Tiffany was a part of the Chalk, but she was not a part of the Chalk. Because being a witch in the Chalk has not been easy for Tiffany, and Pratchett opened this book with that reality. Still, she struggled with her place in the world, even after she’d already accepted that she was a witch. She may not have been “born†to be a witch, but she certainly grasped what it means to be one, and she did so beautifully. I see her arc—and I say this fully unaware if one of the three remaining books is a Tiffany book—as one of self-acceptance. (Give or take a few months.) In that time, she has come into her own in a rather beautiful way. But here we are, at the end of I Shall Wear Midnight, and Tiffany has aged nine years in four books. But getting to see Tiffany grow from a young child into a young adult has been something special and emotional, and it’s very rare that this happens in fiction over multiple books. And I would love another Death or Susan book. I mean, I’m partial to Vimes’s growth, as well as Moist’s, and I’ve loved seeing Angua change so much over the books she has been in. Tiffany Aching might very well be my favorite Discworld character. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Discworld. In the epilogue of I Shall Wear Midnight, Tiffany becomes who she is.
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