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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Death has a try at human life, learns what it means to dream and fear. Oh and also he falls a little bit in love while chaos unfolds on the disc. Another brillant book in the Discworld series. Death is such a fun character and I really enjoy him as a main protagonist. As always there were fun and wierd side charcters along with the usual Terry-Pratchett-humour.
Also it is great when characters from other books in the discworld series pop up or you discover connections to characters and events you previously hadn‘t known about. I had a few of such moments in this book.
Also it is great when characters from other books in the discworld series pop up or you discover connections to characters and events you previously hadn‘t known about. I had a few of such moments in this book.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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:
Yes
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Whoo mama this was good.
This is a book about the importance of personal death, about the relationship people create between themselves and the things they fear. It explores the fact that we can love just about anything with a face and a voice and insists that we deserve to be loved back… all in a silly little Discworld book. I was tempted to give a 4.75 because Windle Poons’ B plot was something I mostly just sped through to get back to Bill Door, but I think his plot was very clever, too, and never unenjoyable. And I think the exploration of the importance of death made sense in this story.
I found out that there is an album by Louie Zong inspired by Discworld after reading this book and at least four if the ten songs are about the death trilogy! Which honestly makes me respect it more- whenever I see someone has made art about a thing it makes me give it a lot more credit and consideration.
The scene with the machine in the middle of the storm and the harvest dance were my favorites.
This is a book about the importance of personal death, about the relationship people create between themselves and the things they fear. It explores the fact that we can love just about anything with a face and a voice and insists that we deserve to be loved back… all in a silly little Discworld book. I was tempted to give a 4.75 because Windle Poons’ B plot was something I mostly just sped through to get back to Bill Door, but I think his plot was very clever, too, and never unenjoyable. And I think the exploration of the importance of death made sense in this story.
I found out that there is an album by Louie Zong inspired by Discworld after reading this book and at least four if the ten songs are about the death trilogy! Which honestly makes me respect it more- whenever I see someone has made art about a thing it makes me give it a lot more credit and consideration.
The scene with the machine in the middle of the storm and the harvest dance were my favorites.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
Reaper Man didn't disappoint and neither did Terry Pratchett. Death is a subject I've always had a morbid curiosity about and I love the way he's characterized in Discworld. A few parts felt very memeable, but ultimately, this book touched me in such a beautiful and funny way. Outside of that, between Mrs. Cake, Ludmilla, Lupine, and Arthur, my vampire and werewolf loving ass was in heaven.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The humor of the later Discworld books is here. The moments of sentimentality are fewer than you might expect, but stronger than usual. The satire isn't quite as front and center, but I don't think the book suffers for it. What the book does suffer from is the plot just not being as satisfying as I've come to expect from a Discworld story. This one felt like two separate plots following the two main characters, but where most Discworld books would put the important characters on a collision course, this one felt like two parallel stories in time, each entirely self contained, where they meet after the resolution of the Important Bits. There is also less tension because as much as I like both characters, there's something different about someone who is undead and wants to die being in mortal danger than someone who is alive and doesn't want to die in similar circumstances. Its still a fun read, don't get me wrong, and if it was my first Discworld I still would've been interested in more, but it pales in comparison to some of the others I've read.
Now for some quotes:
Now for some quotes:
He knew from experience that the living never found out half of what was really happening, because they were too busy being the living. The onlooker sees most of the game, he told himself.
Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiraling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must be created by their own believers, because a brief resume of the lives of most gods suggests that their origins certainly couldn't be divine. They tend to do exactly the things people would do if only they could, especially when it comes to nymphs, golden showers, and the smiting of your enemies.
a threat more certain than the creak of thin ice on a deep river
"I don't see why you're bothering with them," said Doreen. "They buried you alive just because you were dead."
...
"They thought they were doing it for the best," said Windle. "People often do. It's amazing, the things that seem a good idea at the time."
Arguing over petty details at times of dimensional emergency was a familiar wizardly trait.
Of course it was only a metaphor. People were more than corn. They whirled through tiny crowded lives, driven literally by clock work, filling their days from edge to edge with the sheer effort of living.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes