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Originally Posted by chlorine
In a similar way, I've heard people say that the discworld series by Pratchett starts to be really good only from the 5th book or something (I read the first 3-4 books and found them enjoyable, but not enough to make me want and read the rest).
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As far as Pratchett goes, his first books were good, they got better, then they went downhill a bit, then they've picked up again incredibly. In my opinion, obviously. I kept buying his stuff in the hopes it would get better again - which, thankfully, it did.
But there have been other series where I've just given up - the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, for example. Actually, all of McCall-Smith's ongoing stuff.
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So, in the case of a highly praised series, if you don't find the first book really enjoyable, will you try and give the next book a chance?
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Nope.
