To be fair I tried it due to this post and I’ve already removed it, it does nit do a good job of teaching new players what they are meant to be doing.
I won’t be too hard on it because I assume there’s a good game in there but yeah presumably you already need to know factorio or whatever it’s called.
I read in bursts really I can go weeks/months without then go through 6 or 7 books in a week. I’ve always been a very fast reader and if something interests me enough to give it a look I tend to read the entire series at once.
I think the biggest factor for me is if it grabs my interest or not quickly if something doesn’t I don’t try and force it just wait for the next thing that might.