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Books that end in a cliffhanger to get you to buy the next book in the series.
I don't find this as objectionable when the books in question are, basically, telling one story (i.e., LoTR, WoT), but I don't like it when books in a series that simply have the same characters do this.
The "Marla Mason" (an urban fantasy series) did this: the first 3 books were basically independent books with the same characters and universe, but were otherwise completely separate books (i.e., Hardy Boys style). The 4th book essentially began the same way, but when you arrived at the end, only one of the main plot threads had been resolved...the other was to be continued in the next book.
I haven't bought another book in that series.
Does no one read Aristotle anymore? I want catharsis! (And I want it now!)
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