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What are some book series like Harry Potter [quaint, pleasant, deep lore] but less childish and bigoted? (lemmy.world)

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i love asoiaf but it's hard to start rereading atm of course

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[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Unsure about quaint but Discworld is absolutely pleasant and grows a delightful lore around itself. General advice is skip the first two (Pratchett was just figuring it out) and come back to them when you already love Rincewind.

[–] SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried reading Mort, but it's very... dense. While I do enjoy the occasional book with flowery, descriptive language, I got a quarter of the way through it and no real plot happened.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

To each their own!

I find the overall plot is usually secondary to Pratchett using it as a means to talk about whatever. Or cracking absurdly good jokes. And while the plots can be good, Pratchett is really about the journey.

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