Are there any authors who you will never read again?
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Are there any authors who you will never read again?
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And, of course, there are the authors with unattractive writing styles, bad plots, boring storytelling, and standard violations.
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What companies support with their profits, where they invest, those things I try to pay attention to, but I've never thought of authors unless they're brought to my attention in the news or some such. Even then, it's difficult not to read a book I enjoy even if I detest the author's stand in society. How could I like a book written by someone who is so fundamentally different from me? That's a question that would make me want to read their work. Your comment though, makes me think I should probably reconsider. Not because their life, beliefs, and experiences are different but because of what they support.I have a couple of authors that I won't read due to their behavior outside their writing.
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It's definitely not easy, either. It's something that I've thought about a lot. I wouldn't say that I'm a person that follows creators (whether books, television, art, etc) obsessively but I try to be aware of how a person treats others, especially if I'm giving them money and other support (like plugging their work to friends). I don't feel right about it if I find out someone *continues* to behave badly - because people do make mistakes.Amanda Deck wrote: ↑30 Oct 2018, 11:19 How could I like a book written by someone who is so fundamentally different from me? That's a question that would make me want to read their work. Your comment though, makes me think I should probably reconsider. Not because their life, beliefs, and experiences are different but because of what they support.
It can be difficult when it's an author who is really popular or has a big following. Sometimes people get really defensive when they enjoy someone's work!
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But I do have one or two authors that everyone seems to love, I read their books and they are just very basic books. No depth to the characters or interesting plot lines. But it makes me think, maybe sometimes we have to read books like that to remind us why we like reading. And to help us cultivate an opinion about why we like what we like.
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Maybe another one or two for a different reason: Very wordy. It's nice to be able to describe a road winding through the hills, but not in 23 - 30+ words.
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I made the mistake of letting a friend convince me to read a well-known romance author and I hated the book and won't read anything else by her. It was so predictable and formulaic that it made my teeth hurt.
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