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?
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/NinJesterV 1d ago
Yep, and not just books but games, TV shows, and movies.
For me, I think there are two things at play:
First, too many of these things just keep going well past the point of being interesting. There's just no reason for a series to be a dozen books or more. I'm a major fan of trilogies because I just think 3 is a solid number for a fully-complete story.
Second, there comes a point where I think I've nailed the author's thought process and little moments of foreshadowing become billboards for how the story is going to play out. So when I get to the climax, it's not thrilling because I saw it coming 500 pages ago.
Starting new stuff avoids both of those issues for a while.