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Originally Posted by taosaur
I don't worry too much about endings. In series especially, they're rarely the most satisfying part of the story. Usually they're adequate, and only rarely do they add something substantial to the story. [...]
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It depends on the type of series, i.e. how well the parts stand on their own, or how important the series-spanning story arc really is. The more important it is the more important is completion of the series for me. Compare e.g Vorkosigan with LotR.
There is also the GRR syndrome: Once a series takes off the author's pecuniary and artistic motivations are at odds. At one hand the money is too good, otoh he/she wants to write a good book. Also the editor's influence weakens, and the publisher does not want closure either.
Harry Potter imho is another partial failure. At some point of the series impetus was lost, but the 8 novels were already locked in, so we got 8 increasingly bloated novels instead of 5 good ones.