Jack_Shaftoe21 t1_ja80lx5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:10 PM

Unless we are talking about a mystery where if you don't read the ending, the entire book/series is basically a waste of time, I personally don't worry much if a series is going to be finished. As long as I enjoy the individual volumes, I can easily live without the grand finale. Especially when it comes to extremely long fantasy series where those series that I have finished pretty much always ran out of steam before the ending and limped across the finish line.

And, as mentioned, the vast majority of series do get finished. If you want to be absolutely certain you will get the ending, sure, you should wait until it comes out but the possibility of this never happening isn't anything new.

Runnerphone t1_ja8h6ue wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:01 PM

For me the issue isn't if the series is finished but instead does each book have a satisfactory ending. Meaning while the overall plot may not be finished does each book itself have a plot that is finished. If it does I'll read them but if the author doesn't accomplish anything because the main plot is the sole focus hence each ending is meaningless without the entire story then no I won't read a series.