Really amusing. Hey, it's DEATH vs a philosopher, you know you'll like it. I even added a quote here. It's really short though, so be prepared for a sudden ending.
It's a Gaiman fairytale, about a wonderful boy among the vikings and their gods, and that's all you need to know.
This is very much a book by Jasper Fforde, and if you've read other books by him, you'll recognise his humour, his phrasing, and his worldbuilding. Which is why I liked the book well enough, but not more than that.
The protagonist is well written. I liked her as a person and a character. I appreciated that he gender was in no way important to the story - this is rarely done well and very refreshing.
The story was a bit boring and dragged on (or didn't catch my interest), but, as always, Fforde compensates with excellent, tongue-in-cheek worldbuilding, which I enjoyed a lot. As always, political and corporate structures make an awesome weird sort of sense.
Overall, a nice book, but nothing special.
This one is short and nice (well, no. Not nice, but if you know Punch and Judy shows, you'll enjoy it). Available online for free on lspace: http://www.lspace.org/books/toc/toc-english.html#fn1.
Read more Pratchett, yo.