Reaper Man
Ratings17
Average rating3.9
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Ratings17
Average rating3.9
They say there are only two things you can count on ... But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch. Now DEATH is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use. But like every cutback in an important public service, DEATH's demise soon leads to chaos and unrest -- literally, for those whose time was supposed to be up, like Windle Poons. The oldest geezer in the entire faculty of Unseen University -- home of magic, wizardry, and big dinners -- Windle was looking forward to a wonderful afterlife, not this boring been-there-done-that routine. To get the fresh start he deserves, Windle and the rest of Ankh-Morpork's undead and underemployed set off to find DEATH and save the world for the living (and everybody else, of course).
Series
41 primary books50 released booksDiscworld is a 50-book series with 41 primary works first released in 1983 with contributions by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs, and 4 others.
Series
5 primary books6 released booksDeath is a 6-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by Terry Pratchett.
Series
36 primary booksKolekcja Świat Dysku is a 36-book series with 36 primary works first released in 1983 with contributions by Terry Pratchett, Albert Solé, and 9 others.
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In which Death gets his own lifetimer and experiences mortality for a while. The Auditors appear for the first time, and the Death of Rats comes into existence.
The main thread of the story is OK, but the whole subplot about the wizards, the undead, and the supermarket trolleys strikes me as rather pointless and unsuccessful. And I don't like the Auditors.
Another book in the Discworld universe that I'm not fond of.
There's something lost in translation, for me, when reading this series in ebook form. Maybe I need to get the physical book or the audio because the scene changes, especially towards the end, are very quick and short, which generates alot of frustration and confusion for me.
Like some of the others, the story goes beyond the logical end of the story, leaving me wondering what this extra bit is for?
And alot of unanswered questions about plot references. What does the bit about the creation of a city have to do with Death's story? Any why is Death, not Death anymore?
