Dare I say it?… I guess I will…the Twilight saga. I just dont think it was a compelling series. The characters felt one dimensional to me. And i also typically don’t like teenager characters, so that didnt help..
Lol! I agree. Bella also wasn’t a very strong character. I read the 1st 3 books to find out why it was such a big deal, and to me there were times I wanted to skip to the end. The books were not good enough to read over and over again.
I read the first two before they became really popular, so I beat that bandwagon. I read the entire series, but I don’t remember much. The only thing that really kept me going was seeing the author’s idea of a modern vampire, which lore and “facts” she kept and what others she tossed aside, that sort of thing.
I’m not big on romance. It has to have a lot more to it for me, though I did enjoy the Sookie Stackhouse books. And the Blood Books by Tanya Huff I really like, but I’m not sure they could be considered even remotely as romance
Danielle Steel – Same plot over and over and over but she’s made an empire out of it – Damsel in distress – becomes widowed or divorced – meets the man of her dreams – marries again and lives happily ever after.
I agree, except they don’t live happily ever after until they can’t be together. So it goes Damsel in distress – becomes widowed or divorced – meets the man of her dreams – they can’t be together for whatever reason – marries again and lives happily ever after. ??
It’s your opinion. But yeah I liked them when I was younger but then I grew out of them and the later books became harder to understand. Plus the movies get over played
Whenever I say this people get mad. I don’t hate them, but I have friends who reach for them as literary gospel. I just have to wonder if they’ve ever read anything else.
I re read them once a year and absolutely love them. But hey it’s your opinion. I think all Dan Brown’s book are very similar, I quite like them, but the plot is always the same…. someone is trying to ruin a religion….
I don’t mind if something that is not my flavor is popular. However, the expectation that everyone speaks the language and gets the lingo is a bit much. I don’t know what “house” I’m in, and likely won’t even after I’ve read the books.
He doesn’t go for the big climatic endings usually, but I can understand why it leaves a lot of people disappointed. I’m a fan of his work, but there are books of his that I never bothered to finish because the journey of reading felt more like a chore than an adventure. And, I agree I never find his books actually scary, but his horror can be more subtle in how every day the fear is.
As much as I like Nora Roberts fantasy romance books they’ve become repetitive. 6 people need to defeat an evil being, first Book focuses on the 2 characters more and the sequels made the other 4 minor characters the main characters. It’s like I wish we could just focus on the main 2.
Many years ago I read a book of hers, and it seems she is going for shock value and controversy. It’s not my style of writing, or maybe it wasn’t a very good book overall.
I’ve only read one of her books and I wasn’t impressed. It wasn’t bad, but got really predictable when randomly a former flame shows up out of nowhere? No thanks.
After a couple of her books I figured out the perp pretty fast. It’s the guy who makes a brief appearance at the beginning then you don’t see them again.
Stephen King and John Grisham. I’ll be shot for it but there ya go. Could never take to either of them as I think their works tend to hmmm… Drag on unnecessarily
As a King fan, I actually understand where you’re coming from. There are a few of his books that I don’t care for, but others that I absolutely love. He does tend to be long-winded
I don’t have the right to despise anyone just because we have a different view. We are both readers so I know we have open minds. Just try to read his View From The Cheap Seats and Trigger Warnings. Apir tayo kababayan.
Well I guess we all have different taste and opinion .. And we all need to accept it. It’s just my opinion..Mine alone.. ? And I dont say I hate his works.. in fact American Gods is one of great books I read.
Nora Roberts, I couldn’t get off the first chapter. Then I put it down, give it a try again. Same thing happen to me. I guess romance is not my taste anymore unlike my sweet valley high and Archie days.
See I don’t see any author as over or underrated. We all have different tastes and sometime we have different reads. Sometimes we need a good laugh, a good cry, a good romance, thriller. There are authors that some like and don’t like. I think it’s all in the eyes of the person reading and why.
Stephen King, I’m sorry I just can’t see it, I mean some of his books/movies are good but I don’t understand why some treat him like a god or something, just my two cents don’t hate.
The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. I tried to read the first one when it became a big deal, just to see if maybe they were that good, but I couldn’t get pass the first chapter.
I hear you! I read Catching Fire it was ok , but I don’t like the premise of the series. What parent in their right mind would send their kids to be kill for the stupid government’s entertainment?
We talk about the books we like all the time. I quite like seeing what people don’t like for a change. Even though I disagree about some of their choices.
I tried reading the Harry Potter books when i was younger but never got into them but im wanting to get them for my daughter see if she is interested in them
I think I’ll be crucified for this, but Haruki Murakami. I actually liked Kafka by the Shore and some of his short stories but I couldn’t finish Norwegian Wood and I didn’t get past the first few pages of 1Q84.
For me it’s almost every author that seems to pump out books very quickly. . .like James Paterson nd Danielle Steele. . .seems like there is a new book coming out every few weeks. . .
I don’t think any of the authors are overrated. Several have been mentioned whom I am not fond of, personally. Although I mentioned that they’re not my cup of tea, I believe every author has become popular for a reason, and their writing fits the niche they are trying to attract.
