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I was aware there was a Tom Clancy ghost writer franchise, but I thought it started after his death in 2013. I think Rainbow Six came out in the late 90s.
You may be right. I am not a Clancy expert. But I thought even before he died he would come up with the basic idea and let a hired gun do most of these actual writing while he enjoyed spending his money. But again, I could be wrong.
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Either way, I'm not a fan of a book franchise like that. Seems 'fake' somehow.
I loved the Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley novels up until she wrote "What Came Before He Shot Her."
She should have had a warning on the jacket saying that it wasn't an Inspector Lynley story but was about the poor disadvantaged hooligans who shot his wife on a whim/dare and it had nothing to do with him.
I never trusted her again and never read her later novels.
This post reminds me of another author who gravely disappointed me. Stephen White, now retired from writing novels, wrote twenty books about a psychologist who got involved in mystery plots. Several of the later books in the series barely featured the main character at all. One focused on his best friend, and another focused on a patient who only appeared that one time. And still another late-series novel had such a ridiculous plot that it was hard to keep caring what happened.
But the worst thing this author did was the way he ended the series. It would require many paragraphs and several spoilers to explain just how badly he screwed that up.
This post reminds me of another author who gravely disappointed me. Stephen White, now retired from writing novels, wrote twenty books about a psychologist who got involved in mystery plots....
But the worst thing this author did was the way he ended the series.
You are so right. I was very let down by White's last book; I couldn't believe that he ended his series like that.
I loved the Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley novels up until she wrote "What Came Before He Shot Her."
She should have had a warning on the jacket saying that it wasn't an Inspector Lynley story but was about the poor disadvantaged hooligans who shot his wife on a whim/dare and it had nothing to do with him.
I never trusted her again and never read her later novels.
I was disappointed in some of the books before that but the ones after were so bad they seemed written by a ghost writer—-so many character reverses that I just couldn’t justify wasting the time to read
George RR Martin. Nobody wants to wait half a decade or more for the next book in the series. When the TV show finishes the story before you write the final book, perhaps you should engage in some self-reflection.
Dean Koontz. Loved his early stuff, but after a while it felt like all of his stories were retreads of previous work with the names changed.
Stephen King. Somewhere along the way he went off the rails. His early work was good, The Stand is still one of my all-time favorites, but he hasn't written anything worth reading in two decades.
I had to return James McBride's The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store to the library after more than one attempt to read it. I never got beyond about page 40. I really enjoyed his book The Color of Water.
Danielle Steel
I read her a long time ago and decided to check out her book Neighbors. It was the worst book that I have tried to read in a long time. She kept repeating the same thing over and over. It got so ridiculous that I thought it was a joke. I can not figure out why there were good reviews on that particular book....people must not know any better...lol.
These reviews are what I feel about her...
The writer that's disappointed me the most is Stephen King. What a strange person. He can write some great books and some pretty stupid ones as well.
Me too. I devoured his earlier works - they were books I couldn't put down, and would stay up until all hours reading. But I can't get into any of his later works or stick with them for more than a few chapters. I've heard others say the same thing.
Me too. I devoured his earlier works - they were books I couldn't put down, and would stay up until all hours reading. But I can't get into any of his later works or stick with them for more than a few chapters. I've heard others say the same thing.
Add me to the list. Stephen King can continue his obsession with 1960s politics, but I will not be reading his books.
Add me to the list. Stephen King can continue his obsession with 1960s politics, but I will not be reading his books.
I'm with you. He's gotten so verbose and frankly, a lot of his stuff is like it was written by a horny 13 year old boy.
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