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sockandkey's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Vomit and Alcohol
One of the main characters is frequently put down by the narrator for being fat/plus-size. There are caricatures of Middle-Eastern people who appear at least twice, but are not very relevant to the overarching plot.sigynmoon's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Fatphobia and Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Classism
Fatphobia: Throughout the book a character is described as chubby in a way that implies she is unattractive for it. Murder: There's a lot of murder and death in this book as a whole, the whole story is revolved around death. Animal death and cruelty: Near the beginning, a bag of drowned kittens is found. We do see these kittens come up as ghosts which personally made me feel better but it's still definitely saddening for animal lovers. A man attempts to sacrifice an elephant but fails, however the elephant is still injured in the process. Classism: A princess throws out a bit of classism here and there.vigil's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
this is a tough one for me to puzzle out enough for a proper rating. once the main plot with princess keli kicked off, i realized almost immediately i didn't care about it or her. i actually wanted the "no one escapes death" ending rather than the plucky hero changes reality out of pluckiness that i got. the hero himself, mort, was only enjoyable as a protagonist up to a point, and after just got bullheaded, unreasonable, and overall grating. he was right, he definitely wasn't cut out for this kind of job. i found his romance with ysabell to be both abrupt and bland, and clearly set up for the plot following the later books with susan (from the knowledge i gathered when i looked up the death series) who is hopefully more engaging. i felt apathetic towards the death vs mort scene towards the end, and the way death acted didn't quite seem to be in line with the character in the rest of the book. the book is over three decades old, so the subtle fatphobia annoyed, but didn't shock me. the hints of attraction between cutwell and keli who are 20 and 15 respectively was disgusting and didn't need to be included at all.
all this aside, i really enjoyed death as a character, the atmosphere of discworld, and pratchett's writing style that even though i was ambivalent to most of the plot, kept me entertained.
all this aside, i really enjoyed death as a character, the atmosphere of discworld, and pratchett's writing style that even though i was ambivalent to most of the plot, kept me entertained.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, and Violence
spacebornfew's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Death
leanneymu's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death
Minor: Fatphobia
booksthatburn's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Most of this was fun and I had a good time, but there were too many random moments that took me out of the narrative with an off-putting comment that didn’t fit the rest of the story. Usually this took the place of treating the mention of someone’s fatness or the idea that they might be insane as if the observation of it was the whole joke. These moments were especially frustrating because so much of the rest of the humor is great. It’s paced well, the dynamic between DEATH and Mort was strange but interesting, and I liked the ending.
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Toxic relationship
catwithabook's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Fatphobia
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