eBook, 269 pages

Published May 26, 2009 by Transworld Digital.

ASIN:
B0035OC7OU
4 stars (2 reviews)

Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.

Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he'll need to hire some help.

It's an offer Mort can't refuse. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn't compulsory. It's a dream job - until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life . . .

51 editions

Good read for what it is

3 stars

The pages just fly by when reading this book. The writing style is superb. It's clever, witty and well-paced. Just enough surprises in wording, comparisons and structure to make this a real page turner without getting exhausting. That said, I am just not a fantasy fan and probably never will be. The story didn't particularly grab me and while the world is clearly well thought out, I couldn't care less about in which part of what continent university x was located before it was moved by ruler z to its new location in city y. That's just me though.

Subjects

  • Death
  • Discworld (Imaginary place)
  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • anthropomorphic.
  • Discworld (imaginary place), fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, general
  • Death (fictitious character : pratchett), fiction
  • Fiction, humorous
  • Fiction, humorous, general
  • Literature and fiction, fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • Fantasy fiction