Quote:
Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
Of course not. But sometimes a series starts out strong, like WOT, and then the author decides to 'milk' the thing, and the next 7 books go nowhere and do nothing. Sometimes, you don't know till you hit that execrable volume, then if you are like me, you feel hoodwinked. That is how life sometimes works.
|
That's why I typically avoid series, or try to read them only after they've finished. Preferably, the series should be short (3-5 books).
If the books are episodic and just feature a recurring character (the Fletch books for instance), that's a different story.