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Originally Posted by 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.
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I had that problem with the last Frankenstein book from Dean Koontz. The first 3 ended like any book should, but the 4th one just stopped. I had to go through the whole book again (there's no go to page on my kobo) just to make sure I wasn't missing a part of the book. I feel your pain.