I Shall Wear Midnight

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Stephen Briggs

Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

It starts with whispers.

Then someone picks up a stone.

Finally, the fires begin.

When people turn on witches, the innocents suffer. . . .

Tiffany Aching has spent years studying with senior witches, and now she is on her own. As the witch of the Chalk, she performs the bits of witchcraft that aren't sparkly, aren't fun, don't involve any kind of wand, and that people seldom ever hear about: She does the unglamorous work of caring for the needy.

But someone - or something - is igniting fear, inculcating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Aided by her tiny blue allies, the Wee Free Men, Tiffany must find the source of this unrest and defeat the evil at its root - before it takes her life. Because if Tiffany falls, the whole Chalk falls with her.

Chilling drama combines with laugh-out-loud humor and searing insight as beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett tells the high-stakes story of a young witch who stands in the gap between good and evil.

©2010 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

Could have been a satisfied finale for Tiffany Aching

Filled with finest moments, conclusions to extended storylines, if it ended here I would have been satisfied.

Always perfect

Love the story told as only Terry Pratchett can. Love the narrator who brings the story to life.

Excellent book next narrator on audible

Stephen Briggs knew Sir Terry quite well, and it is obvious in the narration of the book-for my family, we won’t buy a discworld audio book without him as the narrator. His tone
and inflection, matches the ironic humor that populates the book as Tiffany continues on her journey…

Delightful

Terry Patchett's style, wit and humor are delightful. Some of my favorite story lines are with the witches, especially with Tiffany Aching, and this one doesn't disappoint!

The reader really brings these stories to life with the variety of accents and characters!!

Great but not enough Feegles!

As always, I loved this Tiffany book, but I want more Feegles! Frankly, I could listen to a book that is all about the Feegles with Tiffany as a minor character, but this is the next best thing.

I Shall Wear Midnight

I would advise you to read this. Terry Pratchett's fantasy novels are rarely stories about evil villains who are plotting to destroy the world, and this is no exception. This is a story about human defect with fantasy overtones. An evil ghost has returned to kill Tiffany, and has used its ancient hate to turn the people of the Chalk against her. This ghost exemplifies the worst in humanity. It is petty, it takes things out of context, it hates things which it loves. It is worse than the Queen, the Hiver, and the Wintersmith. The Clever Man is human.
On other fronts, Tiffany has had to come to terms with and address the fact that time has brought a wedge between her and Roland, her almost boyfriend.
The climax of this story is notably sad, and very dark. There is a happy ending, and I think that Tiffany was happy.
Of all the Tiffany Aching books this is probably the only one I would not give to a under 12 year old kid to listen on their own. I would want to be there to explain things. Tiffany heals a pregnant girl who was beaten by her father to the point of miscarriage, she prevents a suicide, she has to deal with an entire town turned against her. She acts responsibly in the face off all this. I think that this is one of Pratchett's bests books, and am happy that this is wrapping up the Aching series, as well as the Witches series.

Captured and Held Attention!

If you could sum up I Shall Wear Midnight in three words, what would they be?

Wierd Witch Discworld!

What other book might you compare I Shall Wear Midnight to and why?

The Discworld series in general by Terry Pratchett is full of such irreverant, reality stretching, comical romps through a flat world where anything goes.
A fun book and a good listen.

Entertaining

This book is great, great story, great sense of humour, I laughed many times throughout this book.

The last Tiffany Achin book, probably.

I always choose Stephen Briggs narrations first when buying Pratchett. Others disagree. I own almost all in download or CDs, and all the books. I Shall Wear Midnight is one of T P's fav books as well as one of mine. This book ties up a great deal and brings together most of the great witch characters for the big finale. And burping goats.

My favorite of all of the incredible Terry Pratchett

I really love this book. I’ve listen to it many times. You get different interesting details every time. It is about a young girl who is becoming magical and it gives her power and courage. It’s a very intense real research story as usual I believe is the best author of our time. I miss him greatly