Diana Wynne Jones
Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.92 | 12468 Users | 505 Reviews
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| Title | : | Witch Week (Chrestomanci #3) |
| Author | : | Diana Wynne Jones |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2001 by Greenwillow Books (first published 1982) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Magic. Middle Grade. Paranormal. Witches |
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There are good witches and bad witches, but the law says that all witches must be burned at the stake. So when an anonymous note warns, "Someone in this class is a witch," the students in 6B are nervous -- especially the boy who's just discovered that he can cast spells and the girl who was named after the most famous witch of all.Witch Week features the debonair enchanter Chrestomanci, who also appears in Charmed Life, The Magicians of Caprona, and The Lives of Christopher Chant.
Someone in the class is a witch. At least so the anonymous note says. Everyone is only too eager to prove it is someone else -- because in this society, witches are burned at the stake.
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| Original Title: | Witch Week |
| ISBN: | 0060298790 (ISBN13: 9780060298791) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Chrestomanci #3 |
| Characters: | Nan, Chrestomanci, Christopher Chant, Mr Crossley, Charles, Mr Wentworth |
Rating Appertaining To Books Witch Week (Chrestomanci #3)
Ratings: 3.92 From 12468 Users | 505 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Witch Week (Chrestomanci #3)
Having re-read this (I picked up a volume of all four Chrestomanci books at Cupboard Maker Books recently, and now feel compelled to read all of them), I actually like it better now. Despite there being NO dragons in this book, the premise is fun -- and the pacing is a lot better than Charmed Life, in my opinion. I've always liked Jones' wit, and I even found myself laughing aloud in the section where Simon is struck dumb by his own words after he falls under an ill-placed spell. The writing wasMy friends, you should have been much more evangelical about Diana Wynne Jones. I could have been reading her for the past thirty years. Shame on all of you. I feel like I've wasted half my life.
A boarding school class falls into chaos when a student is accused of being a witch. Wynne has a great eye for small details and large consequences. The characterization is humane, critical, and innately humorous; the interaction between magics and the mundane is creative and, again, quite funny--a necessary balance against the darker setting and social dynamics. It's the end with which I argue. The meta-narrative concept remains compelling, and the climax has good logic and scale, but the trend
Somehow, of all the Chrestomanci books, this is the one I "never read" (meaning I didn't own a copy, and therefore only read maybe three times instead of 20, when I was much younger, so the story never stuck). Finding this excellent, albeit abridged audiobook edition was very fun indeed.
Unexpectedly brutal. Two stars seems a bit harsh but I don't think I'm the target audience anymore.
This book was quite an adventure, in the most positive sense of the word. It had quite a number of moments that had me outright giggling, and an eclectic cast of characters that you alternated between rooting for one moment and cursing the next. Which I greatly appreciated. Also, I found Chrestomanci to be at his absolute best. So, really liked this one.
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