Who is an author everybody seems to love and you can't stand
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Re: Who is an author everybody seems to love and you can't stand
Don't get me wrong. I love Harry Potter. But I love the films. She's a brilliant story writer but I just can't stand her way of writing.
I've tried reading the books but only managed to get 4 down. Her style of writing just isn't for me. I find it hard to get in to.
Her story ideas are amazing though but I'll stick to the films personally.
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Dan Brown. Can't finish a chapter, his writing is so stale.
Margaret Atwood. Occasionally I've found her to be kind of great, but I usually get stuck on her tortured literary devices.
I'm kind of relieved someone mentioned Tolkien! So much description overload!
But I'll stand behind my Stephen King. I haven't read everything by him because I don't like a lot of sci-fi or fantasy (couldn't finish Dreamcatcher or The Tommyknockers), but the guy is funny and I find his more human-oriented works (Bag of Bones, Big Driver, Secret Window Secret Garden, The Green Mile, Joyland) to be beautifully relatable.
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Also can’t stand Agatha Christie. Sorry. She lays all the clues out there then throws in a ridiculous plot twist at the end to throw you off. It’s like on page 300 we find out the butler did it, but we don’t meet the butler until page 299. Can’t do it.
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Same. I read Steele from time to time though just for the plot. I only read one Christie, the train thing, and oh my ghad it made me dizzy because it's like she detour too much with unnecessary details.Tbunde5 wrote: ↑10 Apr 2018, 22:33 Danielle Steele. It always seems as if she is paid by the word, because she restates and restates the same scene over and over and over. I’m not against Romances per se, but can’t read her.
Also can’t stand Agatha Christie. Sorry. She lays all the clues out there then throws in a ridiculous plot twist at the end to throw you off. It’s like on page 300 we find out the butler did it, but we don’t meet the butler until page 299. Can’t do it.
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Kindly don't get me wrong but i feel all his books are like repetition of his other books.
Thanks.
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I agree with this partially as I love the movies but I also love the books as they include so much detail that is skipped in the movies. I have tried reading some of her other books though and I didn't like the style of writing at all so I'll agree with you there.Jesscar6 wrote: ↑04 Apr 2018, 14:34 For me its j k Rowling
Don't get me wrong. I love Harry Potter. But I love the films. She's a brilliant story writer but I just can't stand her way of writing.
I've tried reading the books but only managed to get 4 down. Her style of writing just isn't for me. I find it hard to get in to.
Her story ideas are amazing though but I'll stick to the films personally.
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I am a Potterhead myself but I do agree with both of you that i dont like Rowling's style of writing. I just read the books for the sake of knowing the entire story and other details you cant find in the movie. I had to stop reading them once because i really dont like her style of storytelling and instead ask the ones who read it to tell me what really happened.tripletrouble wrote: ↑03 May 2018, 05:46I agree with this partially as I love the movies but I also love the books as they include so much detail that is skipped in the movies. I have tried reading some of her other books though and I didn't like the style of writing at all so I'll agree with you there.Jesscar6 wrote: ↑04 Apr 2018, 14:34 For me its j k Rowling
Don't get me wrong. I love Harry Potter. But I love the films. She's a brilliant story writer but I just can't stand her way of writing.
I've tried reading the books but only managed to get 4 down. Her style of writing just isn't for me. I find it hard to get in to.
Her story ideas are amazing though but I'll stick to the films personally.
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