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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
(4.5)
A delightful holiday read full of charm and whit, with real stakes, a real heart (thanks Pratchett for actually letting Death and Susan get some time together on screen) and some hilarious moments!! This is everything I hoped the Death series would be!
A delightful holiday read full of charm and whit, with real stakes, a real heart (thanks Pratchett for actually letting Death and Susan get some time together on screen) and some hilarious moments!! This is everything I hoped the Death series would be!
This is truly the only Christmas themed book anyone ever needs. Seriously. It’s hilarious and has a great lesson to learn.
Death is also still my favorite character. With Susan being a tie for the top spot.
Death is also still my favorite character. With Susan being a tie for the top spot.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really convulated story, might get into digital version
It’s almost unfair to the other books that there’s a Death series in Discworld, isn’t it? They’re all fine and jolly, but the Death ones all tap into something absolutely primal that the other ones can’t help but fall short of. This one is about mankind’s fear of the dark, and its need to create stories and rituals to process the powerlessness said darkness brings about. I first read it thirteen years ago and Death’s speech about “show me a molecule of mercy” brought tears to my eyes. Kinda funny that in 2020 I found myself more wistful about the Tooth Fairy’s speech about when she still terrified cave dwellers millennia ago.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-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
Read in the run up to Christmas 2021, due to a general need for alternative festive fare. I'm not a particulary huge Pratchett disciple, and have only dipped into his work here and there, but I do admire his matter-of-fact attitude to his own craft: how he just got on with writing books in his own style and let worries over genre and Literary Merit handle themselves. Some of his jokes grate, but others are inspired and have stayed with me. The basic idea of (a version of) Santa Claus going missing is not new, but the concept of a benign yet awkward Death taking up the role, with much commentary on the nature of belief, is rather brilliant.