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I often find it disappointing to suddenly read a book that is dreadful, by an author that I previously had so much respect for.
John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" it my classic example. One of the greatest novelists in the history of the USA, writing a POS that was worse than Heat Moon's "Blue Highways".
I might have to try Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" again, the first try, i just gave up after about ten pages, after putting "Blood Meridian" on my all-time short list..
A few more disasppointments would be:
Zadie Smith, "The Autograph Man"
David Mitchell, "Black Swan Green"
Peter Carey , "The Chemistry of Tears"
Kazuo Ishiguro "Remains of the Day"
What are your examples of books you hated by authors you loved?
I have read all of Nelson DeMille and was excited to take out the newest "The Quest" today. Well, I hate it. Am not even past the 35th page and I have quit.
I'm a huge Stephen King fan, but some of his books have been misses for me... I've given up on a few over the years, like The Dark Half, From a Buick 8, and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Maybe I should have plodded on a bit longer, since I know his books sometimes take a while to gather steam - but those just didn't convince me to keep going!
I'm a huge Stephen King fan, but some of his books have been misses for me... I've given up on a few over the years, like The Dark Half, From a Buick 8, and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Maybe I should have plodded on a bit longer, since I know his books sometimes take a while to gather steam - but those just didn't convince me to keep going!
I made it through each of those with no problems. "Tom Gordon" was a bit strange, but I did enjoy it for what it was.
For me, the Stephen King book that I really hate is The Dome. I will not ever read this book again.
I thought the whole plot was childish and just plain stupid. Reminded me of being 7 years old again - with destructive older brothers!
I made it through each of those with no problems. "Tom Gordon" was a bit strange, but I did enjoy it for what it was.
It may have just been bad timing, since I'm pretty sure I tried all of those while in college... and you know, there are a lot of distractions when you're a college student.
Maybe I'll give them another shot, but I have many more books to read first!
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For me, the Stephen King book that I really hate is The Dome. I will not ever read this book again.
I thought the whole plot was childish and just plain stupid. Reminded me of being 7 years old again - with destructive older brothers!
I just recently downloaded that to my iPad, mostly because I wanted to read it before the TV show started. Of course that didn't happen, and now that I'm into the show, I might not want to read the book after all... especially now that I've heard your opinion on it, lol.
I have read all of Nelson DeMille and was excited to take out the newest "The Quest" today. Well, I hate it. Am not even past the 35th page and I have quit.
Loved DeMille and all of his past books. That said...my husband and I have all of the John Corey books and while reading The Panther, if I could've reached thru the pages and smacked DeMille, I would have happily done so. John Corey was a funny wise-ass. He's turned into a really obnoxious jerk.
I won't be reading The Quest, unless someone gives it to me.
I loved Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible and Animal Dreams but had to donate The Lacuna, (received as a gift) to my public library, it was so bad.
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