This reminds me of how I used to read series out of order (back when I read many books that were part of a series, in physical form so the whole series was often unavailable). Much as you learned about the new girlfriend through exposure, I found I tended to be able to put the important things together. Since exposition is one of my favorite parts of a book anyway, this sort of drew out the exposition, as parts of earlier books might be referred to that I'd not heard of before.
(Disclaimer: I also read choose your own adventure books straight through.)
Now, Amber.. Loved the first book and have read it repeatedly, but could never get far into the sequels.
More seriously I can see that it might well be a love it or hate it kind of book, sometimes the ability to provoke strong responses can be as important as the polarity of the response. Although by that measure teenage vampire lit has merit...
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This reminds me of how I used to read series out of order (back when I read many books that were part of a series, in physical form so the whole series was often unavailable). Much as you learned about the new girlfriend through exposure, I found I tended to be able to put the important things together. Since exposition is one of my favorite parts of a book anyway, this sort of drew out the exposition, as parts of earlier books might be referred to that I'd not heard of before.
(Disclaimer: I also read choose your own adventure books straight through.)
Now, Amber.. Loved the first book and have read it repeatedly, but could never get far into the sequels.
The Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell does this brilliantly IMHO
Cloud Atlas was awful IMHO, just as a counterpoint
You're entitled to your opinion...
More seriously I can see that it might well be a love it or hate it kind of book, sometimes the ability to provoke strong responses can be as important as the polarity of the response. Although by that measure teenage vampire lit has merit...