2024 Reading Challenge: A book published 24 years ago (aka in 2000)

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The Truth by Terry Pratchett

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


William is the black sheep of the de Worde family - meaning he has ethics and a conscious. He strikes out on his own and starts earning money by collecting information of the goings-on in the city for a newsletter that he sells to people who cannot be bothered to do it themselves.

Soon he partners with a bunch of Dwarves who have started using moveable type to quickly and cheaply mass produce things - undercutting the engravers guild with cheaper, quicker and better quality output - and The Times is born.

When investigating a potential news story, it's learned that Lord Vetinari is suspected of murder. Not believing what he hears, William and the rest of The Times crew work to bring the truth to the people.

++++

What I love about the Discworld books is that you can pretty much pick up a book anywhere in the series and not have to worry too much about what you've missed. This one does have some references to past books but it's not a detriment if you have not read them.

I also love how all of the books are Satirical stories about real world issues - this one deals with the truth in journalism.

All in all a good solid book for the series.




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