#5 Platform - Making Money

Another take on how a con man can bring great change where the regular man can't.

Book #50: Making Money
Author: Terry Pratchett
Provenance: Received as a gift (?) from grysar

I've been a big Pratchett fan for a long time, but I don't feel bound to any of the old series (even my favorite one, the Guards books). I thus find it very nice to get the second of the Moist von Lipwig books, looking at a con man turned to the straight and narrow by the Patrician and made to reform various institutions in the city. At the end of the last one, it was heavily hinted that he'd be made to clean up the banks and mint next, and that's exactly where this book goes.

I liked this one quite a lot, really. There's the regular Pratchett writing style, with all the puns, wordplay and wittiness, and with the plot twists to boot; many of them, I didn't get, and it's nice to see the story roll along. The characters were pretty interesting and easy to sympathize with; I do like Lipwig quite a lot, and you get to see more of the Patrician in these books, as well. Pratchett is still in fine form, and it's a fast, fun and enjoyable read. The plot doesn't come together quite as elegantly as some other of his books, but it's still very well done. It's not the best place to start the series, but if you know and like it already, you won't be disappointed at all here.

Next up: Little Green Men. If I'm watching X-Files now, this seems to fit well, too.