Reviews for A Hat Full of Sky: A Story of Discworld

The average rating for A Hat Full of Sky: A Story of Discworld based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-06 00:00:00 Michele Winstead One of Terry Pratchett's best. I don't often gush for a book, but this one was very good. Pratchett's 2004 Discworld story Hat Full of Sky (and second featuring Tiffany Aching and her friends the pictsies - the Nac Mac Feegle wee free men) was a joy to read. I'd like to see this made into a film just to see how a clever and talented director handled Miss Level. Like all of Pratchett's Discworld books, this is wryly funny and sardonically playful and he takes on some heavy themes like family, tradition, peer pressure and isolation but wrapped up in a fun sized parade of interesting characters and entertaining scenes. Sir Terry also mixes in some serious horrific elements with the invasive Hiver. Part of the fun was Pratchett's devilishly inventive way of weaving in popular references and I was thrilled to pick up on the Frank Herbert Dune - Bene Gesserit allusion (witches). Pratchett had a mischievous streak and this wink and nod silliness comes across and makes our PRATCHETT-SMILE-O-METER work overtime. This one also had that little something extra that makes a book special, it all came together nicely as a Los Angeles rug belonging to Maude's mom. This may seem like an oblique comparison, but I was reminded of Charles Portis' 1968 western novel True Grit. In that wonderful book, Portis had two of his most enigmatic characters share the stage. In Hat Full of Sky, Pratchett spends plenty of time with Granny Weatherwax and Tiffany and their interactions and dialogue is what makes this rise above the rest. Highly recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-06-13 00:00:00 Sarah Charlton The Nac Mac Feegles hae got me tawkin' lae 'em. Crivens! It's a wee bittie story o' hags right enough, the big wee hag o' the hills bein' the verra center o' it all, but it may gi' ye a bad case o' the thinkin'. I dinna like tae stop readin'. (To the the Bigjobs: Discworld just keeps getting better and better. Keep a sharp eye out and you will see many references to other stories hidden in the telling.)