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The story begins with the christening ceremony of King Verence and Queen Magrat's baby girl, Princess Margaret Note Spelling. A family of modernist vampires from Uberwald attend the ceremony and quickly and painlessly take over the castle, in part by using mind control on all in attendance. But two people couldn't be controlled: one was the priest who performed the christening, the other was Agnes Nitt/Perdita, she of two minds, neither of which could be controlled by the vampires. Meanwhile, Granny Weatherwax has gone missing, and the three junior witches: Magrat, Nanny Ogg, and Agnes/Perdita (wait--isn't that technically 4?) have to work out for themselves how to conquer the vampires. They can't be killed in the usual way--they have trained themselves to overcome the effects of religious symbols, holy water, garlic, sunlight, and other traditional methods. It's not long before the witches know they're in over their heads, and have to find Granny Weatherwax. But when they do find her, she refuses to come with them. She cannot get into the vampires' minds, but they can get into hers, and the only way she feels safe is to hide out in a cave. Of course, the reader knows that won't last long. She figures out a way to store part of herself in someone else--but whom? But this weakens her and when she finally faces down the vampires, she cannot resist them, and one of them bites her.

At this point, I was wondering how Pratchett could pull off the plot resolution without it seeming terribly contrived, but he succeeded. If you want to find out how, you'll have to read the book. It's the usual pace of the Discworld books: seemingly disparate plot lines plod along, start to converge halfway through the book, then there's an action-packed crisis, and a then he ties up the loose ends in the last few pages. We get some great insights into Granny Weatherwax's character. A very satisfying read.


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Carpe Jugulum A Novel of Discworld Terry Pratchett 9780061051586 Books Reviews

Vampire Fans, you won't be disappointed. Pratchett has captured the Vampire or Vampyr if you want to be trendy, perfectly.

Of course Sir Terry Pratchett's books are addictive. You can't read just one. It's like eating Pringles or jellybeans or something, you really can't stop. One of the lovely things about Discworld is that unlike most fantasy series, you can start anywhere and ramble in any direction you want. Carpe Jugulum continues the cool storylines picked up in the Witches novels and of course our favorite Witches are definitely up to their necks in trouble in this one.

So if you have read any Pratchett books before, this one comes after Lords and Ladies. Magrat's Queen of Lancre now, Agnes/Perdita Nitt is the third witch in Granny Weatherwax's coven since this is also set after "Maskerade." The vampires... well, you can't escape vampire archetypes and vampire stories and cheesy vampire costumes if you live in the 21st century, so these vampires will be at once very familiar and screamingly funny. As usual Sir Terry pokes fun at everything from vampire fandom to how easily people get taken in by well-spoken upper class folks whose propositions sound perfectly reasonable even when they're not.

I think that was the scariest bit, knowing that out in real life sometimes someone will come up explaining his or her plans in perfect depth and slanting it so they sound reasonable and you have to go along with it, drawing you into their narrative to sign away anything and everything. The vampires are scary not because they can fly and drink blood and kill people. The vampires are scary because they can persuade you that welcoming them in is a good idea and you're better off giving them everything they want and expressing gratitude for any crumbs they hand back to you.

So this one's a winner. But I could say this about any Discworld book. Like all the best British comics, Sir Terry always has a deeper, darker level of social satire and real observation under all the slapstick looniness and hilarity. Of course things come out all right in the end, it's comedy. Sir Terry's idea of a happy ending is occasionally twisted but he plays fair by comedy rules. The comeuppance the younger vampires face is particularly good.

Sir Terry also answers that obvious question "Why are intelligent, immortal predators with super powers so amazingly stupid all the time, especially toward the end of the story?"
This is the second time I read the novel. My paperback edition is sitting on a shelf in a convalescence ward of a hospital somewhere near Columbus Circle. I bought a new copy knowing my first copy went to use.

Nanny Ogg is a favorite character of mine. She's a battle horse guised as a sweet old lady who loves kegs of ale and garlic sausages, and she always gets to bed early, sometimes as early as four in the morning.

The story wanders a bit, unfortunately. But I love it.
The story begins with the christening ceremony of King Verence and Queen Magrat's baby girl, Princess Margaret Note Spelling. A family of modernist vampires from Uberwald attend the ceremony and quickly and painlessly take over the castle, in part by using mind control on all in attendance. But two people couldn't be controlled one was the priest who performed the christening, the other was Agnes Nitt/Perdita, she of two minds, neither of which could be controlled by the vampires. Meanwhile, Granny Weatherwax has gone missing, and the three junior witches Magrat, Nanny Ogg, and Agnes/Perdita (wait--isn't that technically 4?) have to work out for themselves how to conquer the vampires. They can't be killed in the usual way--they have trained themselves to overcome the effects of religious symbols, holy water, garlic, sunlight, and other traditional methods. It's not long before the witches know they're in over their heads, and have to find Granny Weatherwax. But when they do find her, she refuses to come with them. She cannot get into the vampires' minds, but they can get into hers, and the only way she feels safe is to hide out in a cave. Of course, the reader knows that won't last long. She figures out a way to store part of herself in someone else--but whom? But this weakens her and when she finally faces down the vampires, she cannot resist them, and one of them bites her.

At this point, I was wondering how Pratchett could pull off the plot resolution without it seeming terribly contrived, but he succeeded. If you want to find out how, you'll have to read the book. It's the usual pace of the Discworld books seemingly disparate plot lines plod along, start to converge halfway through the book, then there's an action-packed crisis, and a then he ties up the loose ends in the last few pages. We get some great insights into Granny Weatherwax's character. A very satisfying read.