Mort - I want a horse called Binky (Mort - Terry Pratchett)

Member Name: puddingmancan

Product:	Mort - Terry Pratchett
Date:	09/10/09 (51 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: To many to mention

Disadvantages: People look at you funny when your laughing on the train

Mort was the book that started me reading Pratchett and is a book that makes such fun out of an idea that you'd never have imagined.

The concept of Death needing an apprentice captures the imagination from the very start of this book. Added to that the bizarre character traits Pratchett gives him (He likes cats, enjoys curries and His horse is called Binky) leaves you confused, amused and doubting all you have been brought up to believe.

His choice of a gangely, knocked-kneed youth named Mort, presents us with another of Pratchett's favoured unlikely/incompetent hero's whose adventures unfold like a comedy of errors but, as in all good adventures, the hero wins through in the end.

Terry Pratchett takes the reader on yet another magical journey of character descriptions, colourful places and weird happenings. His story telling is so vivid you can almost believe your there.

Again the book is fast and hilarious, and leave you wondering what goes on in his head to create such amazing tales.

Summary: One of the best discworld books