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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
One great example for me would be the Mercedes Lackey series Collegium Chronicles. All of the major story arcs are only going to be tied into the final book. All of the items tied up in books 1 & 2 are not made clear as to why they are important or as to their meaning. The characters were only reacting to situations...sooooo....you have to read the last book to get any type of satisfaction in the trilogy, period. It's rather annoying because this is the first time she's done this. .
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Oh, I've agreed from the start about Installment series being incredibly annoying. Don't like them in pro-published books, don't like them in fanfic. Which is why I like reviews that mention that the book just stops, or there's a cliff hanger.
But I haven't noticed many of these, or I'm just good at avoiding them. There are a few series I've started that had decent first books in a series, and I just discovered I wasn't interested in anything more in that universe even knowing there was anther book. But I felt they were complete stories all in themselves, beginning, middle and end. The characters and universe just weren't my thing.
And I'm also careful not to start a book that's in the middle of a series. I realize that so much of the story may be in the main story-arc that it may not feel complete even if it's a full story. But the first books haven't seem to have that problem.
Or as I say, I'm just really good at avoiding them.
