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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant were the first fantasy books I ever read. I loved the first 3, wasn't as pleased with the 2nd 3, and own, but still can't force myself to read, the last batch (I think there were 4 in the last "trilogy"). Thomas Covenant was such a unique type of character to me (I mostly read romance and mystery novels, and hadn't discovered urban fantasy until a couple decades later). I liked Mordant's Need as well, but hated the first Gap book so much I never went back and tried to read the rest of them. The only other "epic" type fantasy I read was Jordan's Wheel of Time. I got impatient with doorstopper books that covered only 3 days of time, and gave up on those around book 10 or so.
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Sounds like I'm an exception but I really enjoyed the 2nd trilogy of Thomas Convenant books, more than the first. (I've read the first book of the third "trilogy" but it didn't grab me enough to move the rest up my TBR list.) I HATED, absolutely HATED the Gap series. I read the first two just out of respect for the author and couldn't force myself to finish it. That was 30 years ago, so maybe I'd have a different take. I'm not motivated to try though.
One series that got better for me was the Deryni books, by Katherine Kurtz. The first trilogy (and especially first book) really shows her inexperience as a writer and world builder. The subsequent two trilogies are some of my favorite books ever.