Basically this video could’ve been titled “Authors - Do Recaps!” That simple thing would solve the “I have to reread” problem for so many of us.

So many books… so little time.

*SERIES MENTIONED:* *1. No longer interested:* 01:56 The Daevabad Trilogy - S.A. Chakraborty 03:01 Threads of Power - V.E. Schwab 03:52 The Councillor - E.J. Beaton 05:10 The Protectorate - Megan E. O'Keefe *2. **_Maaaybe_** after it is completed (but not likely):* 06:01 The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells 07:06 Skyward Legacy - Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson 08:19 The Silent Gods - Justin Call 10:03 The Kharkanas Trilogy & Witness Trilogy - Steven Erikson *3. Will need to reread first... but don't want to read it again:* 13:55 Legacy - Matthew Ward 14:43 The Lot Lands - Jonathan French 16:20 Chronicles of the Bitch Queen - K.S. Villoso 17:15 Teixcalaan - Arkady Martine 18:33 The Radiant Emperor - Shelley Parker-Chan 19:50 The Sorcerer's Song - Brian D. Anderson

You came in swinging as far as cover art is concerned. I just wasn’t expecting that at all. Omg!😂😂

Great video! I highly recommend A Desolation Called Peace. The second book, in my opinion, is a step up in subject matter and pacing!

Another fantastic video!!! Thank you!

What I'm learning from this video is that your reading taste aligns almost exactly with mine! Both my partner and my best friend raved about the "Daevabad Trilogy" and "Murderbot Diaries", but I DNFed the first and didn't love the latter. Bodes well for your recommendations :)

Oh man, don't get me started on the series that I have been postponing because I can't find the motivation to reread the prior instalments lol. Honestly, good on you for prioritising the reads that you are actively passionate and excited about, there are too many books to read to force yourself through series that you are feeling apathetic about!

For me, the series that I won't finish: 1. A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin - I love the first 3 books, but the next 2 were just mediocre, and it's been so long that I just don't care what happens anymore. 2. Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss - Same thing as number 1. 3. Sword of Shadows by J.V. Jones - This is a series that starts ok but gets better, with the 4th book being the best. However, that 4th book came out 14 years ago, and no progress has been made on the final one, and I've pretty much forgotten almost everything about it. 4. Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone - This series just never clicked with me. It's an interesting concept, and I kept wanting it to get better, but it never did. I read the first 5 books, which Gladstone himself said comprise "season one" of this series, but I have no desire to continue. 5. Wars of Light and Shadow - I've only read the first book, and it was rough to get through. I really wanted to like it so much, but I just couldn't get past the writing style. I plan on giving the second book at shot sometime this year, but if it doesn't improve, then I might be done.

Excellent!! Another Petrik video! But i was hoping for more Salty Petrik 😁 I actually didn't realise Defiant wasn't the last book in Skyward! Do you know if its just Janci books left? Or will Sanderson also be writing?

were there 4 copies of the Sword of Kaigen? oh! and i did pick up the Grace of Kings, eager to start after hearing so much high praise on this channel :)

That shirt!! That is awesome!

I don't comment on KZfaq much, but somehow I stumbled on this video and I will tell you what, I adore the Malazan series as well and always recommend it when the topic of books comes up. That said, I just cannot finish the Kharkanas Trilogy & Witness Trilogy either. I own all of the books and I've been stuck at about 75% of Forge for quite a while. It totally has a different feel and just can't hold my interest. I am glad I am not the only one :D

"This book is underrated" but also "I'm not going to read book 2" :D I get it though. Always love your takes on books and series. Also, what series is always spine in over your shoulder? The pages show like a whale (may be mechancial) and somethings flying overhead.

