I almost stopped after the first book, so I can understand your view. But compared to the second and third, it's basically just a boring opening chapter2 and 3 get weird and wild Might be worth giving it another try
Contra is fineBut if you don't want to sour your opinion on PT even more, don't look into the history between the two
Their content is at least still fairly high quality. It's just a lot more nowAnd Derek is now basically just a taking head / presenter
That will be the only access to drinking water