"Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett - Book Review
There are times in your life when you have to make a choice, and none of the options available are particularly tempting.
Moist von Lipwig faces such a choice.
He can either go put the Ankh-Morpork's postal service back into working order, or he can go for the more...
final solution.
After a failed attempt at escape - well, anyone would try, wouldn't they - Moist finds himself trying to find out the truth.
There is a hidden, dark secret involving the post office and some people are determined that he won't find out.
But secrets have a way of getting themselves exposed.
And the mail has to be delivered...
Not everyone is happy with Moist's growing determination.
The Grand Trunk Semaphore Company has a secret of its own and it was doing just fine without the postal service being up and running, thank you very much.
And there is a dangerous being on the loose, with a taste for pigeons.
Moist's only aides are ancient Junior Postmaster Groat and his charge Stanley, a young man with a pin addiction.
And then there's Adora Bell Dearheart, a woman unlike any other Moist has ever met.
And let's not forget the Post Office Worker's Friendly and Benevolent Society...
The mail must be delivered, come rain, garden tools, dogs, and big green things with teeth.
"Going Postal" is a Discworld novel.
It is set in the infamous Ankh-Morpork, that melting pot of different cultures and fascinating characters.
If you haven't been introduced to the Discworld before, you can jump right in with this one.
Most of the main characters are brand new, and you will soon feel right at home.
Like any other Discworld novel, this book will likely make you want to read the rest of them, but that's a risk you will just have to take.
If you are already familiar with the Discworld novels, you won't be disappointed with this one.
Con artist Moist von Lipwig is a fascinating character.
He has his very own way of seeing the world and he is not necessarily nice, but he is likeable, in a morbidly fascinating sort of way.
Terry Pratchett's characters tend to have this unique blend of being rather entertaining and fascinating, and perhaps a bit peculiar, but they are also so very human that they are instantly recognisable and you can't help but sympathise with them.
This is part of Pratchett's art.
"Going Postal" held my interest from beginning to end.
In fact, I had a difficult time closing it to get some sleep.
It's a series of giggles, a walk on a tightrope, balancing between humor and morality, a flow of jokes and puns and heart-warming vision.
Every Discworld novel is an adventure.
I have yet to find one I regretted taking part in.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone.
According to the author's bio, Terry Pratchett lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'.
He was appointed OBE in 1998 and his first Discworld novel for children, "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents", was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.
"Going Postal" is the twenty-ninth novel in the Discworld series.
It was originally published in Great Britain by Doubleday, a division of Transworld Publishers.
The ISBN is 0-552-14943-8.
Moist von Lipwig faces such a choice.
He can either go put the Ankh-Morpork's postal service back into working order, or he can go for the more...
final solution.
After a failed attempt at escape - well, anyone would try, wouldn't they - Moist finds himself trying to find out the truth.
There is a hidden, dark secret involving the post office and some people are determined that he won't find out.
But secrets have a way of getting themselves exposed.
And the mail has to be delivered...
Not everyone is happy with Moist's growing determination.
The Grand Trunk Semaphore Company has a secret of its own and it was doing just fine without the postal service being up and running, thank you very much.
And there is a dangerous being on the loose, with a taste for pigeons.
Moist's only aides are ancient Junior Postmaster Groat and his charge Stanley, a young man with a pin addiction.
And then there's Adora Bell Dearheart, a woman unlike any other Moist has ever met.
And let's not forget the Post Office Worker's Friendly and Benevolent Society...
The mail must be delivered, come rain, garden tools, dogs, and big green things with teeth.
"Going Postal" is a Discworld novel.
It is set in the infamous Ankh-Morpork, that melting pot of different cultures and fascinating characters.
If you haven't been introduced to the Discworld before, you can jump right in with this one.
Most of the main characters are brand new, and you will soon feel right at home.
Like any other Discworld novel, this book will likely make you want to read the rest of them, but that's a risk you will just have to take.
If you are already familiar with the Discworld novels, you won't be disappointed with this one.
Con artist Moist von Lipwig is a fascinating character.
He has his very own way of seeing the world and he is not necessarily nice, but he is likeable, in a morbidly fascinating sort of way.
Terry Pratchett's characters tend to have this unique blend of being rather entertaining and fascinating, and perhaps a bit peculiar, but they are also so very human that they are instantly recognisable and you can't help but sympathise with them.
This is part of Pratchett's art.
"Going Postal" held my interest from beginning to end.
In fact, I had a difficult time closing it to get some sleep.
It's a series of giggles, a walk on a tightrope, balancing between humor and morality, a flow of jokes and puns and heart-warming vision.
Every Discworld novel is an adventure.
I have yet to find one I regretted taking part in.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone.
According to the author's bio, Terry Pratchett lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'.
He was appointed OBE in 1998 and his first Discworld novel for children, "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents", was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.
"Going Postal" is the twenty-ninth novel in the Discworld series.
It was originally published in Great Britain by Doubleday, a division of Transworld Publishers.
The ISBN is 0-552-14943-8.
