Who is an author everybody seems to love and you can't stand

[Erik]

I also know what you mean about someone else taking over a series and ruining it. I used to love Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, but then her son Todd took it over. His writing was too different, and I despised it. I don't read the series anymore.

I'm glad someone else here has read Anne McCaffrey. Although, my favourite of hers was 'The Ship Who Sang'. And I agree with you about Todd's writing... the 'voice' was just too different, and it kept dragging me out of the story. I still re-read the ones she wrote, but I don't bother with anything he had a hand in writing.

[Bandersnatch]

I can make it three!
She has a really odd way of describing things that gets on my nerves... I put down one of her books when she went as far as to describe a simple fork as a "three-pronged" something or other. It's really unfortunate, because I feel like if she had someone to knock her upside the head whenever she starts getting too poetic, her books might actually be interesting instead of distracting.

Yeah, exactly. Her descriptions always confused me, and often made me have to read the same sentence three times to understand she was actually describing a super basic object. Also didn't like her characters tbh. Everyone is always going on about how Jace is such a 'romantic character', but honestly I hate him. He's unnecessarily mean and rude (and no, a tragic backstory doesn't excuse that sort of behaviour). I hate most of the characters from the Mortal Instruments, but especially Jace.
I actually liked the idea though, with all the different mythologies mixed and all that, but the execution was just very poor in my opinion.

[Jess_8510]

My first thought was Stephen King. His books are so long, and unnecessarily so. The only thing of his I ever liked was The Green Mile, which was originally written in a serial format. However, I also dislike Stephanie Meyer. I read the first Twilight book and struggled to finish because I found it boring and the characters unlikable.

[noethe5]

Stephen King. I used to like him; I've enjoyed many of his books, but I've seen his pompous arrogance in his criticism of other authors, and I lost all respect for him as a human. He came off as a jealous twit when commenting on the immense rise to fame of Stephanie Meyer with the Twilight series for example. Petty. Be professional, not childish.

[thejadedvoice]

Stephen King

I don't like Stephen King's writing either! I find it so dull! I love horror, but I have to roll my eyes when people recommend his books
I do like some of the film adaptations though!

I feel the same way. The only SK book I've liked is 11.22.63 Mr. Mercedes is on my bookshelf; bought it over a year ago but haven't read one word yet.

[Miguelio]

James Patterson. His books make me fall asleep, and Zoo was terrible. (Have tried seven books by him thinking... well he is so popular I must be wrong)

[katiesquilts]

James Patterson. His books make me fall asleep, and Zoo was terrible. (Have tried seven books by him thinking... well he is so popular I must be wrong)

To be fair, James Patterson uses a lot of ghost writers... And if you're not good enough to write books under your own name, you probably shouldn't be ghostwriting for a famous author...

[Sarah_Khan]

I have to agree with everyone that mentioned Stephen King. I've only ever read two of his books, The Shining and its sequel, and they were both not scary and actually boring. Which makes me think that the majority of The Shining's fame must be because of the movie.

[papaya12]

I second this. I've actually come to the point where my hate for her books has become almost irrational. I can't help it, I just really, really dislike her books.[/quote]

Hahaha the irrational comment made me think of Sophie Hanna and the "new" "Poirot" "books".

I'm a really REALLY big fan of Agatha Christie. So when I heard somebody would be writing new Poirot books, I had mixed feelings. I ended up reading the first one, I WANTED so much to have new Poirot stories...What a disappointment. I HATED everything about the book.

After that, people have told me "but hey, her other mystery books are really good!" and I'm just like
NO
NOOOOOOOOO
NO!
I completely on totally agree on this point.
NO.
NEVER.
NO.[/quote]

[ReviewerDiksha]

Paulo Cohelo. Everyone around me just loved the Alchemist. And everyone was like it the best book ever and all. And when I read that book. Disappointed. It has been overhyped so much! I just dont understand why?

[Anirudh Badri]

Chetan Bhagat. He is a really popular indian author whose works I simply cannot stand.

[juliusotinyo]

Agatha Christie, Stephen King, Sidney Sheldon, and the 50 shades of Grey author. I really don't get these authors. Especially Agatha, I don't get peoples' fascination with her books.

[Mallory Whitaker]

I absolutely agree with George RR Martin. I've tried several times to get into the Game of Thrones series. But I just can't do it. I feel the same way about a number of other fantasy serieses. My thinking is that if the series is so complicated that I need a handbook or reading guide just to keep track of all the characters and storylines then it ceases to be leisure reading and becomes work. Not exactly the kind of reading I'm looking for.

I can totally understand that. It's very complex. I can also understand why people find that appealing. I've read the first book and a half of the Game of Thrones series and I couldn't get into it. I just can't handle so many characters dying. I get too attached.

For me, I really don't like J.D. Salinger. Or well, more specifically, I didn't like Catcher in the Rye at all. I know a lot of people like it. I just can't deal with it.

[Harley1984]

Definitely Stephen King. His books are too out there for me. Even though I am named after one of his books. I like Cassandra Claire well enough, though haven't read any of her books. Also, now I am curious about the plagiarism because I had not heard about that. Also. George RR Martin. I heard that he was a great writer, bought one of his books, but never read it. It just didn't catch my attention.

But am I the only that thought Hunger Games was boring. Sure when they went into the arena it picked up, but the beginning of the story was so boring that it was hard to finish.

[AliceofX]

Stephen King was the first name that came to mind, and I seem to not be the only one. I actually rather liked Misery and The Shining, but it was On Writing that made me personally dislike him. Despite that, I still tried to read Under the Dome but quit after the dog was shot. It was just so needlessly emotionally manipulative that I just had enough.

Another one is John Grisham. Read the Pelican Brief and The Firm and hated both of them.

Ken Follet. I've only read one book of his, The Pillars of the Earth, but it angered me so much that I just have to mention him. Started out as good historical fiction, but the author became too in love with one of his characters.