Books which went on for too long?
What series for you started out epic, but then killed itself off by just dragging on for too many books.
I have a general rule of thumb that a series which goes over 3 books is often doomed to be average because by the fourth book the reader is too use to the characters and too comfortable with the world he is in, meaning things become very stilled and safe. Now I know there are exceptions, my favourite series is malazan book of the fallen which lasted for ten massive books, but these books are normally rule breakers, IE Malazan had no main character.
So which books went on too long for you?
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