For me it’s probably Stephanie Garber. ‘The Night Circus’ by Erin Morgenstein was a book I deeply enjoyed, and so when Garber’s ‘Caraval’ began to be advertised as something within a similar vein to ‘The Night Circus’ I knew I had to give it a try. And.. it was awful. A deeply annoying and painfully stupid MC, a plot that tries to palm off its non-sensical story beats as simply fitting into the world’s aesthetics. The idea of ‘nothing being quite what it seems’ is not an excuse for poor planning and writing. It was a disappointment, I reread Night Circus shortly after to cleanse my palette. Recently Garber’s re-gained some attention for her ‘Once Upon a Broken Heart’ series, and most reviews for it seem fairly positive, but I don’t know if I’m willing to give her another chance.
Which authors have made you feel this way?
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James Patterson. Read some of his, then the one with Bill Clinton. No thanks, ever again
Patrick rothfuss. Not for not finishing the trilogy, but for every shitty act of deception and douchebaggery along the way.
Alice Hoffman.
I felt the same way about Caraval. The Night Circus is one of my favorite books, so I borrowed Caraval from a friend. I was sorely disappointed.
Brandon Sanderson.
I tried to read Mistborn: The Final Empire and I guess it’s my final attempt.
Very bland prose and it reads like a movie script.
Note, i will make exceptions
George R R Martin, his series will never be finished unless someone takes it upon themselves to finish after he passes.
JK Rowling. Now if she ever admits to her crappy behavior and means it, and tries to change her ways. I may give her books a chance again, but till that time comes not going to
J.G Ballard. I read The Unlimited Dream Company and I hated it so much that I immediately brought it to a charity shop after I finished reading it because I didn’t want it in my house.
Bukowski… too choppy and male-oriented
Matt haig, midnight library was drivel.
Priory of the orange tree was an even bigger waste of my life, can’t think of her name right now, but never again.
Palahniuk. They’re all just quite samey.
Timothy Zahn, James S.A. Corey, Blake Crouch, all wrote books that were okay but not anything I’d ever ask for more of.
Jeffrey Archer. My brother loves him. I read Honor Amongst Thieves. It was one of the dumbest books I’ve ever read. I read it over 20 years ago and the sheer idiocy of the plot remains seared in my mind.
Tana French. I read the Wych Elm and found the protagonist so incredibly insufferable, the story so painfully boring that I can’t bring myself to pick up another one.
Larry Correia