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lestatar · 06-11-2011, 11:03 AM

^ Not alone there - not really

I am pretty much the same way for many/most things - a "Completist". However, I can definitely walk a from a series if it goes south on me. I am the same with music.

Cases in point:
- Anne Rice: Vampire Chronicles. She totally lost me after the 4th book. I gave book 5 a shot but really, I gave up on her. She kinda went a little over the edge [i.e. "nutty"] and the books lost their appeal to me.

- Patricia Cornwell: Kay Scapetta series. Same thing, though I stuck around for the first 5-6 books.

- Tom Clancy: While not strictly a series, I add Clancy here because of the Jack Ryan books. But Clancy has lost a great deal of appeal to me, especially after Ryan became president [and Clancy basically used his books from that point on as a bully pulpit to air his own political agenda]. I will still read Clancy [but ONLY Clancy, none of that "Created by Tom Clancy" nonsense], but he is no longer as compelling/a must have author to me as he once was.

So yeah, the first book in a series is especially critical for me in this regard.

Recently, it has been Lee Child's Jack Reacher books that have nailed me, hook, line and sinker.

06-11-2011, 11:03 AM	#2
lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	^ Not alone there - not really I am pretty much the same way for many/most things - a "Completist". However, I can definitely walk a from a series if it goes south on me. I am the same with music. Cases in point: - Anne Rice: Vampire Chronicles. She totally lost me after the 4th book. I gave book 5 a shot but really, I gave up on her. She kinda went a little over the edge [i.e. "nutty"] and the books lost their appeal to me. - Patricia Cornwell: Kay Scapetta series. Same thing, though I stuck around for the first 5-6 books. - Tom Clancy: While not strictly a series, I add Clancy here because of the Jack Ryan books. But Clancy has lost a great deal of appeal to me, especially after Ryan became president [and Clancy basically used his books from that point on as a bully pulpit to air his own political agenda]. I will still read Clancy [but ONLY Clancy, none of that "Created by Tom Clancy" nonsense], but he is no longer as compelling/a must have author to me as he once was. So yeah, the first book in a series is especially critical for me in this regard. Recently, it has been Lee Child's Jack Reacher books that have nailed me, hook, line and sinker. Last edited by lestatar; 06-11-2011 at 11:07 AM.