I found Shaman's crossing - Robin Hobb to be a real drag. The second book in the Soldier son trilogy, Forest mage blew it away, however & the brief recap at the beginning negates the need to read Shaman's crossing altogether. I'm loving forest mage atm. Huge events & it's getting even better @ half-way. Peace

Hi 👋 not a Sci Fi book genre.. I’m glad u found amazing books in this genre… happy reading to you!! 😊

I dnf'ed the baru cormorant book. In theory, its everything i enjoy. But, the writing, however, left me feeling very lost with it's transitions. I might go back to it but as of now there are many books and series ahead of it on my tbr.

I'll be honest, I came into this video thinking this was an elaborate way of saying "I'm not finishing Wheel of Time" hahaha

Love Salty Petrik! I think this kinda counts haha

Interesting.. that's why I never start to read a series without the full already completed. Because I have no way of rereading lol TKS for this

Fantastic Video my friend

In Hunger of the Gods (book 2), the beginning has a pronunciation guide, character list, glossary, and plot summary of the first book.

Kharkanas trilogy is the greatest thing to happen to fantasy in a long time.

Probably an easy target in that I’ve lost interest and anything else from him will need to be the finished series before I read it… the Kingkiller Chronicles… Been waiting for book 3 for more than a decade and feel like it’s one of those where it’ll become 4… then 5…etc.

I do love how to basically leave wiggle room to come back to the series. Salty Petrik doesn’t seem to be making an appearance. More like Resigned Petrik. 😂

I will not finish the poppy war trilogy, i am currently reading the dragon republic but i won't read the 3rd one.

oh man. That Shades of Magic series was one of the very few series I have ever DNF'd. Agreed, book 1 was decent. Then, right off a cliff for me.

Honestly I never reread I just jump into the next and hope for the best. Only time so far I was like damn I feel like I mayyybe should've reread was when I got to last argument of kings because ppl were popping up that i had forgotten😂

I read about 20 pages of A Memory Called Empire before putting it down and immediately returning it to the library. I don’t think I ever bounced off a book so hard before. It was the writing style, it was the most “tell don’t show” style I’ve ever seen, and I just couldn’t read anymore than that. I’m not even a prose snob, I just couldn’t stand it.

Having recently entered the world of fantasy books, I'm learning that it's VERY IMPORTANT TO PLAN my series reading. Should I start a series that isn't finished? Should I read a finished series all in a run- or will that make me burnout on the world or writing style? Also: WHY are all fantasy books in a series?! I come from the land of stand alone literature. All these series are a little intimidating! It makes choosing a new read very stressful- ha!

I read book 1 of Farseer by Robin Hobb.... it was awful.. Read book 2 because I thought something must happen, how can this series be so highly recommended otherwise? But no... it is terrible. I stopped after Book 2 as nobody would be able to convince me Book 3 is that dramatically better than it made the depressing torture of reading the first 2 books worthwhile. The only thing mildly interesting in those books was the Fool.

Certified jump scare to hear someone usually so kind say “Absolutely atrocious, ugly, and hideous” 😂 I’m here for it! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This had me scrolling down my "Not started" list on audible 🤔😬

Tbh the fear of forgetting mist what happened is why I binge read series but I can see that many don't like to be 'bound' in a series but that's how I roll😂 I make exceptions for series that have more than 3 books and series like RotE that have series inside the series. I also write notes on my handy, like chapter summaries and I even color names & places when they're mentioned rhe 1st time and my own thoughts in different colors. I always celebrate when I see some twists coming tho I sometimes also am kinda totally wrong😂

I wonder if authors are reluctant to include a recap as it will cut down on the amount of the current story in the Amazon sample. One solution would be to put a sentence at the front of the book saying that the recap is at the back of the book, but this could confuse people. One other solution is to put a recap weblink at the front.

MurderBot is a comedy. It’s not really a series. If you don’t enjoy the humor then it’s probably not for you. You could try the audiobook. The narrator does a great job.

Murderbot being 10 books isn't _that_ big of a deal since they are so short, but I totally agree that they're not that compelling and I stopped after the third or fourth book.

I read Legacy of Ash and was bored the entire time, I felt like I forced myself to finish it, so I will definitely not be continuing.

