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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “hugely funny, and well, DEATH rocks!! He always amuses me. Then there's the weird phenomenon of mall sprall, nicely explained. I will be on the lookout for those dreaded carts from now on!” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“9/10 stars.”
Kira G wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I seldom read novels, even less often humorous ones, but a gift from a friend, this book had me laughing in spite of myself. "Satire" doesn't adequately describe Discworld, the scene of events when Death takes a vacation....goes slumming, perhaps. "Satire" has a mean edge that I just didn't find in Pratchett's imaginative parade of amusing characters, and literary cliches (each tweaked beyond its design parameters)...the dead, but not gone, Wizard who is annoyed at Death's apparent abdication of duty, social-climbing Vampires, Witches, shy Bogeymen and other denizens of the outlandish (and yet somehow familiar) society of Ankh-Morpork... and not to forget the snow-globes and shopping carts, which are the larvae and workers of the hive-mind... well, nevermind. Preposterous and hilarious!”
Michael L wrote this review Wednesday, November 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The best humor writer of all time, fantastic books in a fantastic universe”
Turiboy wrote this review Saturday, November 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Synopsis: Death is given time and goes off to use it. Chaos ensues because without death life cannot move on and in classic Discworld manner life hangs around.
Zommbie1 wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
My Thoughts: I think I read my first Discworld novel about ten years ago and it was instant love, and the character I fell the most in love with was Death. Death has always been a bit different from how death should be, sure he has a hood, carries a scythe and is a bit of a skelington* but he also has a contemplative side and he does have family.
When the auditors decide that Death has become a personality contrary to regulations they give him time. And in typical Death manner he goes off to use it. He becomes farm hand Bill Door. Deaths absence as, well...Death, leads to problems for the other Discworld inhabitants, amongst them the Wizards at the Unseen University (or UU one of the few reasons I considered going to Uppsala University was the acronym UU). The Wizards are, erm...special people. Very set in their ways as befits proper Wizards and when one of their own fails to move on they set about solving the problem. However, when Wizards solve problems this tends to create other problems.
Pratchett has a way of seeing society in a way that you yourself could not but when he writes it down you go "oh yeah, of course". One of these incidences comes at the beginning of the book when the Wizards are throwing Windle Poons a death party. It reminded me strongly of the leaving parties that pop up occasionally at work, where everyone pretends to like the person and hope them well but secretly just want to get on with their own lives. The forced jollyness is always palpable.
As with any Pratchett book it is hard to explain what happens without giving away the whole story but I will say that I haven't laughed this much over a book in absolutely ages.”
“Humorous and thought provoking look at Death on the Diskworld.”
Steven L wrote this review Monday, October 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of the best Terry ones I`ve read so far [33”
Rozi wrote this review Saturday, October 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“DEATH AGAIN!!! lol”
Reki wrote this review Monday, September 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A book with Death as the 'star' and one of the best Discworld novels I've read. ”
Gary D wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“YOU ALWAYS GET A GOOD LAUGH WITH TERRY PRATCHETT'S BOOKS.”
neil m wrote this review Sunday, September 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
