Reaper Man is the second Discworld novel to features Death as the central character (the previous one being Mort). Always good for a giggle, Pratchett does not disappoint with this one.
For one reason or another, Death suddenly finds himself unemployed. When the office of Death is vacated, an imbalance between the forces of life and death has unforeseen consequences, as the 130 year old wizard Windle Poons will soon find out.
As is usual with Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man is a clever and inventive tale full of puns, gags and pop-culture references (the title itself being a play of words on the film Repo Man).
Thematically, the novel examines the importance of caring for and about human beings: it is what life (and Death) is all about. In addition, Pratchett introduces the Fresh Start Club, and is the beginning of the movement towards Ankh-Morpork becoming an increasingly inclusive and cosmopolitan city, a theme he returns to subsequent Discworld novels.
Such a nice way to fill in a lazy weekend.
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