[ SECRET POST #4678 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4678 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This secret makes no sense.

If your friend likes these books enough to recommend them and thinks they're similar to Pratchett, then that means your friend will probably enjoy Pratchett.

You are the one who both dislikes these books and thinks they're dissimilar to Pratchett. Thus it makes perfect sense that you like the latter but not the former.

(As to why your friend has never gotten into Pratchett despite expecting to enjoy his books: there are lots of possibilities, but I'd bet on intimidation at the sheer volume of Discworld.)

[(Anonymous)]

If OP's friend isn't actually familiar with Pratchett's writing, then they're not really a reliable judge of whether or not these books are similar to Pratchett.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe, or maybe the friend has sampled a few chapters of Pratchett without finishing the book and has at least a small idea of what they're talking about.

Either way, there's absolutely no reason for OP to hear their friend say, "I really like these books! They're funny and like Pratchett!" and conclude, "Ah ha! If my friend likes these books and thinks they're similar to Pratchett, then obviously my friend dislikes Pratchett." That just straight-up doesn't compute.

[(Anonymous)]

conclude, "Ah ha! If my friend likes these books and thinks they're similar to Pratchett, then obviously my friend dislikes Pratchett."

As far as I can understand, OP's friend has been unable to get into Pratchett. This isn't a conclusion that OP is drawing from the fact that their friend likes these books; it's a fact about their friend that they already, separately know. I'm really confused by your interpretation of the secret tbh

[(Anonymous)]

Comment OP here—my friend told me she found Pratchett’s stuff a slog to get through. Having looked at reviews for Kill the Farm Boy since making this comment, I’m pretty sure my friend was going off reviews calling the books “Pratchett-esque,” “for fans of Terry Pratchett,” etc. And a lot of reviewers seem to use “like Terry Pratchett’s work” as a blanket term for “humorous fantasy” without understanding, well, what made Pratchett’s work work.

[(Anonymous)]

Comment OP here, and my friend only finished Good Omens and started Wyrd Sisters and Lords and Ladies. It’s definitely not the number of books in the series putting her off, she dislikes Pratchett’s writing style and also, idk, how awkward and human the protagonists are?