I started on something like the fifth book and then had to go back ...
598400
All of the Mike Befeler Geezer-Lit books are very enjoyable. It is interesting having a character that has problems other readers do not have; also it is interesting to have the main character be a detective type who is in his eighties.  He ends up doing things that I would not have done when I was younger.  I have not finished reading all of his books but I am working on it.  I really do not wish to miss one of them.  I started on something like the fifth book and then had to go back to the start which has worked out just fine.
3312180
Ardent follower for first 4 books, then book 5 was iffy and decided not to continue reading the same plot over and over.
2708978
Book one was not really book 1, rather it was 3 or 4.  Book 3 is really 1.  When I got to book 3 I almost dropped the series at this point!  I am sticking with the series even though the author spends way too much time as a "wordsmith" in his super detailed descriptions of the sea, sky, land, people, colors, etc.  Way too much time here and much less in the actions of Lenson.  Although I understand if this became books about actions, books 1-3 could be condensed into a single book.  I am hoping that I have not wasted my time but book 5 will tell me whether I stop or continue.
3876948
I read this series about six years ago when I was in first grade. When I read the first one in first grade, I was obsessed. I couldn't stop reading and I finished it in four days (that was the best I had done up until then). Then I had to wait for three months to read the next one. That drove me crazy.
  Everyone in my family reads all the time. I'm the youngest of three children, so naturally I wanted to be different from everyone else in my family. Reading was just one of those things that didn't interest me. Until these books came along.
  I haven't read these books since third grade, so I can't remember how well they were written. All I know is that I thought
these were the most exciting books I had ever read. I went through about two years where all I did was reading one novel a week for school. then I started the Harry Potter books. Once I was done with those, I read The Lord of the Rings.
  Now I'm reading all the time. Books like the ones listed above, and Ender's Game and its sequels have kept me reading for the past three years. But these books started it all.
  So if you're looking for a series for a kid who loves Star Wars, who is within the ages of 5 and 9, these are great ones. And once they're done with these, they should try The Young Jedi Knights Series, which have a lot in common but are written for kids probably within the ages 7 and 12. Then, MAKE them read Ender's Game. And If they like Ender's Game, They should check out it's sequels, starting with Speaker for the Dead.
  There are a lot of other Star Wars Kids books out there, but I don't think they're worth the effort. Have them read Harry Potter or something.
2099294
It was interesting enough to keep me reading.  The way the chapters kept jumping back and forth in time was irritating, though--since I was not  familiar with the characters.  To be fair, it probably would have helped  if I had read the previous books. I don't suggest making the same mistake, because now I'm not sure I will bother reading the first two books.
213616
The series started great but I felt that this last book had no direction. I tried skipping ahead but I never ended up finishing it. You can stop reading when you finish the second book!
3021936
I read the first 5 books without stopping because the story was gripping.  However, by the 8th story, the back and forth in time became too confusing, and original reason for the earth's destruction not fully explained.
2773845
I really enjoyed the first two books. So I was waiting for the third book believing this would be the end. But as I started reading this book I realize that things were not the same. It was like Precious was not the same person. I realized what was happening before she did. Which If you read the first two books this was not suppose to happen. Then at the end I realized this was not the last book. There will be eleven books total. I was disappoint to say the least. But all in all it was a good read. Hopefully the next one will be better. I will be reading that one. But if the next book is the same I will not be finishing this series. Mostly upset because if the third book was half done what will the rest be like. Hopefully I will love the next as much as the first two. Longing for a better 4th book.
3613980
I really loved the first book in this series, it was from one perspective. When I read the second book, the perspectives started switching, but it was still good. The third book had (for me) way to many characters. Every time the perspectives switched it was a different set of characters. And I know this is epic fantasy and it covered a lot of space, but even with reading all three back to back I couldn't keep all the people straight.
1441243
I loved the first 10 books. Now it's just too far away from those for me. The story went off track around book 11.
3369345
I am just beginning the 4 part series.  I had to give up the 2-4 volumes so my friends, who had already read #1 could read on.
761937
Book #5 carries on with a few new characters, and does flash-back to some of the important characters in earlier books
593130
I read the book 1 and two and I think by book 3 I was a little burnt out on the story.
2761516
I gave up on this book after the first few pages. Later, I went back to it and I'm glad I did.
2689923
I made the mistake of reading Book Three of this series first.  For those of you who are contemplating this series, I advise you to start with book one.  It took me quite a while to get engaged in the book and figure out who the characters were and how they related to each other.  I do plan to go back and read books one and two!
4018531
This is the fourth in the series - I read the first as a Kindle daily deal. It started out well, and seemed promising if not the most original thing I'd ever seen. But the more I read, the more I felt like I'd read it before... Unfortunately, this fourth book continues in exactly that vein... I will admit that I have not read all of the previous three.  Despite the fact that I have a rather obsessive thing about reading series books in order. After finishing the first, I dutifully moved on to the second (the Kindle deal was a three-pack), because I knew I had this fourth title in my NetGalley queue. Unfortunately, by the middle of the second, I was losing interest rather more rapidly than I had hoped... I set that one aside and, in a burst of out-of-character decision-making, moved on to this one so I could complete the promised review.

There are some things casually throw into the opening pages of this one that are wild departures from where I left things in the mid-second book. But after adjusting for those, honestly, it felt like I was reading the same thing over again - and that's the problem. The story was not literally repetitive - rather, it was structurally so. And that is a big problem for me...  This series feels like a slower-going version of the Ben Aaronovitch Rivers of London series, with a similar construct - a sad-sack regular guy who becomes enmeshed rather against his will in the world-within-a-world finds himself under the tutelage of an older and wiser mentor who turns out to be way more than he appears. However, unlike the Aaronovitch with its construct of the rivers (which is truly original), and its snark and quirks, this one offers nothing comparably unique... It's not bad, it's just not grabbing me because it feels like something I've read before. And the trouble Andy finds himself in (repeatedly) is starting to feel ridiculous. I realize that's partly the point - this is billed as "comedy crime fantasy", after all - but it just isn't holding me. Instead I'm finding it's making me roll my eyes - and not in the good way.

My review copy was provided by NetGalley.
769063
Well truthfully, I enjoyed the first few  novels very much, but after 5 or so the storyline got tedious and repetitive. I think I will take a break and try them again later and see if things pick up.