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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 1248 Views
Hemingway, for the most part Larry - 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM 947 Views
Coelho is like Deepak Chopra. Tom - 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM 852 Views
Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM 897 Views
It's even worse when he says something without preparation. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:35:49 PM 876 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 419 Views
I was forced to read Brida for a book club. nossy - 23/04/2014 09:27:21 PM 883 Views
I read one of Coehlo's books about five years back. Stephen - 25/05/2014 12:57:55 AM 1030 Views
H.P. Lovecraft everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM 893 Views
I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:44:32 PM 886 Views
Re: I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:34:05 AM 830 Views
I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust. DomA - 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM 1366 Views
Both of those are great picks. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM 913 Views
That's actually really hard. Legolas - 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM 962 Views
You could have always said Dan Brown if you were having problems. *NM* Tom - 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM 398 Views
Yeah, but he's not overrated. Legolas - 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM 826 Views
I think they bash him more because he tries to pass fiction off as fact. Tom - 19/04/2014 06:22:59 PM 866 Views
I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically) nossy - 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM 828 Views
Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM 910 Views
Yes. nossy - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM 907 Views
Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 1020 Views
You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 865 Views
Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 869 Views
It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM 865 Views
Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 860 Views
The ones listed already are ones I agree with. Rebekah - 23/04/2014 10:36:04 PM 852 Views
I've never understood people who read everything Shakespeare wrote. everynametaken - 26/04/2014 07:17:27 PM 802 Views
Some of it is THAT good, I think. Ghavrel - 03/05/2014 05:48:05 AM 862 Views
Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 847 Views
Orhan Pamuk Stephen - 25/05/2014 01:15:06 AM 1033 Views
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