So I'm going to start the Legacy trilogy this year and I'm going to finish The Lot Lands Trilogy also this year, I am 100% with you I feel that authors should always put some kind of refresher at the beginning of their books especially if it takes a long time to get the book out,have K.S.Villiso on my shelf also, don't know when I will read it another awesome video I am still reading The Bitter Crown and I am listening on audiobook The Book of Dog by DJ Molles which is a heartwarming story about dogs when all humans disappear and what they do to get humans back it's funny it's satire and heartwarming will bring tears to your eyes if you love dogs check it out keep making Kick-Ass videos I'll keep watching

I just read the first Murderbot book and ... yes, bland is what I thought about it. It did nothing for me and I will not continue with the series. And I have the same with A Memory called Empire. I read it when it came out but remember very little. I would definitely need to read it again before continuing but that might never happen. I will probably continue with Skyward Legacy though. At least the first book. Skyward is kinda the series that got me back into reading, so I have some sentimental attachment to it. With She who became the Sun I have the advantage, that I am finally reading it right now and I have He who drowned the World already on my shelf, ready to continue soon after the first book 😁

By the way, i forgot to menchon😮, i like eragon. Hopefully is a good reed.

Very sad not to see The Wheel of Boring on here. Nothing on the list I've already started, so that's good news, I think. I don't think I have any other started series I'm not interested in finishing, Dragonbone chair night have just been the narrator, so maybe I'll go back to that. I'm also never finishing the King Killer Chronicles because every time I finish another book there is a 50/50 chance I start Name of the Wind again so even if Doors of Stone drops and Pat writes even more books I will never be "Finished" with it. Oh, The First Binding, whatever that series is called, that's never getting finished!

Not Murderbot! I love, love, love Murderbot! I’ve read the series twice. An author that can make me laugh and cry over a robot deserves to be read. I’m sorry you don’t enjoy it…btw, the two Justin Call books are free in Audible right now.

I have gotten where I wait til all the books or a majority of books are out before I start a series.

I know it's bad for the publishing industry and indie authors but this video for me is my justification why I don't read unfinished series. I'm NEVER even bringing up "George RR Martin/Scott lynch/Patrick rofuss!", I'm talking about the 1-2 years between the books. I forget stuff, I start reading, I say "who are you? And who are you? And what is happening? And why do you care so much?", and I can't care to understand what's going on. I may like the second book if I read back to back, but after a year+ I don't care. And I didn't like first book enough to reread

I mean, Petrik, you dont have to do a 2nd reread. Just read the detailed summary and or the spoiler review....LOL...

Murderbot..whaaatt lol...maybe you can pick it up again if they make the TV adaptation.

It's totally okay to dnf a series I have done this for many different reasons you don't want to waste time on a book you don't like

Regarding the VE shchawb trilogy, I couldn't finish it either, I stopped at the half of the third book.

I don't think you'll like City of Brass. I read all the way to halfway through book 3 lmao. I quit 2.5/3 of the way through the trilogy. That trilogy reads very YA in some aspects and given your taste I don't think it's worth continuing though. However where youre wrong is with Megan O'Keefe's books! The Protectorate trilogy is great and really fast paced, however her new books are fucking incredible. The Blighted Stars was an extremely close runner up for best book of the year right behind Will of the Many. They were equally as incredible, but WotM just had that cliffhanger that made it win my #1 spot.

Legacy Trilogy has a very bittersweet ending. I'd say it's worth it

The Release Date of Master of the Fallen is 11. April 2024.

Murderbot series I will never finish. Bought them all new only to donate to a used book shop

I just lost interest in the stormlight archive at Oathbringer

I totally get not liking Kharkanas. It's quite tough stylistically. But it's def worth reading Witness in my opinion. You HAVE to read A Desolation Called Peace! Have you read the Baru Cormorant books? I always forget. Memory Called Empire is great but it's almost a beat for beat copy of Traitor Baru, much like The First Binding is a copy of Kingkiller. I like that the second gets more original.

