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Originally Posted by haertig
It would be handy to have a thread here, "Series that started off bad, but got good later". Maybe including a "recommended insertion point" for slow readers like myself to jump in at to avoid the earlier not-so-good books. I wouldn't be the best person to start a thread like that, because I would have zero to contribute (since I currently abandon series rather than persevere if they start out bad).
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No reason not to start a thread if you’re seeking info. There are always ways to engage. And the last book club discussion thread I posted along these lines as I abandoned the book, the first in a very popular series, and was done for all time. But I noted how back in the paper day I started series at not the first, as I ran across the books, and I thought there were distinct advantages. I really can’t remember being ruined for a series with that approach.
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The opposite situation, where a series starts off good then goes bad, is easy to recognize and each reader can apply their own ideas about what "goes bad" means.
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My only issue here is that I would frequently read at least a couple of books past the sell-by date, thinking they’d get better again.