Lately I've been giving a lot of thought to author second chances. I'm usually one of those people that, if the first book doesn't work for me, I don't try the same author again. But, what happens if you miss out on something really good because you didn't read another book of theirs.
Honestly, if I hadn't given Marissa Meyer a second chance, I would have never found out how great The Lunar Chronicles is because I really didn't like Cinder. So that was a second chance that worked wonderful for me. Then there was the time that I gave Falling Kingdoms a second chance and really started liking the book. Great second chances there.
But what about loving the first book you read by an author and the second book is one of the most disappointing reads you've ever come across? Should you give the author a second chance? (Or would that be a third chance?)
Or what about hearing amazing things about a different book by the author? Do you give it a go?
I honestly love the idea of giving author's more than one book to draw you in and make you a fan - after all, everyone is allowed a clunker and what if the first book I read was that author's? But in practice, I'm terrible at it.
I feel that if I don't like one book by an author, chances are I won't like any others - so why should I bother when there's so many books whose authors might be my next new favorite?
What do you think? Are you good at giving authors more than one book to impress you? Or are you good at giving authors a second chance when a book disappoints you? Or are you like me and love the idea - but have a hard time doing it?
I'd love to know! Tell me how and why and any specific books/authors you've done this with.
Friday, August 7, 2015
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nikihawkes 21p · 501 weeks ago
PS, I enjoyed both Cinder and Scarlet, but hear I haven't seen anything until I've read Cress, lol.
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AmyAelleah 80p · 501 weeks ago
Yes! I thought Cinder was merely okay, liked Scarlet a lot, but I absolutely LOVED Cress. To me, this is a series that just kept progressively improving and also a great example of why I don't want to just stop if there's a chance the book/series/author might improve for me.
nikihawkes 21p · 501 weeks ago
I know what you mean about series that change POV characters with each book… It just seems to suck the fun out of reading them sometimes because I tend to latch on to whoever gets the first perspective. I really want to continue on with Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series because I absolutely love to the first two books, but I don't know that I'll be excited to read about other characters, even though she's a superb writer. That problem almost seems to go off topic though, lol.
Okay, fine. I'll read Cress! You've convinced me haha. I don't know why I've been stalling for so long…
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A Backwards Story · 501 weeks ago
There are definitely some books I won't re-read or continue because I know I won't keep going--I was so excited for The Maze Runner and The Jewel, but they weren't for me. There are other books that I thought the first book was OKAY, but when I re-read it later after loving the series more, I loved the book so much more on the new read, such as Throne of Glass and The Girl of Fire and Thorns.
So if I see potential, I'll come back! :)
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AmyAelleah 80p · 500 weeks ago
I've had the same happen to me with my opinion of the first book being colored by later ones. Sometimes the first book is, as you said, merely 'okay' but later books are so awesome that whenever I do finally reread the first book, I like it a lot more.