I don't usually pick up a book expecting horrible writing unless it's something I know is bad (eg. Twilight), but I've been pleasantly surprised by a few books I picked up because they sounded OK and I like their age and nice binding (yes, I'm one of those people). Rickshaw Boy and Temptation of St. Anthony were both books that fall into those categories.
However, I've had the opposite happen a LOT. I pick up a book that I hear people RAVE about, and am just plain disappointed. I started Sword of Shannara and, I'm sorry, hated it. Maybe it's because I've read so many OTHER books that start with the same ol' farm boy trope, and it sucks because SoS came before most of them, but it still just immediately turned me off and I had a lot of problems moving past it.
However, I've had the opposite happen a LOT. I pick up a book that I hear people RAVE about, and am just plain disappointed. I started Sword of Shannara and, I'm sorry, hated it. Maybe it's because I've read so many OTHER books that start with the same ol' farm boy trope, and it sucks because SoS came before most of them, but it still just immediately turned me off and I had a lot of problems moving past it.
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The pleasant surprise of finding an odd book, reading a bit of it and liking it.
- 27/09/2011 11:00:54 PM
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I picked up a collection of Leonard Cohen's poetry, The Energy of Slaves, like that
- 28/09/2011 04:18:25 AM
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I couple times, at least to an extent
- 28/09/2011 07:40:05 AM
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People actually claimed that Sword of Shannara was good? Huh. *NM*
- 28/09/2011 03:14:25 PM
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Two (intelligent) members of my immediate family rave about those books.
- 28/09/2011 05:00:31 PM
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I think it's a nostalgia thing. Not necessarily a true quality of writing thing. *NM*
- 29/09/2011 01:00:00 AM
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