Terry Pratchett - Going Postal

Pros: Just gets better and better...
Cons: ... after a slow start.

Going Postal is another in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. For those of you that have never read a Discworld novel before (shame on you… or maybe on me… or probably on DrDevience, whatever happens…), the Disc is a ...

Pros: wonderful characterization and writing
Cons: drags a bit in the middle

It's autumn, which must mean it's time for a new Terry Pratchett book. Now that I'm caught up with the old ones, I must admit this yearly wait is very agonizing. So when I finally got my hands on Going Postal, I was almost drooling. Thankfully, ...

Pros: Very entertaining with a special undertone for those closet stamp collectors among us
Cons: not quite what the earlier books were

Discworld is a flat world on the backs of four elephants on the back of a giant turtle perpetually swimming through space. Here, all roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork (those that say they lead to it are just walking the wrong way). Ankh-Morpork is ...

Pros: Comparisons to the real world, excellent supporting characters.
Cons: Lack of empathy for lead, missing one-liners.

"Going Postal" is Terry Pratchett's twenty-ninth novel set on the magical Discworld. This world were trolls, dwarves, vampires and werewolves rub shoulders with humans in polite society bares a bizarre, yet frightening resemblance to our own be it ...

Pros: Terry Pratchett is good for the soul but bad for the eyes.
Cons: Waiting a long while to forget enough plot details so you can read it again.

It's a challenge to review more than a few of Terry Pratchett's books without succumbing to repetition along the way. The consistent excellence of his writing is such that, over time, the reviewer would have to thumb thru several thesaurus editions or, ...

Pros: A Pratchett classic!
Cons: May not appeal to non Pratchett fans.

Review of 'Going Postal' a novel by Terry Pratchett This review is based on the paperback version of the book, ISBN 0-552-14943-8, 474 pages, cover price £7.99. About The Book Going Postal is the 29th Disc World novel ...

Pros: Just a whole lot of fun.
Cons: Slightly addictive

You know, I've read all of Mr Pratchett's books in this series, and I think this is my favourite so far. It's maybe a little dark in places (particularly under piles of mail) and maybe a little slow in others (like, oh, say, the mail?) but I found it ...