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Reaper Man

Terry Pratchett

4.2 AVERAGE

hey_lena's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

max_tower19's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As well as appreciating the usual brilliant savage wit and sarcasm, I felt a lot more sorry for Death on this reread.  His conscious effort to be kind to Miss Flitworth in particular was quite touching. 

chiel's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It's not that Reaper Man tries to do too much—it’s that it tries to wrap too much around two already good, thematically aligned stories. The emotional weight of both Death’s and Poons’ arcs risks being undercut by the magical gags and comedic diversions of the faculty.

This feels like one of those cases where Pratchett's tone blender, which usually works so well, is just a touch too noisy. There's genuine pathos, really clever satire, and philosophical reflection, but constantly being interrupted by sentient shopping trolleys and Unseen University slapstick that doesn't hit the mark

jimincarnate's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

runningwiththefairies's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rob_ob's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jamietherebelliousreader's review against another edition

4.0

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4 stars. Fun installment to the series. All of the books have great humor but this one in particular was really funny to me. I laughed out loud quite a bit. A quirky, fun, and entertaining cast of lovable characters and a plot that kept me hooked this is definitely one of my favorites in the series thus far. It was awesome.

wood656's review against another edition

3.0

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Removed points because of the audiobook narrator. Think I would have enjoyed it more by reading it. 

luana420's review against another edition

5.0

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Death books seem to be my favorite Discworld books, as they take on an inevitably existential tone -- as you do when Death is your main character. There's a sad sweetness to both this, Mort and Hogfather that I really appreciate.

The B-plot of Reaper Man concerns itself with all the excess life building up from Death's holiday, and the Wizards of Unseen University (truly Pratchett's most personal characters, I feel) dealing with the cancerous growths that start to manifest in Ankh-Morpork, is very funny as well.

stubert's review against another edition

4.0

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