Romance novels. I don't read them, but I agree. I don't mind if there is a love story that serves as a sub-plot, but if that's the whole thing... There's only so many times that anyone is gonna wanna read the whole "Boy meets girl" thing.

And this is by no means Harry Potter Hater forum. In fact, I'd say it was more of a Inheritance hater forum, if anything... *glares over at punctured picture of Christopher Paolini on dartboard*

Yup, same as Kaz, I don't touch romance if I can help it. But I LIKE Dickens! He's funny, and I like his style. I think 98% of us on here are Paolini bashers. Isn't it nice? We're all united it one common loathing, swapping worst bits about it, the bits that made us vomit, and always lamenting the fact that none of us have been born into a publishing family.

-Shadow

I am extremely surprised no one has mentioned Anne Rice.

I mean, really. Her books are the WORST. And to think I kept on reading in hopes that it would get better.

Alas, my hopes were in vain.

extrication wrote:I am extremely surprised no one has mentioned Anne Rice.

I mean, really. Her books are the WORST. And to think I kept on reading in hopes that it would get better.

Alas, my hopes were in vain.

Are you kidding me? I adore Anne Rice!

There's nothing like a good Paolini-bashing when you're feeling down.

Dickens is on my unfinishable (nice word, huh?) list, but I liked Great Expectations, mainly because it's what started me calling my dad "Aged P."

Pushca wrote:There's nothing like a good Paolini-bashing when you're feeling down.

*snickers* So true. I have a personal vendetta against that kid. Yep, I'm evil. But I'd rather be a bad writer with creative ideas then a good writer (or supposedly good) that rips off other people's stuff.

Besides him, I LOVE LotR, but I agree with people who say that Tolkien is better at creating such worlds, than writing/storytelling. I do love the 'Mount Doom' chapters though, and I could read them over and over again.

I do like J.K. Rowling/Harry Potter, and can't WAIT for the 7th book to come out.

- Dreami

I used to be a big HP fan, but I've grown out of it since, and now that I re-read the books, J.K. Rowling has an incredibly bland writing style. It's stale, it's dull, it's just a basic "telling the story" style. Don't get me wrong, her storyline is genius, but I think she should have hired a writer rather then write it herself.

I tried to read Eldest, but I lost interest from the first few pages. (Probably doesn't help that I'm not a fan of fantasy books, either... ) Paolini dumps a huge load of characters with elaborate names into the first chapter, and his writing is rather odd, like he's trying too hard to make it good. Also, he seems to assume that everyone who reads Eldest has read Eragon; a critical mistake in my opinion (I haven't read Eragon). I think writers who write a sequel should ease into it and casually explain certain things that new readers can understand, but that people who have read the previous books will not pick up on.

Ahh, I'm thinking about going on a 7th Harry Potter Book strike, just because all my friends are so into it...I don't understand...honestly, I don't like her style, for the same reasons as Brokensword.

And like most people here, I despise Eragon/Eldest. I picked up Eragon, got to page seventy and threw it at a wall...that was how much I hated it. The second is supposed to be better...and just like with harry potter, my friends are counting down the days to the third book...I just don't get it.

Another type of book that makes me angry are mindless YA books. Note, I say mindless. Because I'm a YA writer...but stuff that's all about boy problems and makeup and clothes and fitting it...I just can't stand any of it! But Sarah Dessen is awesome....wrong thread for that though...teehee.

Whew...I feel better now... =D

"In fact, I'd say it was more of a Inheritance hater forum, if anything..."

www.anti-shurtugal.com

Go there if you really wanna bash Paolini. :p

Anyways, I don't like Paolini, and I'm also not crazy about Ray Bradbury. I couldn't get into Fahrenheit 451 or Something Wicked This Way Comes.

I also think Dracula is one of the most dull books of all time.

Prokaryote

JCobsesed wrote:Another type of book that makes me angry are mindless YA books. Note, I say mindless. Because I'm a YA writer...but stuff that's all about boy problems and makeup and clothes and fitting it...I just can't stand any of it!

I weep with you! I can't stand all those books. And they're all the same too! Which would be bad if the majority of them were good, but the majority of them are bad, so it's even worse. Ugh, can't you put something even slightly original out there?

Anything with a Mary-Sue or Gary-Stu. Need I say further? Nah.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm i would say harry potter 2

Current assigned reading: Forbidden City by William Bell. It's about this kid whose father is a cameraman, and they go to China to do some background stuff on a story or something. It's awful enough that I can only stand a few pages at a time. The writing is terrible; all tell and no show.

The characters, too, are completely unrealistic. The father tells the kid they're moving to China, and the kid's perfectly OK with it. Seriously, you're moving half way around the world to an oppressive Communist society, and you're not even concerned about missing your friends? Sheesh.

If the book's cover is pink and there are twenty bazillion other installments in technicolour, that is cue for me to run far, far away.

I hated reading The Scarlet Letter, though I can appreciate it more after the fact. I don't like things that are wordy and verbose and redundant redundant (like me)

I really hate the Gossip Girls. I REALLY do.
Really.
Did I put enough emphasis on really?