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Originally Posted by Gandulf
Got Agent of Change as it's free on play books, it's ok but hasn't hooked me.
How does it compare to others in the series and are they what I call TV series book, can skip a book or 2 and still not really be lost in the series.
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I can easily see why it wouldn’t grab you. You can definitely start somewhere else in the timeline. I did, and didn’t miss a beat.
I don’t think
Agent of Change as a good starting point, because it was the first book they’d written, and the authors hadn’t developed their sea legs yet. So I find it a bit too slapstick and over the top. It’s not a good reflection of who the characters really are. And I don’t think the style of the first book reflects the authors’ later writing.
I don’t mean to dis the book. It can be a fun, campy read later, once the characters and Liaden customs are better established. But to me, it’s like the difference between
The Hobbit and
Lord of the Rings. The depth and development aren’t there yet, so the first isn’t a good predictor of the other.