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[+] AmosBurton@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] klemptor@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I turn 42 in a few weeks and decided to finally read HGttG because I thought it was a shame that I hadn't yet done so, being a fan of both scifi and absurdism. I didn't grok it. People seem to really love this novel, and I kept waiting to have an ah-ha! moment where I understood what the appeal was, but it never happened. I'm sort of bummed about it. :/

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

English humor has a certain style to it that doesn’t click for everyone. And some books one just can’t connect with - I have tried reading the Wizard of Earthsea books several times, but it always feels like I’m blind in them.

I’ve found with Pratchett that I had to do the Tiffany Aching books first to really feel his writing; then I was able to read his other stories.

But sometimes it’s exposure; it takes me about a quarter of a book to ‘get’ Shakespeare, then my brain clicks with it and I can read all his plays without trouble.