読書狂 reviewed Making money by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series -- 36)
solid, funny, but not mind-blowing
4 stars
very funny, and has a lot of Vetinari in it, which i always enjoy, but i don't know... maybe it's because i took a break for a couple of days in the middle, but it seemed a little off somehow? like, i was following all the different threads, you know, assuming that they'd eventually all come together, but somehow when they did, i was kind of surprised? i had the feeling in the beginning that the golems were only there because Spike needed to be in the story (more Spike please) and that's her entire gig, but then of course about halfway through it becomes pretty obvious what they are and where they're going to end up, and i don't know. i mean, i get the joke, and i'm not sure how else Moist was supposed to get out of it, but it felt a little deus ex machina? despite …
very funny, and has a lot of Vetinari in it, which i always enjoy, but i don't know... maybe it's because i took a break for a couple of days in the middle, but it seemed a little off somehow? like, i was following all the different threads, you know, assuming that they'd eventually all come together, but somehow when they did, i was kind of surprised? i had the feeling in the beginning that the golems were only there because Spike needed to be in the story (more Spike please) and that's her entire gig, but then of course about halfway through it becomes pretty obvious what they are and where they're going to end up, and i don't know. i mean, i get the joke, and i'm not sure how else Moist was supposed to get out of it, but it felt a little deus ex machina? despite the earlier set up??? i guess i'm just not sure (slight spoilers i guess, but it's pretty obvious by about halfway through if you've ever read another T Pratchett book) why we needed to replace the gold at all??? i also thought that Moist getting into banking was a bit forced. i'm not sure anyone could have recreated the magic of how Moist got into Post Office-ing, so i was curious how Pratchett was going to work this one, and i'm having trouble coming up with a rational reason why it didn't work for me, but it just didn't. Maybe Going Postal was a little too good in that sense, and it spoiled me for the rest of Moist's books? anyhow, Mr Bent's whole story line was hilarious - "Watch out! He's got a daisy!" "Yes, I know," is possibly the funniest exchange in any Discworld novel - and there's a couple of Watch cameos too... anyway, all in all, it's not a /bad/ novel, i think it's just that having read 35 other Discworld novels, i know how good they can be, and this one's just kind of... normal. meh, 4 out of 5 stars, glad i read it, but wouldn't read it again.
