Reaper Man / Terry Pratchett

Reaper Man

category: fantasy, humour, author:

Terry Pratchett

book 11 of Discworld
original copyright 1991,
read in October 2010 (and before, years ago)

Agamedes' opinion: 8 out of 10

A very enjoyable Discworld book!

This is a story of Death losing his job and learning a bit more about being human... An enjoyable plot with likable characters. Especially the confused but always wanting to understand, Death himself.

There are a few -- quite a few -- of the standard Discworld characters. Thankfully, they are not yet fixed in their roles... Okay, Sergeant Colon of the Watch is predictable -- but he only plays a small part. In this eleventh Discworld book, we are still meeting new people. And the miserable Rincewind does not make an appearance...

There are nice characters and foolish characters and strange characters and reeeeaallly strange characters. Yet they all get our sympathy and they all add their bit to the story. There is nothing cruel, there is nothing nasty. There is just a lot of good fun and a lot of excellent humour.

Reaper Man is Pratchett at his best. And that, is very good.

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