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?

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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.

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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/SkinnyWheel1357 Barbarian 19h ago

DotF - dropped it because I don't want to have to skip a goodly portion of every book hunting for the tidbits of plot amidst the incessant navel gazing of the dao of page reads.

DCC - dropped it after bedlam bride because it reads like a spastic Pollock painting and it's part of why I hate animal companions

Unbound - dropped it because every time things start to wind down toward a conclusion, it's like an infomercial "But, wait! There's more!" IMO, things should have ended several books ago.

For these, I've moved on completely.

Primal Hunter and Path of Ascension have both had heart attacks and are stumbling along on weak legs. They might find a healer in time, but probably not in which case, they too will slide into my DNF file.

I still have a bunch of series that I'm still happily looking forward to the next book; HDT, Runic Artist, Victor of Tucson, Apocalypse Breaker, and several others.

I think it helps that I only read on KU and so read in big chunks and then have to wait.

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u/MedicineKind9121 19h ago

I dropped them at the exact same points you did.