Does anyone thing the Nicholas Spark is like a GREAT WRITER?
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Does anyone thing the Nicholas Spark is like a GREAT WRITER?
weird just weird.. LOVE the movies though.. DEAAR JOHN AWESOME!!! i havent picked up abook yet.
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The books are easy to get through and fairly simple stories, which makes for a great read. Does that a great writer make?
The fact they're so simple is what makes his stories into such popular movies. The stories translate really well. I think the love/relationship concept Sparks always uses is ok- how many songs are about love and relationships? Its what people want to think, talk and know about. It's all Jane Austen ever wrote about (Maybe Lady Susan deviated a bit from that), and she is considered a great writer.
I often find Stephen King inspired movies disappointing (I'm quite possibly his biggest fan book-wise, which could be why too) just because the stories are always pretty detailed, and there is a lot of mind stuff going on which is hard to depict visually.
I'm yet to see The Lovely Bones movie, but I haven't heard great things. I think the story is wondeful, and I love the book, but I think it comes back to it being too obscure to translate well to the screen.
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You must not have read many Harlequin books to put Nicholas Sparks in that category. I have read many many many in my years (I have many of those also). Harlequin books are just light fluff. I read them for relaxing relief or at least I did at one time. Don't read them anymore. Sparks writes with much more depth. He gets into his characters feelings. Harlequins are all alike sort of cookie cutter books. Sparks can elicit deep emotions and I often cry when reading them. Have never never cried reading a Harlequin. They are not of the same caliber. You can't dismiss someone who seems to be able to understand human emotions and psyche as he does. They are not just fluff.Liz wrote:I have always thought if Nicholas Sparks were a woman, he'd be writing Harlequin romances and be utterly dismissed by most readers. Just my opinion! It doesn't mean he's not readable -- I just think he's pretty ordinary. That's not a slam, either. Lots of authors are very readable, but not "great."
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