this is Book 6 of the Discworld series, there's very little connection to the preceding novels and you can read it as a standalone.
The ambitious Lady Felmet has her eyes on the throne of Lancre. She spurs on her husband (Duke Felmet) to murder the ruling King Verence, and the malicious couple ascends to the throne.
Seeing signs and portents that the land itself disagrees with this development, three witches (crotchety Granny Weatherwax, witch-about-town Nanny Ogg, and young-and-nervous Magrat Garlick) decide to set things right again.
Wyrd Sisters is an undisguised parody of Shakespeare's works, especially Macbeth. As a result, there are a lot of funny references - but this also means the plot feels pre-ordained and unsurprising.
But did I read this book for the plot? HELL NO. I read it for the witches! As long as these three brilliant characters were around, it was fun. If this instead was a story about the witches going shopping for groceries, I would probably have enjoyed it all the same.
See my review of the next Witches book here: Witches Abroad.
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Infidelity and Violence