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Terry Pratchett and his Discworld books are some of the few I occassionally reread. Love this series.
I was utterly charmed by this tale about Death taking an apprentice, and the chaos that follows when human empathy collides with the inexorable march of fate.
Soft hearted, but relentlessly pragmatic about his job, Death desperately needs a holiday. But Mort, his stand-in, makes a hopeless mess of things, threatening the very fabric of reality. In Terry Pratchett's hands, the Death of the Discworld was a sympathetic and fascinating character. Feared, misunderstood and utterly lonely, Death only w ...more
Soft hearted, but relentlessly pragmatic about his job, Death desperately needs a holiday. But Mort, his stand-in, makes a hopeless mess of things, threatening the very fabric of reality. In Terry Pratchett's hands, the Death of the Discworld was a sympathetic and fascinating character. Feared, misunderstood and utterly lonely, Death only w ...more
Terry Pratchett never ceases to make me laugh and think all at the same time. I find myself bookmarking more and more quotes every time I read another Disc World book...
Oct 31, 2011
Pandy
marked it as to-read
Jul 14, 2015
Ellyn
marked it as to-read
