which author do you hate the most?

[rowena1962]

George R R Martin. Yes I know Game of Thrones is so super cool on HBO...but O dear God, does he drone on in his books. I loved the stories, but just couldn't manage to finish the dreary thing. Diana Gabaldon as well. Loved the story line but I wish the book had not been so repetitive....

[Aussie-reader]

Edward Rutherfurd. His book "The Forest" was absolutely atrocious! His writing style seems forced and lacks any sense of flow. It was choppy and boring.

Oh I quite liked that book - and London and Sarum, both also written by him.

[mbeasley]

Stephanie Myers. I don't understand what all the hype is about. Her writing is atrocious.

[Ian]

Hate is a strong word, but I would hate any book written about Mrs Thatcher.

[Anxious Educator]

Stephanie Myers. I don't understand what all the hype is about. Her writing is atrocious.

I've got to agree with this. At least with JK Rowling, as some of you were discussing, her plots were intricately woven (in my opinion), while the Twilight Series was...well...not. Not only that, but Rowling wrote a lot of incredible characters with agency, intelligence, and bravery. I couldn't get through the first Twilight book because the characters were lacking these traits.

Basically, I can see why several people listed Meyer and Rowling as their most hated authors, but my two cents is that Meyers takes the cake. I can be indifferent to some iffy writing, but few books/authors do I have such strong, negative feelings about, and Meyer's Twilight series is high on the list for me.

[Loveabull]

Hate is a strong word, but I would hate any book written about Mrs Thatcher.

Or her US contemporary Ronnie Reagan

[AlishaCostanzo]

E.L. James is the epitome of what's wrong with the writing industry.

Although I'm surprised to see so many dislike J.K. Rowling's writing. It stood up to my over-active editor brain, and an enormous amount of writers have yet to learn her complexity in world creation. However, I do see how some may perceive her plot structures as less than seeing as they follow YA and Fantasy structures.

In any case, ick to James.

[Jen319164]

I hate to sound cheesy but all these authors put effort into their books and we shouldn't be negatively talking about them and I personally have no author i dislike so far

[draganas]

I've never read something by Richare Wagner, but now i hate her too. i dislike Orhan Pamuk. The reviews for his books in the media were so good. When I bought Snow I was so eager to read it and than i hardly read it I was very disappointed

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