[ SECRET POST #5172 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5172 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.
[Legend of Fei]



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02.
[Spaceballs]


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03.


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04.
[Mo Dao Zu Shi, Gideon the Ninth]


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05.
[Tales of Berseria]


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07.
[Berserk]


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08.
[Supernatural, Gabriel/Rowena]







Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I liked GtN (there was more crime story in it than I was lead to expect (of the "x amount of people stuck in one place, deaths start to happen" variety)), but I struggled as hell with the sequel and abandoned it after one third, because the author went really deep into "let's try to show the mental issues of the character by making things as confusing as possible for the reader" stick, and it just lost me.

I wish fantasy (and s-f) would produce more stand alone books.

[tabaqui]

Aaaah, that just makes me more wary. Argh.

I wish they would, too. Or do something almost like shared worlds, and have a big cast of characters and different stories that interlock. Crossovers. :D

[(Anonymous)]

For what it's worth most goodreads reviewers disagree with my opinion on the second book, so...

But honestly, I think it would often benefit new authors to start smaller - it's easier to control, structure-wise, and, as you noted, you can still build it up into a "shared universe" and benefit from having a series.

[tabaqui]

Exactly. Seems like a lot of writers get ambitious to do a trilogy, but then seem to just...get lost. Or forget the story, or want to suddenly change it up....