Mort

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Summary: Stuck in an airport and laughing my head off...
Review: I always knew that Terry Prachett was funny, but when I got stuck in Orange County Airport for more hours than I planned, I actually found myself busting out laughing while reading Mort. Considering how bad of a mood I was in, I see this as high praise. Although there are other Diskworld books that I liked more, this one isn't too far down my list of favorites.

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Summary: Not as good as some of the earlier ones
Review: After reading the first three books, I knew I liked Terry Pratchett. So my brother bought me Mort at a book store. It is the first in the Death subseries of the Discworld series. This one had more Discworld "feel" than Equal Rites. But it is not as good as "The Light Fantastic", my favorite so far. This book is about Death's apprentice, Mort, who takes over while Death finds ways of having Fun. Some of the scenes with Cutwell the wizard are funny, and Rincewind makes a brief appearence. I liked the duel between Death and Mort, and there were many truly funny scenes in Mort. But it was not my favorite. My order, from best to worst, of the ones I read are: 1. Light Fantastic 2. Equal Rites 3. Mort 4. Color of Magic

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Summary: Not his best, but still pretty funny
Review: What I remember about Indiana: laying on my grandparents' rug in the den late at night spread out reading Mort. It's not Terry Pratchett's best, in fact, it's one of his early ones before he got into the swing of things, but it had a good ending, which is why all of us read. Exciting, funny in parts, but not the hard hitting satirical edge that I love about Pratchett.

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Summary: Terry Pratchett delivers
Review: Terry Pratchett delivers a great story, and a great exploration of Discworld through the eyes of it's most beloved and most (be)feared character: Death. Worth the price of admission.

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Summary: You'll have to be really ... not to enjoy this book
Review: DEATH wants to take a break. So who has to take over the task? A lot of souls out there waiting to be processed, y'know?

Easy. Get an apprentice. Experience not important. Horse, scythe and all the curry you'll ever need.

But dont get too involved with your...eer..'clients'. Thats what Mort did, though. Saved someone who was supposed to die just because he thinks she's cute. But the world doesnt like that. When a person who's supposed to die is still walking around, things begin to turn pear-shaped.

So DEATH (no, Im not shouting) needs to sort things out. But where is he? He joined a conga line and is having a jolly time.

This is where the Discworld books start to become laugh out loud funny. The first three books was okay but 'Mort' is the book where Pratchett finally found his funny bone and infects everyone with the laughing disease.

Those who have yet to start the fun ride through the Discworld and the great city of Ankh Morpork should start their journey here.

Enjoy.

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Summary: the life of death
Review: Death often is viewed as something horrible, but in this book, pratchett takes death and breathes life into him. We learn that death is the anthromorphic personification of humans and that he is jealous of humans. Death takes an apprentice, has a servant and a daughter and is trying his hardest to become like humans. This book is a thoroughly enjoyable read.

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Summary: Death takes a holiday ...
Review: Needing a break from the daily grind, DEATH takes on an apprentice to help him with the field work. He hires the awkward boy Mort (great name!) at a village job fair, and begins teaching him the trade. Mort seems to have found his calling, and as he grows into the job, DEATH leaves him with more responsibility. Until one day Mort breaks the rules, setting chaos in motion, which he must now scramble to set right.

I really liked Mort (the character, that is.) I liked the way he grew from a gangly kid into an imposing figure ("more solid" than everything around him.) And, of course, DEATH a major character in this book. (We get to see his warm and fuzzy side). We also meet the Four Horsemen again, whose dialogue is hilarious (especially the way it is presented), as well as a new inept young wizard (not Rincewind), and DEATH's buxom daughter.

"Mort" is my favorite Discworld book so far (although I still have a long way to go!) I'm reading them in order, but *you don't need to have read the others to get this one*. It stands on its own just fine.

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Summary: DEATH is not so bad after all..
Review: I am reading the Discworld books in the order they were written, and this one has been the best so far. Mort, a clumsy and timid teenager becomes DEATH's apprentice. All is going well until DEATH decides to take time off and enjoy the pleasures of human life such as fishing, gambling, drinking, dancing and working as a chef in Harga's House of Ribs. Mort is still too human to perform his job in a detached way, and falls in love with the Princess Keli whose life he was supposed to take. He spares her life, resulting in Changes in Reality which will have serious consequences. The rest of the book is about how Mort tries to fix things, while DEATH is still away.

This is classic Pratchett, poking fun at so many human institutions and beliefs such as city life, the university, reincarnation and love stories. The other characters such as the arrogant princess, the young wizard Igneous Cutwell who cannot perform magic effectively as he is too interested in women, and DEATH's daughter Ysabell, add to the interest. And, for whose who have read the first two books in the series, Rincewind makes a brief appearance, as inept as ever.

This is the first in the sub-series with DEATH as the main character, and I look forward to reading Reaper Man and Soul Music.

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Summary: Meet Death..
Review: This novel is really good. Having read the other 3 previous novels, I can say that this is rivals the Light Fantastic in terms of quality and characters. Some of the scenes weren't described so well(ie. I only discovered Mort's age a little bit too late in my opinion) and it's too short, doesn't cover ALL of the things that could've happened with the idea (Which I won't spoil it for you)

But other than that, a great Discworld novel, much better than Equal Rites (Which I was disapointed with)

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Summary: Simply great
Review: A great novel about death and other aspects of life, with wonderful, intelligent view of one of my favourite authors. Here, the taboo of death is treated with a deep satiric but rather genial way. I strongly recommend this novel to anyone who wish to enjoy life and genius.