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Books : Making Money (Discworld)
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Making Money (Discworld) by: Terry Pratchett List Price: £7.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £3.99 You Save: £4.00 (50%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback EAN: 9780552154901 ISBN: 0552154903 Label: Corgi Books Manufacturer: Corgi Books Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: June 16, 2008 Publisher: Corgi Books Studio: Corgi Books Sales Rank: 343 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Chuckle double effect!Making Money is a Discworld novel and features the Man in the Golden Suit, Ankh-Morpork's Postmaster Moist von Lipwig. Moist is bored. He misses his old, more adventurous life, back when he was Albert Spangler the con artist. So when he's not running the Post Office, he likes climbing to its roof at night, and has already picked all its locks. But when Mrs Topsy Lavish, chairwoman and owner of 50% of the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork, but owner also of Mr. Fusspot the dog who owns 1%, dies and leaves her shares to her dog and bequeaths Mr. Fusspot to Moist... he has no choice but try and make it work again. It starts with the Mint, which actually runs at a loss. Since making coins costs too much and people ... Read More: Rating:  - Bright and breezy... and a bit underwhelming...Ignore the two stars I've given Making Money and read it anyway. Just don't make it the first Pratchett you read or you'll end up feeling a tad underwhelmed and wondering what all the fuss is about. Better points of entry to Discworld include Mort or Soul Music or Night Watch or The Truth or Monstrous Regiment or even Going Postal. Making Money lacks a truly biting satirical edge, lacks the incisive wit and belly-laughs we've come to expect from Pratchett and lacks the multi-layered density of plot of its older siblings. But Moist is a very engaging central character and, for regular visitors to Discworld, time spent in his company is time well-spent. Yes, much of Making Money does feel like a slightly feeble re-run of Going Postal. (A ... Read More: Rating: - My favourite Discworld so farI thoroughly enjoyed this book, even though I had yet not read Going Postal. For me, it was witty enough to stand alone. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Discworld, and also to any fellow bankers who are in need of a comic and incisive portrayal of our industry. Rating: - How does he keep doing it?To my mind Terry Pratchett is the master of all writers. I get excited just knowing a new book is on the way from him and have yet to be disappointed. Making Money has fulfilled me again in the wierd and wonderful Discworld. Once I started I struggled to put it down as I was having so much fun seeing the story develop. Once or twice I got nudged by the wife for giggling in bed but that is what the Discworld books do I'm afraid. If there is anybody out there who has yet to dip their toe, please just do it and hopefully you will not be let down. I envy you the pleasure of discovering a genius with your first book and knowing that there are another 24 out there to be read. Rating:  - An easy readHaving read every discworld book now (usually more than three or four or more times) there are two truths: (1) It is always enjoyable discovering new characters and seeing them interact with the old favourites. The plots are kept fresh and the city 'alive'. (2) There is humour on the surface, and humour underneath, with alternative meanings and insights gained on subsequent readings, making the jokes go on and on..... "Making Money" whilst continuing to explore a new socio-political area of the city, falls fairly flat on both the above 'Pratchett Foundations' and so becomes a pleasant enough easy read but without the depth of other Discworld novels with the plot cramming much in without elaborating or building layers ... Read More: |
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