Discworld is great! I am of the rare opinion that publication order is just fine, the earliest books mock a lot of 80's standard fantasy tropes but I think that's hilarious?
For anon: I read the first Malazan and was meh on it. The problem is not that there are "too many characters" (if you can handle WoT you can absolutely handle Gardens of the Moon, lol), but everyone is just getting jerked around by the gods/magic so I didn't feel like there was enough character agency. Yeah WoT has that problem too, but in my experience, Gardens of the Moon was worse. review here: https://primeideal.dreamwidth.org/115180.html
thanks for the insight on both for anon and I! <3









