The Truth

I don't know what it is, but the Industrial Revolution books just don't seem engaging to me.

FALSE

it has been far too long since I'd read a Discworld book

In which printing and newspapers come to the Discworld. Near the beginning, I laughed out loud several times, but it gets more serious as it goes on, which I think is rather a pity. Quite a good variety of characters, and I like Otto the vampire photographer. Mr Tulip, a thug with a talent for art appreciation, strikes me as rather implausible, but perhaps that's a strange comment to make about a Discworld character.

Ahhh... this is more like it! Nuanced story filled with complex characters, troubling ethical dilemmas, lovely-just-lovely dialog. Integrity and decency; journalism, its perils, its enemies; toss in some antiracism and antixenophobia, plus responsible people acting honorably in difficult circumstances, and THIS is why we read Sir Terry.

I just adore Mr Tulip.

Another gem from the late, great Terry Pratchett.