Has your favourite author ever dissapointed you?
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Re: Has your favourite author ever dissapointed you?
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Is that so? Oh, how very disappointing. I only wish that fact is kept a secret from kids until they are old enough to shrug it aside and not let it interfere with the lessons of his books.Amagine wrote:I was disappointed to learn that Dr. Seuss was racist. He's still my favorite author because I like his work, even if his character wasnt as great as it was made out to be.
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I haven't read those, but I soon will. I hope I don't get too disappointed though.zking wrote:Yes. John Grisham disappointed me in two books which were "The Painted House" and "Skipping Christmas". Neither book was a mystery and not very interesting.
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I read both books and found them good and worthy of the John Grisham reputation. They are just not his usual lawyer stories.Vivian Paschal wrote:I haven't read those, but I soon will. I hope hI don't get too disappointed though.zking wrote:Yes. John Grisham disappointed me in two books which were "The Painted House" and "Skipping Christmas". Neither book was a mystery and not very interesting.
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I was disappointed by this as well. I remember being wary when I found out she wasn't the head writer but figured it'd still be safe with her as a writer. Nope. That wasn't the case. The book Fantastic Beasts is really just like a textbook of magical creatures. Did you see the movie?Ssinghal wrote:Yes. I was once disappointed by JK Rowling. I loved the first 7 books in the series and just couldn't wait for Cursed Child to come out, hoping it would be better than all the previous books. However, I was disappointed in the book as it contradicts lots of facts mentioned in the previous books. It is also very predictable and boring. I haven't read Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them so I can only hope it's better than Cursed Child.
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Prisoner of Azkaban was one of my favorites so... everyone has their own tastes I guess!Michelleysaurus wrote: ↑12 Sep 2015, 01:12 I found that almost every one of my favorite authors have at least one book that im disappointed at and i usually dont read that particular book again but every now and then they pull a sneaky on you and that dissapointing book is crucial to the story. I once had a teacher tell me if i didnt like a book by the third chapter i wouldnt like the rest of the book but if that was true id have probably have never read the Harry Potter series which does have its dissapointing book in the Prisoner of Azkaban.
I still read all the Stephen King releases and I’m disappointed by some but not all of his recent work has let me down. The Bill Hodges series was good and I’ve loved all his short story collections. I’m waiting eagerly on The Outsider in May.
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My biggest disappointment was in The Walking Dead graphic novels. To avoid spoilers, all I'll say is the authors write themselves into a corner, and rather than come up with a compelling narrative to write themselves out of it, they kill a bunch of characters. Basically hit "reset" on the series, erasing several issues' worth of character development. I was so mad I refused to continue reading, and it took years before I was willing to give the writers of the TV show a chance.
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Derek Landy - I love his Skullduggery Pleasant books to pieces. When I read his newest Demon Road books, I was disappointed. Maybe it's just because it wasn't Skullduggery, but Demon Road just wasn't as good.
Marissa Meyer - Her Lunar Chronicles and Renegades books are fantastic. But Heartless just didn't work for me at all.
But I stick with both because I have that much love for their work. Even the disappointments weren't bad. They just weren't as good in my opinion.