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woolfardis's review
4.0
One of the later Discworld diaries and, unfortunately, the only one I've ever owned. I'm not a diary person but as I flip through I see that I did attempt to use this, mostly to mark which particular books I read on which particular dates.
Once you get past the "has all the days on the right dates" kind of review, we get to the illustrations, quotes and little extra tid-bits. The illustrations are the usual gorgeousness that make the Discworld burst in to life; it also adds an extra dimension to what is, let's face it, just a diary for writing your important meetings in.
The quotes are the best of the best from the Discworld witches: think Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, the greatest Discworld inhabitants bar none, as well as the lesser-known witches and magical people of the Disc. It also has a few bits of background that are recycled from the books and doesn't contain anything particularly unique that you can't find elsewhere.
Not having seen any of the previous diaries I can't compare them at this point, but mark my words, I shall one day
Once you get past the "has all the days on the right dates" kind of review, we get to the illustrations, quotes and little extra tid-bits. The illustrations are the usual gorgeousness that make the Discworld burst in to life; it also adds an extra dimension to what is, let's face it, just a diary for writing your important meetings in.
The quotes are the best of the best from the Discworld witches: think Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, the greatest Discworld inhabitants bar none, as well as the lesser-known witches and magical people of the Disc. It also has a few bits of background that are recycled from the books and doesn't contain anything particularly unique that you can't find elsewhere.
Not having seen any of the previous diaries I can't compare them at this point, but mark my words, I shall one day
fipah's review
4.0
Beautiful as a diary.
However..
Though I deeply love the Witches, I give it three stars because I expected more text and something new, I feel most was just a recycled.
Maybe I expect too much from a diary.
PS: It is so beautiful I just cannot use it, and it is quite heavy to carry around, so it just sits there on the shelf. I payed just to read the few pages there.
However..
Though I deeply love the Witches, I give it three stars because I expected more text and something new, I feel most was just a recycled.
Maybe I expect too much from a diary.
PS: It is so beautiful I just cannot use it, and it is quite heavy to carry around, so it just sits there on the shelf. I payed just to read the few pages there.
dokushoka's review
4.0
Usually I wouldn't do this because how could you actually review a diary? It's blank pages with some information sprinkled throughout. However, as much as it pains me to say this, this was a massive disappointment to me and I actually wanted to say something about it.
I own all the Discworld Diaries and the first eight are kinda my prides and joys. They're beautiful and full of great illustrations not seen anywhere else in the series. They start out with a picture of the Guild's respective "leader" and an address from them, then there are about 15 pages of text about the Guild, so you learn quite a bit about say places to see in Ankh-Morpork (Unseen University Diary), the types of classes you'd be taking (the Assassin's Guild, Fool's Guild, and Thieves' Guild), and the watch's oath (City Watch). After those 15 pages, it moves onto basic diary format with eight blank boxes across the pages and a character illustration and quote or a factoid in the eighth day box.
The Igor Guild's diary wasn't anything like that, but compared to this diary it was pretty much on par with the other eight. It at least included fun pages with drawings and info regarding the Igors. This one was just pages of text with no new drawings. =/ While the text was okay, I can't recall any new info actually being given out.
Also, it may just be me, but I thought the witches were covered under the Unseen University one. It had both the Wizards and Witches in it, which was cool. But since the UU one was supposed to be focused on the Wizards, it included a lot about Ankh-Morpork, whereas this one didn't include anything about Lancre or the Chalk, which seemed a bit unfair (I do own the Tourist's Guide to Lancre mapp, yeah, but there's been nothing about the Chalk).
I'm still undecided about whether or not the barebones-ness of the book was intentional because of the witches, thus the four stars instead of three.
I own all the Discworld Diaries and the first eight are kinda my prides and joys. They're beautiful and full of great illustrations not seen anywhere else in the series. They start out with a picture of the Guild's respective "leader" and an address from them, then there are about 15 pages of text about the Guild, so you learn quite a bit about say places to see in Ankh-Morpork (Unseen University Diary), the types of classes you'd be taking (the Assassin's Guild, Fool's Guild, and Thieves' Guild), and the watch's oath (City Watch). After those 15 pages, it moves onto basic diary format with eight blank boxes across the pages and a character illustration and quote or a factoid in the eighth day box.
The Igor Guild's diary wasn't anything like that, but compared to this diary it was pretty much on par with the other eight. It at least included fun pages with drawings and info regarding the Igors. This one was just pages of text with no new drawings. =/ While the text was okay, I can't recall any new info actually being given out.
Also, it may just be me, but I thought the witches were covered under the Unseen University one. It had both the Wizards and Witches in it, which was cool. But since the UU one was supposed to be focused on the Wizards, it included a lot about Ankh-Morpork, whereas this one didn't include anything about Lancre or the Chalk, which seemed a bit unfair (I do own the Tourist's Guide to Lancre mapp, yeah, but there's been nothing about the Chalk).
I'm still undecided about whether or not the barebones-ness of the book was intentional because of the witches, thus the four stars instead of three.
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