3.5 stars

Mort follows the tale of Death and his new apprentice Mortimer. When Mort cocks up the process of retrieving souls and saves the life of a princess who should have died he throws the universe into chaos. Meanwhile Death is taking a well derserved break and tries to discover the meaning of life.

This was the first Terry Pratchett book I've read and honestly I don't know why I waited so long!! It was so much fun and I love the dry humour and general chaotic energy. I'm definitely looking forward to reading more discworld books in the future.

I really liked the charcaters of both Mort and Death, Mort starts as a classic sweet naive village boy but throughout the book goes through a lot and we see him coming of age. Death has an excellent dry sarcastic personality and was probably my favourite character of the book. I also really enjoyed some of the side characters. I do think I got a bit lost in the plot towards the end of the book but honestly I didn't mind that much because it fit the chaotic tone of the book.

Thank you to the publisher. Discworld is one of my favourite series ever made and it's been so exciting to revisit it.

Another enjoyable and funny foray into the Discworld. This time we join the anthropomorphic personification of Death who has what could probably be described as a midlife (middeath?) crisis and decides he needs a holiday and an apprentice. Enter the eponymous Mort who learns how to wield the scythe but trouble is not far behind.
For those already familiar with this series, this will leave you with a smile on your face due to Terry Pratchett's characteristic wit and the little nods to other books.
If you haven't read any Discworld yet (why not?), this would be a great choice to start with.
The one negative I do have is that the ending was a bit rushed and I would have liked a bit more. But, I still really liked it.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review. #pickupapratchett

Mort by Terry Pratchett is the fourth book in the fantastic Discworld Novels. These Books are a superb read and a must read for every Young teenaged child up to an adult. I remember reading the Discworld books in order, when I was teenagers (many, many moons ago) lying under my quilt at night time with a ever ready battery powered torch (Now I am showing my age) I could not wait to go to bed to open my Terry Pratchett book's and read what happens next in the Discworld adventures.

Within this book we follow the characters of Mort and Death. Mort is a young boy looking for an apprenticeship when who should come along but Death himself. Naturally Death asks for Mort to become his apprentice and give him some time off but Mort doesn't really know what he's doing and things go a little bonkers!
I loved the Death character he is very batty and charming but has a very dark side to him.

So, when I go a chance to read this book again........I didn't need my ever ready battery torch - I had a kindle to read it from. OMG I was transported back in time to by small bedroom hiding under my quilt reading it. This book was still magical from the first time I had read it.

If you have not read any of his books?! where have you been.......I highly recommend all of his books.

Biggest Thank you to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers, Corgi for my copy of Sir Terry Pratchett's Mort Book for a review.

As much as his family loves him, Mort is not cut out to be in the family business. So his father takes him up to the market where he will be chosen by a master, to learn a new craft. The master that choses Mortimer is none other than DEATH.

It seems as if the Discworld novels get newly published as ebooks this summer, and to get people into it, the publisher put some up for request on Netgalley. All perfect entryways into the Discworld series, like this one is.
You see, the Discworld is more of a setting than a strict series, and it has sub-series where different characters meat each other. This one, of course, is one of the DEATH books. You know the guy: Tall, skinny to the point of bony, has a scythe, loves cats.

This was my first time reading this in Englisch, as I started out collecting the Discworld books in German and then decided I want to go to the original. So I knew the plot, but oooh the puns. The puns.

Mort is one of the early books, meaning you have awesome ideas and fun characters, but Pterry's writing abilities were still in formation. If you should happen to dislike the writing, come back later - try the Night Watch, for example.

I like the idea of death as an antropomorphic personification with all it entails: Does death eat? Where does he live? What about his horse? Who mucks out the stables? Who made the place where he lives - and so on and on and on.

Listen, if you've always wanted to get a sense of this series but never knew where to start, this is a good one.

The arc was provided by the publisher.

This is by far one of my favourite Pratchett books. It's filled with the humour and satire that I've come to expect from him, and I just absolutely adore this book. I have very fond memories of reading this the first time around, and I don't feel like you lose any of that feeling upon re-reading for a third/fourth/fifth time.

Many years ago, pre-Goodreads, I remember coming home after being away to be confronted with a burst pipe, water coming through the living room ceiling and ruining many of my books, including my entire Discworld series. When the publisher recently made a number of the fantasy books in the Terry Pratchett series available, I just could not resist rereading some of them. The satire, wit and humour of this series might not be for everyone, but it is for me. Here the wonderful character of Death takes on a apprentice, Mort, satisfied with a position with a number of benefits, he makes a catalogue of errors in a story that includes Death's daughter, the horse Binky, princesses and wizards. This is a joy to reread, fun and hilarious, Pratchett's world building is stellar, and with such terrific characters. Thanks to the publisher.