How many books have the main character of book 1 becomes just a major character in book 2 onward, with a new character assuming the role of protagonist?
They're still relevant and very prominent, but they're no longer the person we're following.
What are some examples of it being done well?
Image semi-relevant I guess.
Ummm pokemon red and gold lol
>>7779127
the only example that i can think about is the sprawl trilogy.
>>7779311
lol
srsly though
>>7779127
The Black Company. Book 5 has 2 viewpoints (one being the main dude from previous books) and 6 has a guy that was relevant but not much telling the story
>>7779127
I have a book where the main character dies in the prologue and stays dead for the entire thing with no one taking up the role.
>>7779325
Couldn't bother you to dig up the title, could I?
>>7779339
I could but you'd probably just laugh at it because it's self-published and fairly recent.
>>7779344
idc; I'm no /lit/ snob.
No promises on the rest of the crew though.
Darren Shan, The City trilogy or something like that does this actually
>>7779127
Yeah, Saul in the 1st and 2nd Books of Samuel.
>>7779127
Faithful Place and The Secret Place by Tana French do this.
>>7779346
It's pic related. Though it's the kind of book that'd put off both snobs and "common folk" because it's written amateurishly and revels in that fact, while clearly being a tribute to authors like Pynchon, Hawkes , and Nabokov.
>>7779318
Reminds me of that one guy who gushed over his "masterpiece" here and it ended up being a pokemon fanfic.
"Beezus and Ramona" has Beezus as the main character, but in all the sequels Ramona is the protagonist
>>7781234
>Ramona Quimby
>Quim
Trainspotting and porno do this
>>7779127
The Hyperion Cantos, though I can't speak for the books after the second bookespecially after it got too heavy handed with the lefty bullshitand suddenly space furrys
>>7782879
It's your own fault for reading jetpack shit.
>>7783430
Who even calls it that?
