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Originally Posted by afa
As I said, every one is allowed that. I have never read any series that remained outstanding for every page of its run, and don't expect I ever will.
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And therein lies the problem. Clunkers are just accepted as the norm in large multi-volume series. I'm not buying into it. I chuck a series when it becomes apparent that the author has more book than story. Which unfortunately seems to be the norm in epic fantasy.
And I love epic fantasy. I prefer stand-alone novels, but I'm still OK if they can wrap it up in two or three books and move on to something new. A Song of Ice and Fire was originally planned as a trilogy—and that was
still the expectation when I was reading the first book in 1996.