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A review by aimee70807
The Debt Collector: Lirium. Season One by Susan Kaye Quinn
3.0
I hate to admit it, but I was disappointed in the rest of this series. The first "episode", which you can get on Amazon for free, was startlingly good. And the rest isn't really bad, but it's got some issues.
The biggest issue for me (which probably won't bother most people) is that it felt very sensationalized, like I was watching a TV crime show. I enjoyed the grittiness of the first episode, but there was a *lot* of violence in the subsequent issues that just pushed me over the edge into not enjoying it.
I am glad I read Debt Collector, though, because I'd previously thought writing a serial was a good idea. Make each installment 99 cents and you can develop a fan base for your novel as you write it. After reading Debt Collector, though, I realized that a good serial is extremely hard to do properly. It's tough to make each episode have a stopping point, but still keep the novel's momentum going. In the end, this ebook felt more like TV than like a novel, and I'm not a fan of TV.
The biggest issue for me (which probably won't bother most people) is that it felt very sensationalized, like I was watching a TV crime show. I enjoyed the grittiness of the first episode, but there was a *lot* of violence in the subsequent issues that just pushed me over the edge into not enjoying it.
I am glad I read Debt Collector, though, because I'd previously thought writing a serial was a good idea. Make each installment 99 cents and you can develop a fan base for your novel as you write it. After reading Debt Collector, though, I realized that a good serial is extremely hard to do properly. It's tough to make each episode have a stopping point, but still keep the novel's momentum going. In the end, this ebook felt more like TV than like a novel, and I'm not a fan of TV.