reading (Making Money)
May. 19th, 2011 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eorI finished Terry Pratchett's "Making Money" on Monday night, if I recall correctly. I think this book suffered from too many subplots disease. There were a lot of little things going on and getting around to all of them was like waiting the counter at a fish and chips shop on Good Friday. The other result was that the climax of the book started at about 2/3 of the way through the book and the remainder was denouement.
This book lacked the pointed criticism that accompanies many of Pratchett's explorations of professions. Yes, he makes fun of people bloated with indulgence, but it's just generally poking them in their oversoft bellies and vague mentions of bank failures. It illustrates the historic argument around the gold standard. But Pratchett didn't offer a word on the manipulation of money markets, bubbles, and carefully orchestrated insanity where those conducting get rich and those playing along lose their shirts, their homes, and their jobs. Maybe that's because he couldn't figure out how to make the good guys win under such circumstances. That I can understand, neither can I.
17. Terry Pratchett "Making Money"
This book lacked the pointed criticism that accompanies many of Pratchett's explorations of professions. Yes, he makes fun of people bloated with indulgence, but it's just generally poking them in their oversoft bellies and vague mentions of bank failures. It illustrates the historic argument around the gold standard. But Pratchett didn't offer a word on the manipulation of money markets, bubbles, and carefully orchestrated insanity where those conducting get rich and those playing along lose their shirts, their homes, and their jobs. Maybe that's because he couldn't figure out how to make the good guys win under such circumstances. That I can understand, neither can I.
17. Terry Pratchett "Making Money"
