{"id":4858,"date":"2019-01-14T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4858"},"modified":"2019-01-13T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T01:14:13","slug":"mark-reads-wintersmith-chapter-4-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2019\/01\/mark-reads-wintersmith-chapter-4-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;Wintersmith&#8217;: Chapter 4, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first half of the fourth chapter of <i>Wintersmith<\/i>, Tiffany is embarrassed by a bizarre development due to her dance with the Wintersmith. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read <i>Discworld<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So, there are two really funny things at the start of this chapter that I want to point out. First:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They say that there can never be two snowflakes that are exactly alike, but has anyone checked lately?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>HI, I HATE THIS. Because it <i>just<\/i> snowed here in NYC on the morning that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m writing this (December 30th), and all I can think is&#8230; are we <i>sure<\/i> there weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just two identical flakes during that snowfall? Just <i>two<\/i>? NO ONE CHECKED. Oh my god, why does Pratchett keep doing stuff like this to me? (I want all of you to know that I literally cannot see either \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hors d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122oeuvre\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ground coffee\u00e2\u20ac\u009d anymore without thinking of this goddamn series. RUINED, I TELL YOU.) Am I forever going to wonder if there are just <i>two<\/i> flakes the same and all the rest are different? Just two! That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all I need.<\/p>\n<p>And the second point:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was called You, as in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You! Stop that!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You! Get off there!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d When it came to names, Granny Weatherwax didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do fancy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, this is actually a GREAT name for a pet. Like, utterly fantastic, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m mad that I never thought of it before.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s get on to more serious things! I like that this book jumps around POV a lot more than I expected to. I know that the other Tiffany Aching books did, but this one goes to such interesting places. While Tiffany is still dealing with the fallout of her dance with the Wintersmith, Pratchett includes a very vital scene between two of the adult figures in Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life. Which is actually pretty rare for books aimed at young adults! But it works here so well because of what Miss Tick and Granny Weatherwax talk about. It makes sense that Miss Tick would want to intervene, while Granny Weatherwax sees it more important that Tiffany solve this problem herself. It fits their teaching styles, first of all. But I also think this makes it clear that Pratchett is intending to give Tiffany the space within this story to mess up. I feel like my reading of the text was closer to Miss Tick\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reaction to this, too, since she talks about Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s intent and her youthful obedience. But Granny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s point is more prescient: Tiffany has to see this through to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the other end.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if that end is the same one we saw in the first chapter, and I also know that Granny Weatherwax believes completely in the power of a story. So what story does the Wintersmith want to happen?<\/p>\n<p>At this point, I imagine Tiffany just wants this all to go away, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of the reason she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so deeply embarrassed by this all. In the community of witches, this is now a <i>very<\/i> public event, right? Witches would notice that the snowflakes are all the same and that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all a stunning likeness of Tiffany. So now, Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mistake is known to everyone instead of just being confined to her, Miss Treason, and the Feegles, and lord, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not fun at all. But I wonder how Tiffany feels about this knowing it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because this figure, this pseudo-deity, has taken a liking to her. Even if she might have complicated feelings for the Wintersmith, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel like Tiffany is exactly <i>flattered<\/i> by this display. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s creepy as hell, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? So that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one aspect of the embarrassment I commented on during my video reading because I know how shameful this feels. It happened to me in high school when a girl I absolutely did <i>not<\/i> like misinterpreted my friendliness as attraction, and she made it a point to tell as many people as possible that we were dating, despite that I had barely spoken to her. Thus, this very bad moment became worse once <i>other<\/i> people knew about it. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not perfectly analogous to Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s situation, of course, because there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a shame that comes along from messing up publicly, too, and I imagine that plays a part in this as well.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a REALLY great section here that surprised me with Roland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s POV. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d assumed that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just hear about him through Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s section, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m very interested in learning more about what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going through. Because lord, IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S NOT GOOD. Roland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s father is in bad health, and his two aunts\u00e2\u20ac\u201dDanuta and Araminta\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwill get to control the estate if the Baron dies before Roland is twenty-one. What little we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen here shows that Danuta and Araminta thirst for power. Even before given control of the estate, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve already started tormenting Roland, so much so that he locks himself up in the tower any time his aunts are awake. He only eats when EVERYONE IS ASLEEP. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ransacked the estate for anything they can sell, and the Baron isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even dead yet! I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see how this is going to fit into the greater story, though. But I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m eager for more!<\/p>\n<p>And finally, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Miss Treason. Not for much longer, of course! Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, she just announced her death. And there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no reason for me to believe this <i>isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> going to happen! She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to die in just over a day, she knows it, she seems fine with it, and she is for damn sure having a funeral that she gets to attend, which is perhaps one of the most badass ways of going out that I could think of. The timing of it is&#8230; a lot. I get Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reaction to it! Of course it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s selfish, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s her first instinct. In the midst of the Wintersmith closing in on Tiffany, Miss Treason is about to leave. Well, at least that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how it feels to Tiffany, even though death really doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work like that.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, is this how the Wintersmith gets to the Chalk? Because Tiffany has to go back home? UGH WHAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S HAPPENING.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/6aVp43EVsrk<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markoshiro.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/19\/the-anger-is-a-gift-paperback-edition-is-out-may-7-2019\">The paperback edition of my debut, ANGER IS A GIFT, is now up for pre-order!<\/a> It comes out on May 7, 2019.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If you&#8217;d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ey636\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first half of the fourth chapter of Wintersmith, Tiffany is embarrassed by a bizarre development due to her dance with the Wintersmith. Intrigued? 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