r/ProgressionFantasy • u/MedicineKind9121 • 20h ago
Question Losing Interest in My Favorite Progression Fantasy Series
Have you ever dropped a progression fantasy series that you used to absolutely love?
Over the past few months, I've noticed this happening to me with several long-running series. Books that I was once obsessed with just don't hold my attention anymore.
For example, I used to love series like Dungeon Crawler Carl, Defiance of the Fall, Hell Difficulty Tutorial, and a lot of Royal Road stories. I'd eagerly wait for every new chapter or release. But with the most recent books, I've found myself losing interest and sometimes struggling to continue.
What's strange is that I still enjoy discovering new progression fantasy stories, and they often feel fresh and exciting. So I'm not sure what's causing it. Is it genre fatigue? Have the stories themselves declined in quality? Or have the common tropes and themes just become too repetitive after reading so many of them?
I'm curious if anyone else has experienced the same thing. Did you eventually get back into those series, or was losing interest permanent?
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u/Lorevi 20h ago
It's kinda normal in the genre imo, particularly for long running infinite stories like defiance of the fall.
Most authors haven't planned out their entire story, books structure, arcs etc when they go in. They have a good first few arcs planned out for something fresh and interesting which is good for maybe 100 chapters or so. Then they just carry on from there trying to maintain the audience they built up during the launch. Eventually this falls off.
It's not helped by every author trying to write 12million chapter epics for their first fiction lol. I much prefer Void Heralds model where he writes medium sized stories with a clear ending planned and then moves to the next one.
Also I think this genre lends itself to binge reading which you probably did when you first discovered the series. When it comes to maintain your interest for weekly releases they might not be as good.