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pwalker8 · 06-11-2018, 04:25 PM

Ok, the title is a bit of a bait and switch. I tried the first book in a couple of apparently popular series, Zombie Fallout by Mark Tufo and Rookie Privateer by Jamie McFarlane. They were ok. Didn't keep me up all night reading, but I got through them and they had their moments. A lot of people really seem to like them.

When I started to get the next book in the series, I sat there looking at the buy button for a few seconds and it dawned on me. If I have to think about if I want to get the second book, then odds are pretty good that it's time to move on to something else. If I'm ambiguous after the first book, then odds are pretty good that it's not going to get a whole lot better.

Anyone have a series where book 1 was just ok, but the series got better?

06-11-2018, 04:25 PM	#1
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Think about it Ok, the title is a bit of a bait and switch. I tried the first book in a couple of apparently popular series, Zombie Fallout by Mark Tufo and Rookie Privateer by Jamie McFarlane. They were ok. Didn't keep me up all night reading, but I got through them and they had their moments. A lot of people really seem to like them. When I started to get the next book in the series, I sat there looking at the buy button for a few seconds and it dawned on me. If I have to think about if I want to get the second book, then odds are pretty good that it's time to move on to something else. If I'm ambiguous after the first book, then odds are pretty good that it's not going to get a whole lot better. Anyone have a series where book 1 was just ok, but the series got better?