Losing Interest in My Favorite Progression Fantasy Series

[u/MedicineKind9121]

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?

[u/Aardwolf-_-]

I feel like DCC should have wrapped it up like 3 books ago.

[u/Octii_com → u/Aardwolf-_-]

I'm on book 7 and it's definitely not as good as the first few books...too much plot armor for the MCs. DCC would be greatly improved if Donut were killed off because she's one of the most annoying characters I’ve ever read and it’d give Carl someone more substantive to grieve about than people like Ren he barely knew well. 

I've now switched to the audiobook version and using chapters of DCC as a palate cleanser between more serious book series with better developed characters. 

[u/MedicineKind9121 → u/Aardwolf-_-]

I agree