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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 1144 Views
Hemingway, for the most part Larry - 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM 844 Views
Coelho is like Deepak Chopra. Tom - 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM 746 Views
Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM 792 Views
It's even worse when he says something without preparation. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:35:49 PM 790 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 366 Views
I was forced to read Brida for a book club. nossy - 23/04/2014 09:27:21 PM 785 Views
I read one of Coehlo's books about five years back. Stephen - 25/05/2014 12:57:55 AM 858 Views
H.P. Lovecraft everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM 790 Views
I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:44:32 PM 791 Views
Re: I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:34:05 AM 734 Views
I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust. DomA - 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM 1195 Views
Both of those are great picks. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM 802 Views
That's actually really hard. Legolas - 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM 827 Views
You could have always said Dan Brown if you were having problems. *NM* Tom - 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM 351 Views
Yeah, but he's not overrated. Legolas - 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM 732 Views
I think they bash him more because he tries to pass fiction off as fact. Tom - 19/04/2014 06:22:59 PM 772 Views
I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically) nossy - 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM 736 Views
Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM 810 Views
Yes. nossy - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM 816 Views
Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 868 Views
You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 763 Views
Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 784 Views
It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM 759 Views
Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 765 Views
The ones listed already are ones I agree with. Rebekah - 23/04/2014 10:36:04 PM 758 Views
I've never understood people who read everything Shakespeare wrote. everynametaken - 26/04/2014 07:17:27 PM 723 Views
Some of it is THAT good, I think. Ghavrel - 03/05/2014 05:48:05 AM 766 Views
Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 752 Views
Orhan Pamuk Stephen - 25/05/2014 01:15:06 AM 862 Views
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