Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2016. Death and his close circle of family/friends are totally awesome pretty much always. Nigel Planer isn't my favourite Terry Pratchett reader - I think Stephen Briggs does the best job of interpreting Discworld's regular cast of characters - but he's pretty good, and the story here is kind of interesting, if you're the sort of person who likes to think about what happens to you after you die. Mort as a book would certainly fail somewhere in my top 15 books of all time. fun characters. On the other hand he can occasionally struggle to make Yssabelle and the princess sound convincing as his voice can sound too deep for them sometimes. I could not reccommend it any higher. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers. Nigel Planer as a narrator is good his voice is clear and distinctive whilst portraying the characters we all know and love. Who's murdering harmless old men? Please note: This is a vintage recording. Nigel Planer isn't my favourite Terry Pratchett reader - I think Stephen Briggs does the best job of interpreting Discworld's regular cast of characters - but he's pretty good, and the story here is kind of interesting, if you're the sort of person who likes to think about what happens to you after you die. Another beautifully written book by Terry Pratchett. But why, you should ask. the writing is of course genius! Have you listened to any of Nigel Planer’s other performances? Nigel is a very good narrator for these books and does a fantastic job in this one. He can barely handle his simple task of ushering souls out of Discworld, but he really screws up when he meets the beautiful Princess Keli, who is scheduled to be assassinated. By: ", " Funny, light, breezy, witty, digressive fantasy about a peasant apprentice to Death. Well, I guess Bill & Ted did it in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey but that's a different story. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series. This going up as one of my favourite fantasy novels of all time. Listen to Mort by Terry Pratchett. Entertaining, high re-readability, mildly profound. A sourcerer is born in Discworld: a wizard so powerful that he makes all other magicians look like a bunch of fools in pointy hats. On the planet of Discworld, phrases like "there's a Death in the family" take on a whole new meaning. © 2005 - 2020 AudioBookStore.com - All Rights Reserved. But Mort's heroism seems to be for naught, since Discworld proceeds as though Keli had been killed, while Death has too much fun drinking and gambling to be any help. By: The way that Nigel Planer manages to bring to life all the characters in the book. I don't think a film of this book would need a particularly witty tag line - and I can't think of one anyway - but perhaps an endorsement wouldn't go amiss... What made the experience of listening to Mort the most enjoyable? This is the fourth book in the Discworld series. note amazon requires 15 words in a review so I'm writing this filler. Why does Death need an apprentice? Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Terry Pratchett. Each one is pretty free standing and while The Color of Magic is the first one written, no one says you HAVE to start with that one...Start with MORT and you'll for sure read more of them!!! Planer is an excellent narrator for characters like Death with a rather dry and sometimes unintentional sense of humour so I would say Death is his best character. Feared, misunderstood and utterly lonely, Death only wants to understand the joys of the lives he takes. And particularly when your only visible means of support is a recently acquired qualification from the Guild of Assassins. Shall they worry? That being said, his dour awesomeness isn't the main focus of this entry, as the action primarily centres on the character of Mort.
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