Also, the author does a disservice to Small Gods (also, oddly names the god Om as GamesStop, was that humor?), but this novel is one of the best ones in my opinion -- self-contained and both humorous and strangely moving.
To each their own, but to me the Tiffany books definitely felt weaker and felt like Terry Pratchett was restricting himself in terms of worldbuilding, human complexity (which Discworld usually portrays very well), and narrative. I hadn't knownn they were meant as YA fiction, but looking back, that would explain the mild feeling of lack-of-Discworld-richness to the books.
They aren't bad books by any means - just today, I was thinking about the "third thoughts" idea from one of these books and how interesting a mental model it is - but they certainly have a different feel from the rest of them.
agree that it's one of the best
'you don't know what they mean / they know what they mean'
Memestocks get their value not through some form of fundamentals but how many people believe in them.
Also, I find it slightly distasteful to refer to works of literature I like with the fad term du jour.
I can't say I liked this article overall.