An author you can't stand.

Janie

Janie

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For me it's 'Clive Barker' out of the 4 books i've tried to read by him, i've actually only managed to complete 1 (and that was a struggle). Whether it be his straight out horror or the more fantasy based work it always ends up becoming to weird to be enjoyable. I defie anyone to enjoy 'The Thief of Always' and probably the worst single book i've ever tried to read 'The Great and Secret Show'.

'The Hellbound Heart' was the only one I finished (Hellraiser is the much better movie adaption).

Ugh.
 
Chick

Chick

Cartwheel RIGHT
Anything 'ghostwritten' eg Chris Ryan & Tom Clancy

'Funny' Books that aren't. eg rankin & holt

The cock that keeps spamming out "bored of the rings" and sugh shite. ***

And Clive barker.

and Anyone who writes for a newspaper.

or itv.

can i continue?
 
Sharra

Sharra

Chimpette
I mght get shot down in flames but I don't like Terry Pratchett... the stories sound great when people tell me about them, but not when I'm reading them.
 
Janie

Janie

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Sharra said:
I mght get shot down in flames but I don't like Terry Pratchett... the stories sound great when people tell me about them, but not when I'm reading them.
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:p

Was going to mention Pratchett myself, but got scared of the backlash. (He's not as bad as Clive Barker, but i've never understood the appeal).
 
MarkS

MarkS

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/hiss @ sharra :D


I read mostly horror as a stooodent like King and Herbert.. but couldnt stand Shaun Hutson.. i just felt embarrased reading his stuff, was it horror, was it comedy? and why did ever book need a handful of sex scenes?

Killer slugs indeed.
 
Ky

Ky

Stupid is as stupid does
I agree - Pratchett sucks. I also agree that Clive Barker is over-rated as well. Weaveworld was a total pile of dog turd.

All the Harry Potter books suck. J K Rowling is a terrible writer.

Anything by Jeffrey Archer, Graham Masterton, Elmore Leonard or Terry Brooks.
 
Sharra

Sharra

Chimpette
Ky I disagree with you there - the first Harry Potter book was incredibly well written and very fresh, I was blown away by it tbh. Nos 2 and 3 were so, so, the 4th needed about half of it chopping out, the 5th was great and the 6th not bad.
When you consider she has got millions of kids into reading, she can't be doing a bad job.
 
Janie

Janie

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I thought the 3rd Harry book has been by far and away the best of the series. I found the first 2 alittle lightweight. 4 & 5 were decent storys but I'm not keen on the soap opera 'growing pains' that plague those books. 6 though was just weak, I hope it was just setting the pieces up for the final novel.

Chick said:
Janie.
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Your cruel.
 
Zeus

Zeus

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Janie said:
Your cruel.
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*You're
(alternative response was 'his cruel what?')

Don't really have any authors I can't stand... Mainly because if I don't like them, I don't read them, and it never gets to the point of not being able to stand them :p
 
McHoff H. McChrist

McHoff H. McChrist

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"The cock that keeps spamming out "bored of the rings" and sugh shite. ***"

I read that about 8 years ago, thought it was fairly amusing, though nothing special. Why does it annoy you so much? (apart from the obvious re-release cashing in on the new films)

JK Rowling's definitely over-rated - they're just children's books. Nothing amazing, I've read plenty which I enjoyed more.
I don't get why people consider it to be so amazing, and it *really* annoys me that she's richer than the queen. Not that I like the queen, but it's a standard. :D

I agree about Jeffrey Archer. Read one of his collections of short stories. Not only do I think the guy's corrupt and a prize twat, but he can't write for toffee either. Trite and hack-y.

I choose to believe Janie was being ironic, tbh imo btw.
 
McHoff H. McChrist

McHoff H. McChrist

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Actually, while we're on the subject...

David Eddings. He's got a big fanbase, but he really pisses me off. :D
I loved him when I was about 14, so I guess I should give him props :pimp: for helping to get me started in reading, but now? ugh.

**slight spoiler I guess... though if you didn't see it coming, blah blah***
Derisive, unoriginal crap IMO. Crystal Throne ripped off Silverthorn by Feist (though I can't prove that, as they came out at almost the same time), and it's all so light-hearted. You have the toughest bad-asses in the world (usually including at least one god) wandering around carving and blasting their way through hordes of crap soldiers. All the characters are 1-dimensional, and the fact that they're nigh-invulnerable means you don't particularly care about them.
Twice in 2 series do any of the goodies die, and in both cases they're immediately brought back to life (directly, or in the form of his son, who has *exactly* the same character).
/yawn
 
Chick

Chick

Cartwheel RIGHT
McHoff H. McChrist said:
"The cock that keeps spamming out "bored of the rings" and sugh shite. ***"

I read that about 8 years ago, thought it was fairly amusing,
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you were how old then?

Re-read it. and his otehrs. the furthest i ever got into it was, erm, about 8 pages before putting it down. I recently gave it to a charity shop in a house-move cleanout. Can't destroy books. Even that book.
 
Janie

Janie

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Chick said:
Can't destroy books. Even that book.
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You sound like one of those stupid students in 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Its the end of the world, it's frozen outside but we can't burn the libraray books because they are so meaningful. Wrong - Burn then all - starting with the Clive Barker section, and if you whine once more your going on the fire next.

Zing :p
 
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