I thought
Going Postal was not as good as many others, but much better than
Monstrous Regiment, which preceded it. Actually, most of MR was okay… I just didn’t feel that the end was… ready?... believable. I always feel weird saying that, because I mostly feel that anything can happen in Discworld. But I think that only pertains to the world. The people are ordinary, for the most part… even more ordinary than you would expect people who live in a place like Discworld (or who are characters in a fantasy) to be, most of the time. Especially in this book, at least the main character. And I think the end, the part I didn’t believe, was a people thing… SEMI-SPOILER (I tried to be as discreet as possible. Those who have read the book should know what I mean)… I just couldn’t believe that that many people could get away with that with only one person knowing, or that they could get to be so important and still let that be forbidden. Especially if people mostly follow the Duchess…. I don’t think she would disapprove, even if whichever god does… (was it Nuggan? I know he forbids weird things… or was it the Duchess that disapproved anyway, or not a religion thing at all? I can’t remember, and I don’t really care to read the book again…) END OF SEMI-SPOILER
The Watch is better, anyway. Much deeper characters… probably the deepest books are all the Watch after the first one,
Witches Abroad, and
Reaper Man…