What Writers do you HATE

musicalzoo · Sep 25, 2007

the thread about writers you no longer read started this for me...

what writers can you not STAND to read?

Maya Angelou. Never cared for her. Seriously object to owning anything of hers (and I don't!)

That's the only one i can think of- there's a of of writers that I don't care for much, but they haven't risen to my 'NOT IN MY HOUSE' standard...

scarletpeaches · Sep 25, 2007

I. Invoke. Dan. Brown.

Andre_Laurent · Sep 25, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
I. Invoke. Dan. Brown.

Yep, that's the one.

Wraith · Sep 25, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
I. Invoke. Dan. Brown.

Yes!Yes!Yes!
Also, any smart-ass trying to sell by shocking people and showing off by their nerve and outstanding amount of culture. But, yeah, Dan Brown.

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 25, 2007

I can't think of any I hate.

And I've never really understood the bile that rises over Dan Brown. I started reading the Da Vinci Code, got bored partway into it and stopped. But that experience didn't traumatize me as it seems to have so many others.

musicalzoo · Sep 25, 2007

I have somehow managed never to read the da vinci code or anything else by him.

guess i won't start! lol

it was always one of those books i kept 'meaning' to get, but somethign else would catch my eye instead

scarletpeaches · Sep 25, 2007

Shadow_Ferret said:
I can't think of any I hate.

And I've never really understood the bile that rises over Dan Brown. I started reading the Da Vinci Code, got bored partway into it and stopped. But that experience didn't traumatize me as it seems to have so many others.

You'd be traumatised if your best friend was murdered.

My best friend is the English language.

Shane Fitzsimmons · Sep 25, 2007

Terry Goodkind. If I want to be lectured about heroes, I'd go to somebody who at least understands that Good and Evil are invented concepts. His success has only fueled his ego, and has made him think that his views are gospel and anyone who doesn't agree with him is either stupid, immature, or too young to understand.

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 25, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
You'd be traumatised if your best friend was murdered.

My best friend is the English language.

Ah, I guess that explains it.

I'm American. :tongue

WendyNYC · Sep 25, 2007

OJ!
Paris Hilton's dog!

Claudia Gray · Sep 25, 2007

I don't waste my hate on people I don't know. There are writers whose work I don't care for, but my reaction to their work is never going to make me HATE them. I'd like to think my eventual readers would pay me the same courtesy, regardless of what they think of my writing.

JLCwrites · Sep 25, 2007

I think I would hate a writer if she/he tried to hit me, or called me a chicken. (anyone can see that I am most definitely a Turkey!)

RG570 · Sep 25, 2007

I think it's silly to hate people you don't know, but I cannot help it in this one instance: John Ringo.

He makes me sick.

GerriB · Sep 25, 2007

Dennis McKiernan. Blatent Tolkein rip-off artist. Very, very blatent, to the point of making me want to demand how he got published because they're way over the line of homage and into plaigerism territory.

Mindy L. Klasky. Wretched worldbuilding, flat characters, and plots that depend way too much on coincidence.

Elizabeth Haydon. Can we say stupidest main character ever? She can't even count 9 months and believes someone called the Father of Lies, even after knowing what he does. *shakes head in disgust*

That would be my list.

Good Luck!

CheshireCat · Sep 25, 2007

I don't hate other writers. Why would I? There are writers whose styles I don't care for, but it's not like anybody puts a gun to my head and demands that I read them.

Azraelsbane · Sep 25, 2007

I'm sure I'll get smacked around for this, but so be it.

Hemingway, Woolf, & Kerouac That is, i hate reading their stuff, not the authors themselves.

Azraelsbane · Sep 25, 2007

GerriB said:
Dennis McKiernan. Blatent Tolkein rip-off artist. Very, very blatent, to the point of making me want to demand how he got published because they're way over the line of homage and into plaigerism territory.

Mindy L. Klasky. Wretched worldbuilding, flat characters, and plots that depend way too much on coincidence.

Elizabeth Haydon. Can we say stupidest main character ever? She can't even count 9 months and believes someone called the Father of Lies, even after knowing what he does. *shakes head in disgust*

That would be my list.

Good Luck!

Is Haydon the one who wrote Rhapsody? I just had a 20 min screamfest with a friend yesterday about that book. She told me I hate all female MCs. I said, "No, only dumb ones." I hate it when idiot, dependant women are protags. A total discredit to my sex.

Ok, I'll stop ranting now.

Alexandra Little · Sep 25, 2007

James Joyce. Pynchon. Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan (yes, I know he just died, don't hurt me).

Maprilynne · Sep 25, 2007

ClaudiaGray said:
I don't waste my hate on people I don't know. There are writers whose work I don't care for, but my reaction to their work is never going to make me HATE them. I'd like to think my eventual readers would pay me the same courtesy, regardless of what they think of my writing.

Wow, that is exactly what I was going to say, only more graceful. Thanks!

And I loved The DaVinci Code.

musicalzoo · Sep 25, 2007

Maprilynne said:
Wow, that is exactly what I was going to say, only more graceful. Thanks!

True, but if strangers hate your writing, that means they've read it, which means it's published, which means you're making some money off it, and (to top it off) there will probably be people who love it!

scully931 · Sep 25, 2007

Maprilynne said:
Wow, that is exactly what I was going to say, only more graceful. Thanks!

And I loved The DaVinci Code.

I enjoyed it too. Granted, I felt the characters were underdeveloped and it was a cliche ending. But, the subject matter was quite interesting and has led me to reading other books on the subjects. I consider the subject matter quite a bold move on his part.

Chameleon · Sep 25, 2007

Stephen King. I've read several of his books. Couldn't care much for him.

Also--and this is tentative sort of hate---Anne Rice.

OctoberRain · Sep 25, 2007

James Patterson. He's so brief with his prose that I feel at times I'm reading a summary of the story more than the story itself.

Robin Cook. His characters don't work for me. In one of the books I read (can't remember the name), the MC was an American woman doctor (born, raised and living in the U.S.) in her 30's who, whenever something bad happened, would exclaim, "Oh my word!" And other things that didn't fit. I would torment my friends mercilessly if they talked like that. And because I don't believe in his characters, I don't care what happens to them them.

David McAfee · Sep 25, 2007

I don't hate any writers, but there are some writers whose work I just can't read for one reason or another. LKH is one.

I honestly don't understand why people are so miffed about DVC. I read it. I loved it. I went out and bought Angels and Demons the very next day.

sneakers145 · Sep 25, 2007

I haven't even read the Da Vinci Code. Does that mean I live under a rock?? I agree that Patterson is very brief and to the point, a good airport or beach read (ie quick).

Tried Nora Roberts a few times and can't get into her stuff. Iris Johannsen for her eternal head stuff and dialogue, and Heather Graham's cliches.

I don't *hate* them. I just stopped reading them.

What Writers do you HATE

musicalzoo

scarletpeaches

Andre_Laurent

Wraith

The demon in your inkwell.

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

musicalzoo

scarletpeaches

Shane Fitzsimmons

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

WendyNYC

fiddle-dee-dee

Claudia Gray

JLCwrites

RG570

GerriB

Dazed and Confuzzled

CheshireCat

Mostly purring. Mostly.

Azraelsbane

Agony is defeat

Azraelsbane

Agony is defeat

Alexandra Little

What a desolation.

Maprilynne

Author Waiting in the Wings

musicalzoo

scully931

So you're suggesting what? Bigfoot?

Chameleon

I less than 3 you!

OctoberRain

I triple dog dare you.

David McAfee

God of Squirrels

sneakers145