Mort: 11/28/08
Mort comes early in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. It's number
four in a series containing nearly forty novels. It has the freshness
of humor that makes Colour of Magic so charming.
Mort, the title character, needs a job. Death, or rather, the anthropomorphic
personification of death, needs a break. It's a match made in the after
life: Mort becomes Death's apprentice.
Death has a fatalistic view of the universe and certainly of how things
work on the Discworld. Mort, being young and mortal has a decidedly
different view of how things work. Their differences come to a head
at the botched assassination of princess.
The princesses' death or not depending on where one is on Discworld
calls into question basic assumptions about reality. It also brings
Death to a breaking point. I liked seeing how the two literal interpretations
of reality (Death's and Mort's) play out. My favorite scene, though,
is Death's final breakdown where he decides to leave his "job"
and become a fry-cook.
I've read this book for the third time for the "Herding Cats"
challenge hosted by Bottleofshine.
The challenge ran May 1 to November 30, so I'm coming down to the line
with this last review. She has asked us to share our reviews on Let's
Get Literate.
books | fantasy | terry pratchett | herdthosecats | 1987
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