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Re: Are there any authors who you will never read again?

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flaming_quills wrote: 21 Apr 2019, 07:31 I don't think I'll ever read E L James again or Stephanie Meyer for that reason. I enjoyed the Twilight series when I was younger but looking back not I realise I just liked it because everyone else liked it and not because the writing was impeccable or the story was good. As for 50 shades, I didn't really like it. I only read it because everyone else was reading it and I didn't want to miss out.
I'm right there with you on E L James. I couldn't even make it more than 50 pages into Fifty Shades of Grey. Kurt Vonnegut is another one I will never read again. I had to read two of his books in high school and they made no sense to me. And his humor is too crude.
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I read a lot of classic authors at one stage in my life. I'm talking about the likes of Dickens, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Joyce, and so on. I don't plan to read any of these authors again (though never say never, I suppose). The books are generally interminably long, mostly downbeat and just not that enjoyable. There are so many good and interesting contemporary writers available to be read, that I question why I would now spend time on books that I don't actually enjoy.
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M Zee wrote: 28 Oct 2018, 11:42 Oh yeah. I have a couple of authors that I won't read due to their behavior outside their writing. I don't like to support people who treat others badly (well documented bad behavior) anyway. Someone can be meh writer and I would support their work over someone who writes great but isn't a good person.
Yes, I absolutely agree. Some very popular authors have turned me off by bad behavior, rude comments, and ignorant attitudes toward others.

One author who I really enjoyed reading for years has been cited for "behaving badly" online, so I can't bring myself to read her books anymore. :no-spoil:


It's a shame that brilliance and anti-social behavior often go hand in hand.
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Letora wrote: 25 Apr 2019, 16:49
flaming_quills wrote: 21 Apr 2019, 07:31 I don't think I'll ever read E L James again or Stephanie Meyer for that reason. I enjoyed the Twilight series when I was younger but looking back not I realise I just liked it because everyone else liked it and not because the writing was impeccable or the story was good. As for 50 shades, I didn't really like it. I only read it because everyone else was reading it and I didn't want to miss out.
I'm right there with you on E L James. I couldn't even make it more than 50 pages into Fifty Shades of Grey. Kurt Vonnegut is another one I will never read again. I had to read two of his books in high school and they made no sense to me. And his humor is too crude.
Oh, I couldn't possibly agree more! E L James' books are the equivalent of cheap fast food, and too many people seem to be into them. I don't want to judge other people's tastes, but I truly did give it a chance to see what the whole fuzz about it was, and I think it's one of the few times I just could not finish a whole book even if I tried.
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I swore never to read any more of E L James books after the Gray Trilogy, but guess what, I have just finished reading The Mister...
I think it is hard to completely black list an author.
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There is a certain author who's work I've loved since childhood, but I haven't been able to read ever since I saw their twitter feed. :shock: I guess I'm hesitant because I'm wondering if their clear political affiliation will leak through to their books.
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I've read my share of bad, even terrible books but I wouldn't go as far as never reading anything else from a particular author. I haven't reached that level of resentment and I am thankful for that.
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I am afraid I don't agree with you, because I believe that l always learn from something in some ways.
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I think this is an interesting question. I am choosing to mention only very famous authors in this post because that means I am not hurting anyone's career. This really is about my personal likes and dislikes when it comes to storytelling.
  • There are authors I have never read, and likely never will, because I have never heard of them.
  • There are authors I have never read, despite being very famous, because they write books in a genre I don't have an interest in. (For example, I don't read Stephen King or Clive Barker because I don't read horror. I also don't read Stephanie Meyer or EL James.)
  • There are authors I have never read, despite them writing in a genre I do read, because their story telling style is not one that works for me. (I don't read George R R Martin, because I don't like that pessimistic view of the world.)
  • There are authors I have read, and who I am very unlikely to read again, because their story telling style is not one that works for me. (I won't pick up another Joe Abercrombie book, even though I read the entire First Law Trilogy, because I don't like that pessimistic view of the world.)
  • There are authors I have tried to read, but have given up on, because there was something about their writing that bothered me. (This includes Robert Jordan because I hated his female characters.)
  • There are authors whose books I have read and enjoyed, whose books I will read again, but whose books I will not purchase, because I disagree with causes the author supports. (I won't buy a book by Orson Scott Card. But I will check one out from the library, or borrow a copy from a friend.)
  • There are authors whose books I was forced to read in school. For the books I did not like, I will likely never pick up a book by that author again. At the same time, most of those authors are dead and not writing anything new, so it's not a big deal. (Joseph Conrad, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Thomas Hardy all come to mind.)
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I have read books of different genres, by different authors. There are a few, which made me realize that all bestsellers might not even meet basic writing or plot standards. EL James is one such author, whose works might be a bestseller, but as per literary standards, the writing style is quite amateur. Unfortunately, Preeti Shenoy also holds a position in that list of mine, though I have read only one book of hers.
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Gods yes! H.M. Irwing is definitely an author I will never read again. I endured the first novel in the Heartaches trilogy and will not willingly submit myself to any more.

For a more detailed explanation, here's my review: viewtopic.php?f=44&t=96833
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At the risk of incurring wrath of some readers, I must say 'Chetan Bhagat'. I enjoyed couple of his early books like 'Five point someone' and '2 states', but he seems to have ceased to evolve as a writer and his stories just lack any novelty.
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I will never read any book of Machado de Assis again.
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I actually have really lucked out in the book/author department. There has yet to be a book I have read that I absolutely hated. I was not a fan of the 50 Shades of Grey I guess, I never finished those books.
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Only one at this point in time. I just came to the conclusion that all of her work is heavily embedded in philosophy and she is very intent on making us philosophers, too. That does not entertain me.
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