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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm not going to extend an author that much latitude. If I'm not hooked with the first book, I'll move on.
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This rule doesn't leave any room for context. Discworld is 40+ book series, yet the first 2 books are barely over 200 pages. And the rest of them hover around 200-300 pages. You could read both of them and it would still make only an average size 400 page book. Just saying you give up on the first book is understandable if we are talking about a bigger book, but 200 pages? Come on.
It's totally reasonable if you lets say read 700-800+ page first book in a trilogy or a 5-6 book series like ASOIAF or Malazan or Wheel of Time, and say ok this is not for me. But 200 pages? Again, come on, give it a little room for context.
Also on topic, OP read in publishing order. You wont get confused with orders and it's the most natural way. You would have read them that way if you have been following the series from the first print.
I've read the first two books and they are fun, simple parody of fantasy tropes. If you like parody and fantasy you will enjoy them. I also recommend the movie if you like the books.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079959