DID YOU EVER WANT TO STRANGLE AN AUTHOR?

[suzy1124]

Yes, and he's one of my fave ones...

I'm reading John Irvings " Widow for one Year "............he's a great story teller, but this time clearly didn't know how to end this book...

I was enchanted w/all of the characters for the first 400 pages...NOW, I couldn't care less!.........he drones on and on w/superfluous detail...........enough already!, pls. get on w/the story!.............

I've had it, I doubt if i'll continue on for the 200 pages more to see : " THE END "...........I now have a headache, it's just not worth it...

What do ya think ?

[SidnayC]

WOW YES! I thought I was the only one! I especially hate it when I read an author I have come to admire and there next novel is complete and utter nonsense. I almost feel deceived!

[kairaxox]

YESS Stephanie Perkins, I want to hear the story of Anna and Etienne in more detail.

[suzy1124]

WOW YES! I thought I was the only one! I especially hate it when I read an author I have come to admire and there next novel is complete and utter nonsense. I almost feel deceived!

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oh you too!...it's Soooo annoying!

-- 14 Jul 2014, 16:23 --

YESS Stephanie Perkins, I want to hear the story of Anna and Etienne in more detail.

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My prob w/this author is TOO MUCH detail..............he has in effect " worn me out "...

[hasreadit]

Yeah. The authors of the Tunnels series because they managed to screw up so completely the final two books in the series

[suzy1124]

when an author wastes one's time, the frustration lies in not being able to accomplish chipping away at the BTR list as quickly as we'd thought...

[Paliden]

Lol! Yes, that has happened to me many times. It's very frustrating.

[suzy1124]

IMO very few books warrant 600 pages anyway...

[pagenumber394]

I was like that with Alligiant. It dragged for me. It was so difficult to get through! I loved Insurgent. I breezed through that book.

I also think she did the wrong thing to the wrong character. It played out differently in my head.

[suzy1124]

it's almost as if they had a ghost-writer...

[AryanaMender]

I feel like that right now with the Sweep series. Each book is really short, but there are 15 of them! She could have easily combined those into half that. And, the main character-I've found myself rooting for her to fail, because she's so darn irritating and whiny. But, I will continue to read, with the hopes the main character becomes a little less self-absorbed (or gets abducted by aliens--that would make things interesting).

[suzy1124]

I feel like that right now with the Sweep series. Each book is really short, but there are 15 of them! She could have easily combined those into half that. And, the main character-I've found myself rooting for her to fail, because she's so darn irritating and whiny. But, I will continue to read, with the hopes the main character becomes a little less self-absorbed (or gets abducted by aliens--that would make things interesting).

hee he heee you're funny, i.m the same way............I can't quit a book even tho I want to, so i'll suffer till the end...

[PashaRu]

Yes, Hemingway. I just find him tedious.

From a cartoon caption: "Great Moments in Literature: In 1936, Ernest Hemingway, while trout fishing, caught a carp and decided not to write about it."

[suzy1124]

Yes, Hemingway. I just find him tedious.

From a cartoon caption: "Great Moments in Literature: In 1936, Ernest Hemingway, while trout fishing, caught a carp and decided not to write about it."

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LMAO.........................very funny , he was never one of my faves..............

[PashaRu]

Saw that years ago, I think it was actually a Far Side cartoon.

Glad you liked it.