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Over the last two days I& #39;ve read the first two books of a dystopian sci-fi series and they& #39;re fine. The author clearly thinks he& #39;s making a grander point than he is but it& #39;s written well and I was interested enough to pre-order the third book. Here& #39;s where the however starts.
These are traditional publishing books, not indie. There& #39;s absolutely no reason for this to be a trilogy. Yes, the first two books are decently long but you can see the padding to make each one book length. Also the first two books both just end rather than conclude a plot.
Now, I& #39;m all for authors making money and the publishing house did the math and determined there was the market for a trilogy and good for the author. Get paid, son. But there& #39;s this trend to make everything a series that sets my teeth on edge. This is a story, not a series.
The author is also a screenwriter and it shows. The first two books end on what is obviously the season ending cliffhanger. That& #39;s fine if you& #39;re doing a tv show but not when you& #39;re supposedly wrapping up a book. Frankly, this reads like a flesh out set of scripts for a series.
As I said, I enjoyed the books and I& #39;ll read the last one to see how the story ends but I am reading it with a background annoyance of yet another story padded out to make it a trilogy. It& #39;s okay to have two books. It& #39;s okay to pare it down and make it one book. It is.
