Terry Pratchett has been a constant source of entertainment in a the last few years. Although some of his earlier books are fine as he put out more books his writing becomes fantastic.
This book follows the events in Going Postal. Moist Von Lipwig has taken the post office from a mostly deserted ruin and turned it into a a fully functioning pillar of Ankh-Morpork; so of course he is bored. The place practically runs itself. He soon finds himself getting into trouble. The patrician of the city, Vetinari, encourages him to take up banking. The people of the city have lost trust in the banks and it needs to be turned around. Moist is the man for the job. Only a criminal mind would be able to handle something as corrupt as the banking system. Topsy Lavish is the current Royal Bank chairman and soon appoints Moist to the position. While running the post office they came up with the ingenious idea of stamps. Soon the people of the city started to collect them and even use them to exchange goods. What if the banks started to use a similar idea. Moist soon sets his mind to Making Money!
Pratchett is hilarious and enjoyable. You quick fall in love with his characters and even care for the bad guys as well. His world is a strange and silly counterpart to our own. He uses this to make fun of and embrace all of our inconsistencies. While reading his books you quickly get drawn in and following the twists and turns of the stories make it hard to stop reading at night. It is well worth your time to pick up one of his more recent books.
3 Emotional/Intellectual - Moist is one of Pratchett's best characters. The criminal with a good heart wants to do bad, but can't help doing good.
5 Style/Readability - Pratchett is a fantastic writer and entertains with consistent turns of phrase that makes you smile while describing perfectly.
3 Long Term Impact - The more people find out about Pratchett's work the more word will spread. This is one of the better books from Discworld and hopefully it will inspire more writing like it.
11 out of 13. I really enjoyed Going Postal and if anything I enjoyed Making Money more. Both books are well worth anyone's time. Give them a read you won't regret it.
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