Dare I say it?… I guess I will…the Twilight saga. I just dont think it was a compelling series. The characters felt one dimensional to me. And i also typically don’t like teenager characters, so that didnt help..
Lol! I agree. Bella also wasn’t a very strong character. I read the 1st 3 books to find out why it was such a big deal, and to me there were times I wanted to skip to the end. The books were not good enough to read over and over again.
I read the first two before they became really popular, so I beat that bandwagon. I read the entire series, but I don’t remember much. The only thing that really kept me going was seeing the author’s idea of a modern vampire, which lore and “facts” she kept and what others she tossed aside, that sort of thing.
Lol. Also Edward felt like marble.
Lol literally and figuratively and metaphorically
The angel and human romance books are way better than the twilight books.
I’m not big on romance. It has to have a lot more to it for me, though I did enjoy the Sookie Stackhouse books. And the Blood Books by Tanya Huff I really like, but I’m not sure they could be considered even remotely as romance
In the angel romance books there’s more action than twilight had. There’s battles with angles and demons and fallen angels against each other.
I’ll have to check it out. Anything is worth trying! Thanks
I agree with twilight, I refuse to even open them.
@Lysa one particular angel series that has romance and action is the Hush Hush series.
Agree!!
I enjoyed the Twilight series. I did not have high expectations. I read for fun. I just thought light and fun. Different.
Omg yes!!!!!
Agreed. Soooo boring
Me too! I’ve felt too terrible to admit it before now. ???
I think Ian McEwan and Paulo Coehlo are both hugely over rated.
What books do they write?
I started off liking Atonement ( McEwan) but after the first intriguing part it got boring to me. Never bothered with the movie
I stopped reading her books years ago.
Oops that was for Danielle Steele.
Danielle Steel – Same plot over and over and over but she’s made an empire out of it – Damsel in distress – becomes widowed or divorced – meets the man of her dreams – marries again and lives happily ever after.
Lol. Glad I never read her books then.
1 is ok. More than 1 is repetitive. 😉
Man I just bought a whole bunch
I agree, except they don’t live happily ever after until they can’t be together. So it goes Damsel in distress – becomes widowed or divorced – meets the man of her dreams – they can’t be together for whatever reason – marries again and lives happily ever after. ??
I forgot the – they can’t be together for whatever reason part. Thank you Kellie! 🙂
@Jullie and just read them. Everyone has different taste and sometimes we need a good romance in our libes
I’ve never really found that, although I haven’t read any of them for years now.
I enjoy her. Have read all of hers.
Yes. Ugh. I read one and it was so very hard to finish. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen. Something unpredictable. Nope.
They are very predictable but sometimes you just want a quick read that you know will end happy and not take a lot of thought to follow. ?
It’s your opinion. But yeah I liked them when I was younger but then I grew out of them and the later books became harder to understand. Plus the movies get over played
John green. Same plot… different characters. Literally.
Whenever I say this people get mad. I don’t hate them, but I have friends who reach for them as literary gospel. I just have to wonder if they’ve ever read anything else.
I get it totally. It’s like I like reading all sorts of stuff and not all of them are what everyone likes.
I’ve tried so hard to read those books. But just can’t. I can’t even get past the first chapter of the first book without wanting to toss them aside.
I re read them once a year and absolutely love them. But hey it’s your opinion. I think all Dan Brown’s book are very similar, I quite like them, but the plot is always the same…. someone is trying to ruin a religion….
@Laura I’m reading them to my son now (he’s almost 2). They’re much more enjoyable with a young audience.
@Matt That’s good to know. Maybe I’ll try to read them with my nieces and see if I get farther than by myself.
I don’t mind if something that is not my flavor is popular. However, the expectation that everyone speaks the language and gets the lingo is a bit much. I don’t know what “house” I’m in, and likely won’t even after I’ve read the books.
Stephen King. I find his books pretty repetitive and rarely scary. He always seems to write the same anticlimactic ending ?
He doesn’t go for the big climatic endings usually, but I can understand why it leaves a lot of people disappointed. I’m a fan of his work, but there are books of his that I never bothered to finish because the journey of reading felt more like a chore than an adventure. And, I agree I never find his books actually scary, but his horror can be more subtle in how every day the fear is.
@Luci I enjoyed DaVinci Code, but I agree. It’s the same thing over and over.
Nicholas Sparks. Someone always has to die in his books.
I agree.
I agree!
As much as I like Nora Roberts fantasy romance books they’ve become repetitive. 6 people need to defeat an evil being, first Book focuses on the 2 characters more and the sequels made the other 4 minor characters the main characters. It’s like I wish we could just focus on the main 2.
@Matt I read his last book a month ago, cos he is a good writer, I just wish he would change it a bit
@Ariannah you are right, you won’t find that in the books, but on Pottermore….
@Luci it’s a hard line to walk, giving your core readership what they want vs. having variety and novelty to attract/keep new readers
Holy crap! I thought I was alone!
