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If he can convince me to enjoy Prachett, I'd say bring him on. I really want to like him.
I think you need to understand that Pratchett is a satirist, more than a fantasy writer. Like Douglas Adams, who employed SF tropes to write satire, Pratchett does so with Fantasy tropes. But he's not interested in portraying great sagas of heroic deeds; he's interested in making fun of such stories. And, for his fans, this works in no small part because many Fantasy writers (start with Tolkien) are in love with their grandeur and utterly devoid of a sense of humor.
In order to fully understand this, you need to read The Truth.
caw