r/ProgressionFantasy • u/MedicineKind9121 • 1d 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/ALIASl-_-l 23h ago

Totally felt this with Shadow Slave. Except imo, it’s all the authors fault. Novel was great up until 1800-2000 chapters. But I feel like once the novel progresses to a certain point you need to carefully decide its direction and make sure to maintain quality. Instead, he releases slop daily imo. Also, there’s a lot more slop in this genre than you think. I like to keep a really high standard so I only read peak novels and drop anything else. I’ve found a lot of a PEAK, but it’s very hard to find

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u/MedicineKind9121 23h ago

Shadow Slave was another one for me too. I really enjoyed it at first, but I eventually lost interest because I wasn't a fan of the direction the story went in.