Opinions differ about the quality of the series as a whole. For example, Gary Westfahl wrote that "the Sector General stories remained consistently fresh and involving, and they grew in prominence as the series progressed." On the other hand, Todd White wrote that the series declined after "Star Healer" (1985), hitting a low point with "The Galactic Gourmet" (1996), and that the later books tended to stretch a short story's worth of content to the length of a novel. However he thought that "Mind Changer" (1998) represented an improvement.