[IanCal]

I grew up with them so take my glowing reviews with a pinch of salt.

The books are a wonderful take on humans. The discworld has a broad theme that stories are real and powerful in the same way humans often believe them to be. The way we see and talk about the world is how reality works there. So cold is more than the absence of heat, there are deafening silences that drown out sound and gods are formed by and from belief. Many more things but those would often give away part of a discovery that's best found while reading.

The characters range from fun to deep, and feel consistent.

Apart from the first two or three books being quite different, there's a solid consistency and branching and merging set of storylines across 30+ books.

Also there are many references to our world and/or puns that I slowly realise and get now I'm in my 30s. They feel like they contain just so much.

They're not a chore or a slog that's "worth it in the end" and there are various places you can just jump in.