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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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[–] marty_relaxes@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

I think that's completely fair!

light spoilers for BabelAnd I also think you hit the nail on the head with both the way it introduces the 'magical' world and then pulls the rug out underneath you and protagonist in quite a distressing fashion. Pretty clever actually!