Customer Reviews
Truly excellent - By: T. R. Alexander, 15 Jan 2008 
The previous Pratchett book staring Tiffany Aching, `The Wee Free Men', was an absorbing & entertaining read but this second book in the series is simply another degree of excellence above its predecessor. In this book Tiffany is now eleven & is leaving home for the first time in order to learn what it means to be a witch. Travelling to the mountains she stays with the research witch Miss Level but a creature from the dawn of time is stalking her & will make life difficult once it catches her.
It has been a long time since I read an entire book in a single day but this one was just so absorbing & entertaining that I just could not put it down. The book is as intelligently written, bringing the characters & scenery to life as effectively if not better than any other Discworld book. The book is also as funny as anything else Terry Pratchett has produced in the last few years. The Nac Mac Feegle, while still important, have something of a reduced role in this book but they are still up to their old tricks & produce some of the most entertaining parts of the story.
If the previous book had a fault it was that it seemed to be somewhat isolated from the rest of the Discworld but thankfully that is put right here with appearances by such Discworld staples as wizards & Death, meaning that the book feels a part of the rest of the series. I cannot help but feel that Terry Pratchett was on top form once again for this book & I feel the final confrontation at the Witch Trials is one of the best sequences that he has ever put to paper. `A Hat Full of Sky' is a brilliant book & is not only my favourite Discworld book but has also stormed strait to the top of my list of alll-time favourite books, I just worry that after this the next book in the series `Wintersmith' will not be able to live up to the same standards.
waiting for its sequel - By: B. Zabavnik, 22 Dec 2007 
Yes its a nice tale but it reallly is on the way to its sequel.
Good lord, He's done it again. - By: E. Perkins, 22 Sep 2007 This is another deep chilerens book written by Pratchett.
It deals with ambition & ruthlessness in a deep, dark & comical way, but he has kept it suitible for chileren.
He does make a dig at a very well known childerens book, but thankfully, doesn't give Tiffany a scar... He also doesn't let it dominate the book.
For those who are reading it for it being a discworld book will be pleased to hear that Granny Weatherwax makes an appearence.
I can see this becoming a big series.
My Daughter loves this!!!! - By: K. Mooring, 17 May 2007 I have never read any Terry Pratchett books myself but my better half rates them very highly. I bought this for my nine year old daughter & she loves it. She has been eager to get to bed just so she can read a little more & has even been taking it to school so she can read during wet play!!!
She has always been a keen reader but this is the first book that has ever had her hooked & looking forward to her next installlment.
A Hat Full of grown up story.... - By: Mrs. B, 15 Jan 2007 I take alll Pratchett's books as if they were written for me! I don't think of them as children's story's. With this one I leapt into each page being absorbed by the story more & more as it went on.
I loved Tiffany she reminded me of a younger version of myself. Her hard headed attitiude & strength of character made me smile to myself, thinking of how similar we were. My gran is still alive but she & I had a relationship as close as Tiffany & Granny aching when I was tiny child. Granted, I didn't take up with a hoard of blue micro Scots that made Saturday night Glasgow steriotypes seem tame, or falll into a paralllel world of wintery witches & evil mystic characters but hey ho!
I got to the end feeling rather breathless & quite exhausted, having sat down one quiet Sunday to read it from cover to cover!
Go for it, it shouldn't dissapoint.
