Thursday, 23 January 2014
Mort by Terry Pratchett
My interest for occultist matters and thanks to the recommendation of some friends this book called "Mort" landed in my hands.
I started reading it and immediately got engaged in it not only because of it's subject matter but also because of the way the story unfolds itself.
The story tells the tale of a young man called Mort who gets picked up by "Death" (the character) to be his apprentice and develop his skills. Then Mort starts picking up in all it takes to be Death and gets sucked into his "time still world". As the story progresses he learns how to effectively use the scythe and travel from one place to the other to take the souls of those who just died. In the meantime he finds out some odd yet funny things about the reaper, such as: he's got a human daughter, he likes cats and eats curry.
Unwittingly as the story progresses Mort stars to talk and behave like his grotesque master while the real Death who is tired of his day to day job gets interested in drinking and partying and other human activities he has never indulged in before.
Then faith gives Mort's life a dramatic turn and some other unexpected events happen along the way.
Even though the subject of this story is quite somber one finds it very amusing to read as it is filled with hilarious dialogues and unusual and illogical happenings.
This book is the fourth novel in the Discworld series which was created by Pratchett in the 80's as a humorous reaction to the more serious fantasy Tolkien books fever that had broken out years before.
A highly recommended book for anyone interested in the Comedy/Fantasy category
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8.5/10
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