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Big Name Authors you can't get into.
Posted on 6/12/17 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 6/12/17 at 10:11 pm
Anybody have that big time author you just can't get into no matter how hard you try.
I'd have to say Crichton and Neil Gaiman are two for me.
Loved the Jurassic Park movie as a kid. Love the franchise still. Couldn't make it through the book.
Only Gaiman book I've made it through was stardust and the movie was way better than the book.
I'd have to say Crichton and Neil Gaiman are two for me.
Loved the Jurassic Park movie as a kid. Love the franchise still. Couldn't make it through the book.
Only Gaiman book I've made it through was stardust and the movie was way better than the book.
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Posted on 6/13/17 at 4:47 am to lsu1919
Cormac McCarthy
His style is so distracting that I can't enjoy his stories.
His style is so distracting that I can't enjoy his stories.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:48 am to lsu1919
Salman Rushdie
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:24 am to lsu1919
I recently tired reading "The 7 habits of Highly successful people" because of the reviews. The author's writing style and me did not gel. I thought he was bad at it, tbh. He would go on a tangent and never stay on subject.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:01 am to lsu1919
Stephen King
Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben
Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:37 am to lsu1919
Neil Gaiman for sure. Read The Ocean at the End of the Lane, but it was a struggle. I won't read another one of his books for a while, if at all.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 12:01 pm to lsu1919
Saul bellow doesn't do it for me
Posted on 6/13/17 at 12:04 pm to AUveritas
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Cormac McCarthy His style is so distracting that I can't enjoy his stories.
I'm with you on this. I actually really like his stories but struggle with his style so much that it's a chore at times to read his stuff.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 12:05 pm to lsu1919
James Lee Burke, tried hard because of the LA nexus but 
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:27 pm to lsu1919
Nelson DeMille.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 3:42 pm to lsu1919
Have you tried Sphere, Timeline, or Congo? Those are Chricton's best books IMO.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:47 pm to lsu1919
Robert Ludlum, I didn't like any of the Bourne books.
Bernhard Cromwell. I got really bored with the Saxon Chronicles. Not sure why as I don't typically get bored reading.
Bernhard Cromwell. I got really bored with the Saxon Chronicles. Not sure why as I don't typically get bored reading.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:54 pm to Dubosed
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Stephen King
What have you read of his?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 9:21 pm to Macbeth
The Long Walk which I enjoyed.
The Stand
The Gunslinger
Salem's Lot
The Shining
Carrie
He just isn't my cup of tea.
The Stand
The Gunslinger
Salem's Lot
The Shining
Carrie
He just isn't my cup of tea.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 9:26 pm to Dubosed
My favorite novel of his is 11-23-63.
Excellent. Not horror. More sci-fi
Excellent. Not horror. More sci-fi
Posted on 6/13/17 at 9:31 pm to Macbeth
Me and the wife have been meaning to watch the mini series but just haven't gotten around to it. I just feel like ya gotta trudge through so much of the stuff he writes. Like I said just isn't for me.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 9:42 pm to Dubosed
Mini series is ok. They change a lot but premise remains same.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 10:55 pm to biglego
Now that you mention it I did read timeline and really liked it. Forgot about that one. Need to try out Congo and sphere.
I find it interesting how much style has to do with liking a book or not. For me anyway.
I find it interesting how much style has to do with liking a book or not. For me anyway.
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