Elisabel answers “Can I read this book even though I haven't...”

Francesca asked this question about Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2):

Can I read this book even though I haven't read anything else in the Discworld series?

Elisabel Tim's answer is pretty much right. But I *have* read other things in Discworld (not about Death, though), and this book (which I finished today) seeme…moreTim's answer is pretty much right. But I *have* read other things in Discworld (not about Death, though), and this book (which I finished today) seemed really surreal by Discworld standards, and I don't know whether I would or wouldn't have been confused had I not looked at websites that ended up telling me every single plot point beforehand. . . .

But yeah, the main point is - no worries, and also if you don't like one Discworld book there's almost certainly another one, at a later or earlier point in his writing (Pratchett wrote Discworld from when he was in his early thirties and not really a mature writer, to when he was physically unable to write and had to draft and edit by dictation) that you *will* like.(less)

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