On Finishing Long Series

I finished both the Sherlock and Jeeves & Wooster series this year.

As when happens when I finish any series, I have conflicting emotions. The completist in me is happy to be able to mark the series finished. But the reader who was drawn to the works in the first place is a little sad to hang it up.

I will say that both of these series were somewhat repetitive. Sherlock actually got better about midway through the series – I think the cases got more interesting anyway – but the characters got a little less interesting over time. Jeeves & Wooster was extremely repetitive, but the language itself was always such a joy and the characters so lovable that it never wore out its welcome on my endtable.