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Gevatter Tod

Terry Pratchett

4.13 AVERAGE

alienstookmybooks's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

randomprogrammer's review against another edition

2.0

I think this is the worst of the past 7 discworld novels I've read, even including Equal Rites. Both the characters and the humor were lacking. Pratchett, who is usually so excellent at crafting unique and interesting characters, just kinda disappointed. The personalities of the two female co-leads were shallow and tepid. I didn't find either to be engaging, and I certainly wasn't rooting for any romantic pairings...a huge letdown after the strong characters of the Witches sub-series. And death had some really strange personality shifts that didn't make sense to me. The way he acted after coming back from the kitchens was very out of character, or at least, not backed up by good narration.

I guess this makes sense, seeing as I'm moving from reading the 23rd discword book to reading the 4th. I'm still somewhat undecided as to whether this reading order I've got going makes sense. But I think it's probably nice to mix in the older (and less refined) books with the newer and better ones. Otherwise, I'm not sure that I would be able to plow through a bunch of these tepid books in order to get to the better, later works.

Also, I was really enjoying the narrator Indira Varma from Witches, and her replacement, Sian Clifford was very disappointing by comparison. Whereas Indira's voices feel genuine, Sian's feel fake and put-on, with stage emotion instead of true feeling.

kierstapple's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted

I liked it! But it might possibly be too much British humour for me ⚠️

bethharbour's review against another edition

4.0

My first Discworld book! This was fun, if a little hard to follow. I loved the character of Death and the subtle digs at traditional fantasy tropes. I think I will like Discworld though so I already have some thoughts on what to read from it next.