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Originally Posted by jackm8
I guess the point, as it was discussed before, is that some novels just work, simply because they were written as a full work. When author spends decades writing about the same work, his outlook changes, his plots get diverged, and the quality subsequently plummets.
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Of course, but as I said, there are plenty of fantasy authors who don't spend decades on the same series; they finish one series and write others not necessarily set in the same world. Another thing is, books are very much a matter of taste. You read Harry Potter in its entirety, but quit Sanderson almost immediately - for me it was vice versa. I quit Harry Potter after the first book and have never been tempted to read the rest, while I've read several Sanderson books and liked them.
That I don't like some authors and their works has never been a reason for me to give up on the genre as a whole. There are books and authors in every genre I read that I've disliked, often well-known and loved by many other people. We all have our preferences and tastes, of course. I just find it strange to quit reading the genre I previously loved because I happened to read some authors I didn't like.
You could always pick a finished trilogy or tetralogy instead of multi-volume epics. There are lots of those in fantasy.