What I relish in particular is the swiftness of the telling, the vigour with which brilliant moments of perception seem to be improvised in the sheer delight of the onward rush of the story

A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination

A consummate story teller

This is a racy tale with plenty of disgusting details

Charming in every sense of the word. Beautifully written and at times highly comic, it is an extraordinary achievement

Sure to be as popular with both children and adults as all his other books

Lively wit, sly wisdom and compelling narratives

Pratchett's usual mix of uproarious comedy and deceptively serious thought

He's probably the funniest writer in English today . . . great themes with huge doses of comedy

Funny and winning as ever

Crackles with energy and humour

Pratchett's one-liners, the comic dialogue of the Feegles, the satire about teenagers and the credulousness of the ordinary folk make for a characteristically entertaining mix.

Oodles of dry wit, imagination and shrewdly observed characters

Terry Pratchett kicks the bejaysus out of JK Rowling...If you haven't read Pratchett before then give yourself a treat and buy this book.

Exuberant energy and humour...

Sure to be as popular with both children and adults as all his other books.

Wintersmith is not written and does not read as a "young adult" book, and succeeds all the more for that. Very enjoyable.

[The Discworld books] have retained the lively wit, sly wisdom and compelling narratives

...Pratchett's usual mix of uproarious comedy and deceptively serious thought...

He's probably the funniest writer in English today....great themes with huge doses of comedy.

...bookshelves everywhere would be poorer without the Discworld.

Funny and winning as ever.

...charming in every sense of the word. Beautifully written and at times highly comic, it is an extraordinary achievement...

...crackles with energy and humour.

A new Terry Pratchett is always a big event and true-to-form Wintersmith is crackling with energy and humour.

Pratchett fans would love to find this under the Christmas tree.

...a delightful tale...

...wonderfully inventive...

This is a really good book!

Wintersmith is an entertaining mix of comic characters, clever diaogue and great atmosphere. It is a witty fantasy read with heights of imaginative writing that few authors can reach. There is real magic at work in Wintersmith.