Mort
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Pros
- Good places to start Discworld include Mort, Guards! Guards! and Wyrd Sisters.
- “Mort” is a good starting spot for most anybody and happens to star a teenage boy learning about consequences
- Now I’m reading Mort and I can confirm the books DO get better than they already are.
- Mort, gives you a good sense of how Discworld is laid out/ functions.
- I recommend going a few books later, and start with Guards Guards or Mort to get a better feel of Discworld.
Cons
- I found it just fine. Nothing noticeably bad about it but I didn’t find the plot or any of the characters very compelling.
- Nothing noticeably bad about it but I didn’t find the plot or any of the characters very compelling. That said, I could see Death being an interesting character in other stories.
- Ideas are: - Mort (or other Discworld novels)
Sentiment
26 positive (84%) · 5 mixed (16%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted score: +85% · raw score 84%
What redditors said (10 of 31)
Good places to start Discworld include Mort, Guards! Guards! and Wyrd Sisters.
“Mort” is a good starting spot for most anybody and happens to star a teenage boy learning about consequences
I found it just fine. Nothing noticeably bad about it but I didn’t find the plot or any of the characters very compelling.
I found it just fine. Nothing noticeably bad about it but I didn’t find the plot or any of the characters very compelling. That said, I could see Death being an interesting character in other stories.
Nothing noticeably bad about it but I didn’t find the plot or any of the characters very compelling. That said, I could see Death being an interesting character in other stories.
Now I’m reading Mort and I can confirm the books DO get better than they already are.
Mort, gives you a good sense of how Discworld is laid out/ functions.
I recommend going a few books later, and start with Guards Guards or Mort to get a better feel of Discworld.
Mort is a better intro book, imo, and the other two are the first books in the Watch and Witches series, respectively.
I also listened to Mort as my first ever Mistborn novel. Love the voice of Death. I really enjoyed this one but I did get lost a few times through the book.
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