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Terry Pratchett: Mort (1987, New American Library)

181 pages

English language

Published Nov. 25, 1987 by New American Library.

OCLC Number:
19808047

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4 stars (4 reviews)

Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.

45 editions

Review of 'Mort'

4 stars

This is such an amazing book (my first Terry Pratchett book), would have given it a 5/5, but the last 20-30 pages just falls apart pacing wise and depends on some rushed exposition crammed into the last 2-3 pages that I had to open up the plot of the book on Wikipedia to understand it, the end also just feels out of place with the rest of the book. The first like 90% however has to be one of the most enjoyable reads I've ever had, every page (up to those last few) a pure joy.

Surprisingly unnecessary ending

3 stars

The ending of this book really doesn't make justice for the whole setup and build-up.

One of the Pratchett books that certainly gets worse on the re-read. I will dare to say that both Colour and Light were significantly better as a whole than this one.

Subjects

  • Discworld (Imaginary place) -- Fiction