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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Kind of what Graham says (although I do not recall where I stopped.)
If the first isn't your thing, I doubt the series will work out because frankly I thought the first 3 or so were the strongest.
I feel that way about mumble Dresdenmumble. I love UF. I love them whether they are male protags or female. I like Frank Tuttle, John Levitt, Benedict Jacka and many other authors. I managed the first mumbleDresden. I even started the second. And yanno, I just do not get the attraction. So I moved on to something I liked better!
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IME, almost every series that goes for more than a trilogy starts to take a down turn shortly after the 3rd book. Some can make it to 5 books, but that's not very frequent. However, I think when the author switches things up and changes who the protagonist is or the time frame the story takes place in, it can be almist unlimited. Sort of like The Lord of the Rings and other middle earth related novels.
In any case, most series focus on one protagonist and there is only so much you can do to keep things interesting that way, IMO of course.
Not that people can't enjoy later books in long series but I think unless you are very loyal to a character or author it gets hard to read after a few books.