Reviews for Going postal

The average rating for Going postal based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-08-30 00:00:00 Brittany Marshall 3.5 stars This is only my 2nd Discworld book, so technically, I've skipped over 32 books to get to Going Postal. I didn't care for the 1st book in the series, but this one kept getting recommended to me over and over again, so I thought I'd give the audiobook version a shot. The first several hours were kind of boring and unfunny (to me) so I ended up giving up on it and listening to a few romance novels and a Sherlock Holmes story before I came back and finished it out. Basically, I ran out of other stuff to listen to and was forced into it. BUT. Amazingly, the story got a lot better! It wasn't necessarily what I would personally call 'funny' but it was clever. And on the upside, you really don't need to have read any of the other books in the series to understand what is going on. I mean, I'm sure I missed out on a lot of inside jokes, but since I didn't think the regular jokes were particularly hilarious, I'm 100% ok with that. The gist is that this lovable con artist gets executed for his crimes...but not really. Lord Vetinari recruits him forcibly into the role of Postmaster. At which point, Moist von Lipwig finds himself saddled with crazy co-workers, shadowed by a golem parole officer, stuck in a rundown building with some sort of reality-warping machine at its core, harassed by corporate villains who are trying to kill him, and almost unconsciously chasing after a strangely sexy golem placement agent/advocate who smokes like a chimney. I honestly think that once you get past the first 3d of the book, this thing really picks up. The short version is that this sucker is a cautionary tale about corporate monopolies set in a fun alternate universe. The long version is...well, much longer. Recommended for fans of Discworld. Stephen Briggs - Narrator Publisher: HarperAudio Edition: Unabridged Awards: Audie Award Nominee Margaret A. Edwards Award

Review # 2 was written on 2019-11-06 00:00:00 Adam Strickland Reading for the 400th time. I needed the comfort, and the escape, and the world which has a lot of darkness so you can see the light better. God I miss Pratchett.