The mood of The Witch and the Wizard is very straightforward and blunt. There is little emotional appeal, and what there is is very quick, and innefective. The reader doesn't feel much emotional flux during this book. The book does have many cliches and lots of things happen that you would expect to happen in a typical book. In this quote, the characters are required to drive along subway tracks to reach their home base. "I reflexively checked my mirrors as I felt for the ignition key under the wheel. What I saw was a bright light, headed right towards us." 'Um, not so far away,' I said" (Patterson 235). This quote shows that there are expected events in the book, and as soon as the reader notices they are in a subway station, the subway train is expected to happen.

The tone of the book depends on the point of veiw the chapter is in. Whit and Wisty both take turns describing the events unfolding, because often they are separated. Whit is very intelligent, and he describes everything as it is. Wist is very sarcastic and attatched to her own feelings. While shallow and quite frusteratingly stupid at times, she is entertaining to the reader as a character.