BOOK REVIEW: The Wee Free Men(Terry Pratchett)

Book:  Wee Free Men

Author:  Terry Pratchett

Rating: 5-6/10-  due to the fact that it's a good lighthearted adventure story but i think aimed at people younger than me.

Recommended Age:  10-14


Tiffany Aching come from a long line of Aching who have lived and farmed on the chalk land for generations.She's looked at the world in her own way and has clearly got first sight and second thoughts. So when the nightmares come from the hills she already has the skills to stop them, she can be a witch of the chalk.

Having no clue what to do she meets her first monster attack armed only with a frying pan. Then she meets the Nac Mac Feegles(WeeFreeMen). A group of rowdy pictsies who got thrown out of fairyland for being drunk and disorderly and rebelling against the queen. Dim-witted but brave they are interested in 3 things:
Stealing,Drinking and Fighting.
These small people have a comedy value with their actions and speech and makes the story fun the whole way through

Then the Queen of fairyland  ( which isn't anything like it sounds) steals Tiffany's brother. Armed with a frying pan and the Wee Free Men she sets off into a world where nothing is as it seems.
A world filled with nightmare creatures and dream traps, a world where nothing is real.

Caught in drone dreams time and time again Tiffinay and the Nac Mac Feegles are in for a tough challenge.

Finding the long lost son of the baron, confronting the queen and being chased by bumble women and nightmares they must escape with her brother and avoid the traps and terrors the queen sends after them,

Tiffinay the new chalk witch, inexperienced and with no help from other witches apart from some advice and a toad. Is up against it. But will she succeed?

This book is very good with it's humorous qualities and adventure mixed in with unconventional thoughts(sometimes up to 3 different ones form one brain) and a series of characters and events that are strange but enjoyable.

Hope you found this review helpful,

The Devonian Book Reviewer

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