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October 2018 - Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
By Sarah · 5 posts · 28 views
By Sarah · 5 posts · 28 views
last updated Nov 01, 2018 08:22AM
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2023 Reread: Death is easily my favourite series in the Discworld books. This one is especially fun and memorable to me. Add in the brand new Penguin audiobooks with such amazing narrators (including separate ones for the voices of Death and the footnotes) that I just flew through the book. Bumping up my original 4 stars to 5 stars.
The book was enjoyable overall, but not for the first three quarters of it. The book acquires its depth slowly, but before it really sets off to become epic and existential, it was a confusing array of directionless humour.
Reaper Man follows two arcs that deal with two characters, Windle Poons (a wizard who comes to know himself only after death) and Death/Bill Door (our favourite anthropomorphised concept who comes to know himself when faced with death). The other characters are important, but ...more
Reaper Man follows two arcs that deal with two characters, Windle Poons (a wizard who comes to know himself only after death) and Death/Bill Door (our favourite anthropomorphised concept who comes to know himself when faced with death). The other characters are important, but ...more
Rating: Really Liked It
Would I read more by this author? Yes, I have enjoyed all the Discworld books so far.
Would I read more by this author? Yes, I have enjoyed all the Discworld books so far.
Feb 06, 2015
Jennifer
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
classics,
owned,
favorites,
fantasy,
kindle-books,
past-challenges-275-in-2023,
285-in-2025
Nov 17, 2015
Emily
marked it as to-read
Nov 15, 2016
Tris Day
added it
Oct 09, 2017
Merave
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction-fantasy-fairy-tales,
humor
Jun 05, 2018
Steph
marked it as to-read
Aug 04, 2020
Zachary
marked it as to-read
Oct 18, 2022
Jae
marked it as to-read
