Le pato reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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5 stars
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Mass Market Paperback, 243 pages
English language
Published Jan. 31, 2001 by HarperTorch.
Jolteon reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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4 stars
My first experience of a Pratchett book, and I really liked it. a lot of humor mixed in with a frankly absurd world (discworld), and a great story.
Matto reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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5 stars
Wonderful book, written in the humorous style of Pratchett
Books That Burn reviewed Mort by Neil Gaiman
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3 stars
Most of this was fun and I had a good time, but there were too many random moments that took me out of the narrative with an off-putting comment that didn’t fit the rest of the story. Usually this took the place of treating the mention of someone’s fatness or the idea that they might be insane as if the observation of it was the whole joke. These moments were especially frustrating because so much of the rest of the humor is great. It’s paced well, the dynamic between DEATH and Mort was strange but interesting, and I liked the ending.
Most of this was fun and I had a good time, but there were too many random moments that took me out of the narrative with an off-putting comment that didn’t fit the rest of the story. Usually this took the place of treating the mention of someone’s fatness or the idea that they might be insane as if the observation of it was the whole joke. These moments were especially frustrating because so much of the rest of the humor is great. It’s paced well, the dynamic between DEATH and Mort was strange but interesting, and I liked the ending.
Keno Goertz reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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4 stars
Terry Pratchett is what I’ve been missing when reading Douglas Adams. Mort is not just witty, but actually quite touching and even frightening. The humour seems somehow profound, for example when Death explains that everyone gets what they think is coming for them, because “it’s so much neater that way”. This light-hearted fun actually opens up a philosophical can of worms: If I expect a heavenly afterlife together with my family, but my brother expects to be rotting in hell, is the brother in heaven actually my brother? He can’t be, but did I then actually get what I expected? This dilemma is even touched upon later. I much prefer this humour to cliché nihilism.
Rainer reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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3 stars
The characters and storyline in this book really didn't click with me. I felt like Mort was a complete jerk and that Kelli should have totally died. I mean, I'm glad everything worked out in the end but still.
Wetdryvac reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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3 stars
This seems to be an increasingly uncomfortable read for me, in that the basis for the entire thing relies on a contract that's broken.
Nathan Friedly reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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5 stars
I think this might be my favorite one so far!
Strakul reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
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5 stars
This was a great Discworld novel and I highly recommend it for newcomers to the series. The best part of the book is probably the character Death, who is very unique and surprising in this universe. The plot moves along quickly as well, making this a short, enjoyable read.
For my full review, check out my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2015/05/book-review-mort-by-terry-pratchett.html
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5 stars
This is #4 in the Discworld series, and takes the recurring character of Death to the center stage. Death always makes an appearance in each Discworld novel, but this is the first (but not the last!) one in which he is a main character. We learn more about how Death does his job, where and how he lives, etc. He needs an apprentice and finds one in Mort. The problem though is that Mort is not satisfied to let everyone die on schedule and tries to change fate. This will of course go wrong in hilarious ways.
As before, I listened to the audiobook.
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3 stars
This was another fun addition to the Discworld series but I can only read so many of these in a row before yearning for novels of a little more substance.
Chelle reviewed Mort by Terry Pratchett
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No rating
Taking a break from the Witch series.
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5 stars
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