Book review: Making Money

Today's book review is Making Money by Terry Pratchett.

This is the latest (I believe) Discworld novel, following pretty closely on Going Postal.  It's definitely Discworld.  The world continues to follow its own internal logic, making entirely too much sense for something so silly at its core, and the story itself careens through bizarre and amusing situations deftly, with occasional laugh-out-loud funny bits.  But it doesn't have the spark of really skewering any societal institutions or saying a great deal about the human condition, which means it's not quite as wonderful as I've been expecting from the last few.  A good read, but not great; recommended for die hard Pratchett fans, but anyone who isn't yet a die hard fan probably should seek out Thud or Going Postal instead.  7 out of 10.

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