I did read the original two series - haven't read the latest spin-off + not sure if I will. My problem with this series was that I found the lead character so distasteful that I found myself often wondering why I was still following his story. I thought he was a whining wimp who deserved to die by about page 3, but then Donaldson might have struggled a bit for storyline during the next 3597 pages!This was not my favourite series by any stretch of the imagination, but it was well written... that's about as much praise as I want to waste on it.
