Going Postal
Ratings202
Average rating4.4
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Ratings202
Average rating4.4
Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into ... a government job? By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork. Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may prove an impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, greedy Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical headman. But if the bold and undoable are what's called for, Moist's the man for the job -- to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every being, human or otherwise, requires: hope.
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This is not a book that had to be set on the Discworld. That Terry Pratchett does choose to place the unexpectedly likable Moist von Lipwig within the political climate of Ankh-Morpork is quite the flex. It's an author using his considerable world-building to deepen the humour and vibrancy of a polemic on corporations. Pratchett pulls it off with the Discworld's arsenal of guest star's from the Patrician, the City Watch and even Unseen University chiming in to enhance your return on investment. :)
Pratchett is such a master. This story is fun, light, surprising, and fanciful. You don't need to be immersed in the series to enjoy it.
I wish I had read this one before Making Money, though.
putting this down cause i’m not really liking it much. maybe i’ll return to it someday but so far vetinari feels like he’s being overused ☹️
This book started out slowly, it took a while to care for the main character. The first meeting held by Lord Vetinari with other town representatives took way too long, and I was thinking that he was the main character of this story.
Then the real main character Moist came into the picture, and as the story unfolded, I couldn't believe this was really going to be a book about a postal worker. Were it not for the intelligent style of writing of Terry Pratchett I might have stopped reading the book.
Things started to get interesting when the con artist began to use his skills for the public service. During the book he is confronted with another one like him, but more powerful and really evil. He must find a way to outwit him.
I really liked how he changed his evil ways by forcibly having to interact with common, good, hard-working people. He saw the harm his lies have caused in the past in the lives of so many innocents, when used for selfish interest.
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41 primary books49 released booksDiscworld is a 49-book series with 41 primary works first released in -422 with contributions by Terry Pratchett, Jan Kantůrek, and Andreas Brandhorst.
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3 primary booksDiscworld - Moist von Lipwig is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Terry Pratchett.
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6 primary booksDiscworld - Industrial Revolution is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Terry Pratchett.
