How to dive back in..
Three years back, when I was just getting into fantasy, I listened to books 1-7 fairly quickly. I have a long commute so audiobooks work best for me. The final third of book 7 just really started to drag for me and I found myself taking breaks and then really struggling to recall who people were, where characters were, and honestly I couldn’t even differentiate some cities. I’m totally okay with letting this series wash over me. I don’t feel compelled to know every character and detail, but I was definitely feeling discouraged and overwhelmed and on top of that I felt like was in an endless loop of the bowl of the winds side quest that seemed so unnecessary.
It’s been nearly 2 years since I listened to book 7 and I know I have “the slog” waiting for me which has caused me to delay returning to the series. Any advice for how to refresh my memory about important topics lot points if I’m going to start book 8 and push through? I would love to at least go into the slot with a solid refresh of the first half of the series. If I don’t, I worry I’m just going to passively consume the next few books and wind up too lost by the time the series gets back into fine form.
Any and all advice is appreciated!!