Intresting.i agree with skyward. When it comes to things i dnf, do you know who clamp is? Their a famous 4 girl group of mangaka in japan. Responsoble for my top 2 favoret stories: wish and cardcaptor sakura. But im afraid to say is not for their story teling skils, is for their ideas and beautifull drawn manga. I love cardcaptor sakura, but it has an ifi ending, and the new story they concluded: cardcaptor sakura clear card, is sadly sooo bad. If they only get a clue on how to tell a story on ccs it would be perfect, cuse wish was perfect, its my favoret one......rant over lol.😂Anyway, you may love clamp.👍

City of Brass is the best book, they each get worse. So convoluted and a lot of unnecessary drama. I wish I had DNFd after City of Brass.

I disliked The Councillor so much. My biggest disappointment of 2023. I liked the idea of the first Schwab book but hated the next two. The series had such potential.

Kharkanas trilogy is awesome

PETRIK SAYS IM OUT

Seeing this clip it is clear that Tales of the Edge by Rebecca Zahabi is not for you. The time you will lose with this series you can occupy with something else. I'm already on volume 2 and today I read something that made me cringe (an allusion to group sex). I was curious to see reviews of this volume. There are few. I think it is as weak, maybe even weaker, than the first volume.

Unpopular opinion: Skyward should have been longer and a stand alone. The longer the series has continued, the worse it's gotten. I haven't read defiant nor do I plan to, because I am 90% sure it will have a generic YA happy ending

Ok,I won't read Skyward series lol

Majority of these I either never heard of or had 0 interest in anyway haha

SALTY PETRIK!!!

I won't finish Kingkiller Chronicle. I have little interest after book 2

Hi Petrik, Probably you known me as Shelly and I am using my dad's computer,because my account is getting flood with apps. I am writing a fantasy book. My book is going to be about a prince who's about to get marry a princess from a technology country who's kill dragons for their hearts to use their hearts as fuels for their technology. A prince is the actually a dragon rider and he has winds up to get almost murdered by his cousin ,because his cousin who's having an affair with the princess. So Prince's dragon (who's only and his best friend) ends up sacrifices herself to save the prince. Now the prince has came back as a dragon hybrid and he's willing to seek revenge on the ones who had betrayed him. In my book, dragons are like faes (they can take on human forms and dragons. They inspires by European faes lore) and there's a magic system that revolve around them that have to do with gemstones and alchemy. The concept is about dragons vs. machines. I always wants to write a book about a dragon hybrid as the main character, because it's very rare in books and we hardly see in fantasy books these days. I even came up really cool and interesting names for my characters. I even falls love in with the main character that I am writing,because I finds Kasander or "Kass" very likable and fun-loving to write. I am going to make him across Hiccup (How to Train a Dragon) and Locke (Lies of Locke Lamora). He is going to be clever and mischievous but adorable at the same times. I even thinks his relationship with his best friend Aurora (who's a dragon) or "Rori" that he called, is really cute. I already had written almost three chapters so far of my book. I will might publish them (possible with future chapters) on Wattpad and Writeco. I has been thinking to putting the chapters of my book on Radio FM to let people to listen. My title of my book called "Wings of Reckoning". Hopefully someday that it will pick by Obritz or Tor or Bad Robot,because I don't trust Wattpad. I really hope you and other people like my book. I am kinda worry that some people won't like my book,because I am not really good at grammars. I really hope people will like it.

I can't believe you have opinions different from my own, I demand a formal apology 😡😡😡 P.S. If you didn't care for the first Murderbot book, I doubt you'd care for the rest but who knows

I have decided not to continue the Throne of Glass series... stopped at book 2... i think... and never went back. Shocking i kniw SJM not my thing....🫨 Also taking a Discworld pause 🐢

Read the 1st Murderbot book and struggled with it. Found it quite dull and sleep inducing 🥱