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[-] 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.

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