A Perpetual Orgy
Being a record of the readings of Ealasaid

October 15, 2008

Making Money

By Terry Pratchett

I'm a huge fan of Pratchett's to begin with, so it's probably no surprise that I really enjoyed this book. It has a few things that seem a wee bit off, as though Pterry is picking the low-hanging fruit rather than reaching for the better, higher stuff (a recurring bit about a dog playing with a sex toy got a little old for me, for example), but I love Moist von Lipwig and I absolutely adore Vetinari and both have big parts in the book, so I was happy.

This is basically a sequel to Going Postal, but you don't have to have read that to get what's going on. Semi-reformed conman Moist is hemmed in until he takes over the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork, and he completely revolutionizes the banking system. Good stuff. I know only a wee bit about how banking actually works, but I understood what was going on and enjoyed the read.

Book 13 in 2008.

File under: Fantasy

Comments

Excellent. I'm currently reading Going Postal right now and am thoroughly enjoying it - especially Moist. Making Money is on my to read list. I didn't realize that it was a sequel to Going Postal. It's good to know that Pratchett keeps up with the wonderful story telling that I love in his novels. Thanks for the review.

Posted by: Natalie at October 15, 2008 01:26 PM

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