[pdurrant]

%^^%$% Trilogies that aren't!

I've just finished Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb. It was supposed to be the first book in a trilogy. It's not. It's the first third of a very long book.

The second third is only recently out. The last third will hopefully be out mid-next-year, but I won't be buying it until the paperback and a lower ebook price arrive sometime mid-2012.

I knew it was a new trilogy. I should have remembered it'd be a long time until the last volume. But I didn't know that the story would just stop (literally) mid-stream. There /was/ a logical break point a chapter or two earlier, but this break point makes no sense. It's like stopping a.

Just like that.

Oh well, perhaps I'll remember it fondly enough in a couple of years time to buy the other two books in the 'trilogy'.

It's certainly forcefully reminded me that half-done trilogies are risky reads.

[UPDATE: I was wrong. It's the first part of a single book split over two physical books. So I should be able to buy the second half around April next year for a reasonable amount. I feel a little better.]