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Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM

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He offers some trite and cliché truisms and passes them off as something profound.

I agree that Hemingway is overrated (something I think I very strongly implied in my reviews if not stating directly).


I have never heard the man say anything of any actual originality. He is mostly repeating new age clichés in the guise of spiritualism when, he is in fact, one of the most boring and unoriginal people I have ever heard speak.

But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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Speaking of overrated authors... Tom - 18/04/2014 04:55:41 PM 1354 Views
Hemingway, for the most part Larry - 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM 1050 Views
Coelho is like Deepak Chopra. Tom - 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM 954 Views
Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM 1002 Views
It's even worse when he says something without preparation. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:35:49 PM 971 Views
I'm sure I would need a lot of alcohol to get through an event of his. *NM* everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:14:49 AM 472 Views
I was forced to read Brida for a book club. nossy - 23/04/2014 09:27:21 PM 989 Views
I read one of Coehlo's books about five years back. Stephen - 25/05/2014 12:57:55 AM 1133 Views
H.P. Lovecraft everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM 985 Views
I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:44:32 PM 982 Views
Re: I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:34:05 AM 920 Views
I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust. DomA - 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM 1470 Views
Both of those are great picks. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM 1013 Views
That's actually really hard. Legolas - 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM 1061 Views
You could have always said Dan Brown if you were having problems. *NM* Tom - 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM 444 Views
Yeah, but he's not overrated. Legolas - 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM 920 Views
I think they bash him more because he tries to pass fiction off as fact. Tom - 19/04/2014 06:22:59 PM 958 Views
I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically) nossy - 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM 929 Views
Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM 997 Views
Yes. nossy - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM 987 Views
Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 1123 Views
You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 967 Views
Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 959 Views
It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM 950 Views
Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 959 Views
The ones listed already are ones I agree with. Rebekah - 23/04/2014 10:36:04 PM 936 Views
I've never understood people who read everything Shakespeare wrote. everynametaken - 26/04/2014 07:17:27 PM 906 Views
Some of it is THAT good, I think. Ghavrel - 03/05/2014 05:48:05 AM 971 Views
Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 940 Views
Orhan Pamuk Stephen - 25/05/2014 01:15:06 AM 1116 Views
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