How often are you all not finishing a defined series of books (trilogy, etc.)?
So, I am about to finish Ada Palmer's Too Like the Lightning, and it's good, but for a variety of reasons, I do not think I'll continue with the series anytime soon. This got me thinking of how often I start a series/trilogy and stop after 1 book, vs the ones I have actually taken to completion recently. And given that this is a hobby, it's not like it matters if I don't finish the series, but it's funny how this is starting look like a trend, and bug me. Does anyone else ever think about this?
Series I've finished in recent years:
- Pierce Brown's Red Rising (1st trilogy)
- John Scalzi's Interdependency
- Will Wight's Cradle
- CS Lewis' Space Trilogy
- BrandoSando's Stormlight (I mean, I'm current on the 1st arc), Skyward, Mistborn, etc.
All of these were more or less books I couldn't put down, which is why I stuck with them.
Now, here are series I've recently stopped after the 1st book:
- Annihilation
- Children of Time
- Hyperion
- Dungeon Crawler Carl.
I'm not opposed to finishing any of them, they just didn't grab me the way I thought they would. I'm pretty sure I'm going to commit and read the other 3 Children of Time books...the space opera vibe and big ideas definitely were compelling. Not sure I'll ever go back to Annihilation or Terra Ignota. Hyperion is too big of a deal in Scifi for me to never revisit...the first book was just not what I expected.
Anyone else ever do this, or am I the weird one that doesn't commit and power through a full series?