I read over a DOZEN of the Shannara books as a teen! They were fun at the time. I actively sought out Extruded Tolkien Product. In fact, I preferred Shannara to Lord of the Rings - heresy, I know, but in middle school I couldn't figure out Tolkien at all, and Shannara was more accessible. XD And then at some point in college I was abruptly Done with the genre.