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Originally Posted by JSWolf
There are lots of series where you get told to keep reading as it does get better.
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I'm not going to extend an author that much latitude. If I'm not hooked with the first book, I'll move on.
I'm usually all over published order as the preferred reading chronology, but I made an exception with the series I just started, Bernard Cornwell's
Sharpe books, after taking opinions here. Don't shoot me, foolish thought, but I think the literariness of the books in question is a factor. Are you there for serious purposes or for the ride?
In any case, the OP wanted opinions and it seems as if the consensus from those who have read them is to start with something other than the first book. The OP can make of that what he will. As for me and Sharpe, I ended up starting with neither the first book published nor the first book in Sharpe's chronology.
