I thought by book 6 or even 7, Lana (the main character) would grow a bit (investigation skills for example) but nope. Every book is pretty much the same so I thought reading 7 books is enough. The 14th book will soon be released which tells me that this will probably be 20 or 30 books long but I don't like Lana enough to follow her slow growth. I can read for the mystery but I find them a bit dull. The one fun thing is the covers - one can enjoy searching for a skull on every cover.
I think reading 12 books is enough since they mostly follow the same format. But I do think Jessica Fletcher is the most health conscious character I've ever read but she didn't interest me enough to continue.
Same reason as book series #1 & 2 - the format was starting to be the same but I was mostly bored with the main characters.
They could have finished the series with book 2 but they didn't. There seems to be no book 3 so far but I probably won't read it.
I like the first book but by book two, I find Chet's (the dog) one-side point of view a bit annoying because we don't know what happen to Bernie when Chet's not by his side and Chet seems to be not by Bernie's side a lot. Also, I think Bernie is just not smart enough to be a detective and for a dog owner, he didn't know his dog too well. Chet seems to encounter a lot of clues but he couldn't tell them to Bernie so most of the time, it's frustrating to know something that took Bernie a long while to figure out. So maybe this series is more about Chet the dog and less about Bernie the human and I just didn't care for that.
Book 1 was great. Book 2 is basically book 1 with more suffering for the ladies which frankly made that entire book hard to endure and they ended a main storyline that started in book 1 as a dead-end and that made me mad. They could have finished the series in book 2 or at least finish that particular storyline but no, they want to make the reader mad so that they will read more books. I say, the heck with this series.
Having read three books (which was part of a 3-book set that included The case of the lazy lover, The case of the lonely heiress, The case of the dubious bridegroom), I had enough of the series. But these three are not the first three books in the series which didn't seem to matter as they seem like standalones. But I wasn't impressed or interested enough to read the rest of the series.
I didn't like enough of these first three books to conitnue the series but it does seem to me that they are all formatted the same way - the children get into some trouble, then it's fine and then the next book they start over.
09 - The Myth of Monsters by Katherine Marsh (2 books read, 2 released so far)
I really did enjoy book 1 but book 2 was almost the same as book 1 with added myths/revelation. Mostly, I'm frusrated by all the storylines where the gods are constantly winning and the children are constantly suffering and any good revelation becomes another depressing story. Is mythology supposed to be this depressing?
I really did enjoy book 1 but book 2 was almost the same as book 1 with added myths/revelation. Mostly, I'm frusrated by all the storylines where the gods are constantly winning and the children are constantly suffering and any good revelation becomes another depressing story. Is mythology supposed to be this depressing?
10 - The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea by Thomas Taylor, Tom Booth (Illustrator) (3 books read, 5 released)
I'm annoyed they kept bringing back the villain after he was killed in book 1 - the damn guy had been killed in every book I read. And they kept promising we would get Herbie's (one of the main character) back story but they put it off until the 5th book, the final book. Even though I want to know, I'm too mad to read the other two books.
What book series you had enough of or given up?
I'm annoyed they kept bringing back the villain after he was killed in book 1 - the damn guy had been killed in every book I read. And they kept promising we would get Herbie's (one of the main character) back story but they put it off until the 5th book, the final book. Even though I want to know, I'm too mad to read the other two books.
What book series you had enough of or given up?
It takes more stamina and perseverance than I have to read a book series of more than 3 books, TOPS.
ReplyDeleteDebra: Books, when they are good, you want more, when they are not good, well, it had opposite effect. I can pretty much read a whole series if I like it.
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I have three long book series that I read and enjoyed, The Dresden Files, 18 books, (Harry Dresden is a Wizard), by Jim Butcher; the Jack Reacher series which numbers 25 books by Lee Child plus six more by Lee Child and his brother Andrew, there are more but I don't buy or read because the changes with the brother are enough for me to say "no more". The third series is Janet Evanovich's comedy "Stephanie Plum" who is a Bounty Hunter and starts with book one; "One for the Money" which was made into a movie, and ends with book 30 when her long time boyfriend finally gives her a ring and asks her to marry him.
ReplyDeleteSmaller series with far fewer books include The Hunger Games, 3 books by Suzanne Collins and a few other series which don't have a "blanket" title but a different title for each book but the story still follows on through each one. The Jack Reacher books follow a theme, but each story can be read as a "stand-alone"
River: I have heard of the Dreden Files but never had an urge to read it. Jack Reacher too, Stepanie Plum - I didn't read them or want to.
DeleteThose book series where each book can be a standalone can run pretty much forever. I suppose if you really like the main characters, you wouldn't might reading a bunch of books with them.
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Too long series ... hmm ... I only remember two, one where I never made it through book one, but do not remember the title any more. It was that boring; and then the childrens book serial in four parts where I was so disappointed with the development, that I think it should plain never have been written. Or the last chapter in book one should be burned, and the book published as a standalone.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of books where I'd like a number two as there's so many loose ends and dangling clues ;)
Charlotte: Some books just provoke not so good feeling. I had read a couple of first books in a series that I simply didn't want to read more.
DeleteI found most books even with standalones didn't always finish all the storylines but sometimes you just have to accept that.
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I sometimes wonder why there are so many in some series when I don't particularly like them. But they will keep publishing them if they are selling. It's all a business.
ReplyDeleteLive and Learn: It really is all about preferences. Some series people love so much, they are willing to read every single book. But yes, book publishing is still a business and readers sometimes loose because that.
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First off - I love your graphics for this post and how they match the header!
ReplyDelete"01 - Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien (7 books read, 13 released so far)"
6/7 books with virtually no growth for the main character is a tad too much indeed...The skull "Easter egg" is fun though!
"02 - Murder, She Wrote by Jessica Fletcher and various authors (12 books read, 62 released so far)
[...] Jessica Fletcher is the most health conscious character I've ever read"
LOL, how so? I don't remember that being in the series (though she used to jog and bike around a lot, so at least she exercised) - I wonder if the book authors added that detail...
"05 - Chet and Bernie by Spencer Quinn (2 books read, 16 released so far)"
16 books and counting from a dog's POV seems a bit too much, especially given the problems you pointed out...
"10 - The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea by Thomas Taylor, Tom Booth (Illustrator) (3 books read, 5 released)
I'm annoyed they kept bringing back the villain after he was killed in book 1 - the damn guy had been killed in every book I read."
Seriously?!? Maybe they want to see how many deaths they can plan for him before they run out of ideas 😂.
Roberta: I didn't think anythings matches but okay.
Delete01 - Those are really fun covers. Strangely, not all of them are by same illustrator.
02 - I just get this impression that Jessica exercise every day even when there was a murder. Maybe she skipped some days but I didn't read all the books.
05 - It seems all the others are still in Chet's viewpoints.
10 - I have no idea why they did that. I guess maybe they couldn't come up with a new villain?
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Jamie (jannghi.blogspot.com): For a while, I tended to binge on series so that they would be complete. Now I seem to read the first book in a series and then never get to the rest. I'm currently trying to find a book quartet from which I have not read the fits one.
ReplyDeleteJamie: I also seem to read lots of first book and giving up on those series. I like to complete reading a lot of series but some of them aren't even finished being written.
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