@Matt yes, you are right. It it very hard…
Gabriel Garcia Marquez! Totally overrated!
Please no one yell at me, but Jodi Picoult. People in the past have been not so nice to me because I don’t like her books. ?
Her books don’t seem to be my type of books. They seem to be the type that are depressing and drag on forever.
Yes. Exactly
Many years ago I read a book of hers, and it seems she is going for shock value and controversy. It’s not my style of writing, or maybe it wasn’t a very good book overall.
That’s what I thought. Yeah I won’t be reading her. I tried getting into Nicolas sparks. Again his books aren’t my cup of tea either.
Now Nicholas Sparks I like. ?
I’ve only read one of her books and I wasn’t impressed. It wasn’t bad, but got really predictable when randomly a former flame shows up out of nowhere? No thanks.
I liked a few of hers, 19 minutes but the last few have not been good for me.
Sidney Sheldon and Mary Higgins Clark. Their stories seem to be as thin as the paper they write on.
After a couple of her books I figured out the perp pretty fast. It’s the guy who makes a brief appearance at the beginning then you don’t see them again.
@Virginia well thanks. Just ruined it for ne???
Whatever this is, it’s super creepy.
Nicholas Sparks – same book different title! But if it sells why wouldn t you??
he’s my favourite author
Totally agree!
Danielle Steel
Nicolas Sparks. All his books have the same formula. And someone always has to die horribly.
Stephen King and John Grisham. I’ll be shot for it but there ya go. Could never take to either of them as I think their works tend to hmmm… Drag on unnecessarily
As a King fan, I actually understand where you’re coming from. There are a few of his books that I don’t care for, but others that I absolutely love. He does tend to be long-winded
I love how descriptive he his but he’s definitely not for everyone
Neil Gaiman
Oh no this breaks my heart. I love Neil Gaiman! Huhu! Different people different taste. Hehe
Well.. please dont despise me for this.. It’s just my opinion..
This saddens me too, but only because I love his writing, but I know his style isn’t for everyone.
I don’t have the right to despise anyone just because we have a different view. We are both readers so I know we have open minds. Just try to read his View From The Cheap Seats and Trigger Warnings. Apir tayo kababayan.
So true @Lysa
Well I guess we all have different taste and opinion .. And we all need to accept it.
It’s just my opinion..Mine alone.. ?
And I dont say I hate his works.. in fact American Gods is one of great books I read.
Nora Roberts, I couldn’t get off the first chapter. Then I put it down, give it a try again. Same thing happen to me. I guess romance is not my taste anymore unlike my sweet valley high and Archie days.
Omg Sweet Valley High ????. I loved those books. Had such a thing for Todd lol
See I don’t see any author as over or underrated. We all have different tastes and sometime we have different reads. Sometimes we need a good laugh, a good cry, a good romance, thriller. There are authors that some like and don’t like. I think it’s all in the eyes of the person reading and why.
I agree!
I’m not the biggest fan of Cassandra Clare (please don’t kill me) I don’t know… I’m just not a fan of her writing style.
I wouldn’t read her books if you paid me. I like the genre but she’s a plagiarist.
Anne Rice, I don’t care of her her writing style
Stephen King, I’m sorry I just can’t see it, I mean some of his books/movies are good but I don’t understand why some treat him like a god or something, just my two cents don’t hate.
Danielle Steele. If you read the cover, then you’ve read the book.
Chetan Bhagat’s half girlfriend. This book was made for a movie script, I could only sense commercialism instead of a pure book.
The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. I tried to read the first one when it became a big deal, just to see if maybe they were that good, but I couldn’t get pass the first chapter.
It was originally a twilight fan fic.
I know, that just makes it worse for me. I don’t like twilight either
Neither do I and I hear the writer uses bad language. Example, “my inner goddess” ?
I don’t think I got that far, or if I did then I’ve intentionally forgot about it.
Plus all it is is kinky sex that’s abuse and border line rape-ish from what I hear. No thanks will not read XD
Yup. I consider it poorly written, socially accepted, porn/smut.
Lmao ??
You’re sleeping on the couch.
??kidding
Hunger Games
I hear you! I read Catching Fire it was ok , but I don’t like the premise of the series. What parent in their right mind would send their kids to be kill for the stupid government’s entertainment?
The third book was what was horrible for me lol. It dragged on and the sister dies.
The Twilight trilogy (sorry to the fans of them)
Agree with you!
James Patterson
James Patterson, he doesn’t write his own books anymore, he has help
I did not know this. ??
@Michelle more like he now had co authors. Also the chapters are now only s few pages at best
“Hemingway” and Sherman Alexsie
I wish we could talk about books we like instead of continually trashing other people’s likes or favorites.
We can talk about whatever we like and dislike. I was just curious about which books and authors people found overrated.
Of course you can. I just thought this was a kind of a negative slant. I’ve seen so much of this lately.
We talk about the books we like all the time. I quite like seeing what people don’t like for a change. Even though I disagree about some of their choices.
Exactly.
I tried reading the Harry Potter books when i was younger but never got into them but im wanting to get them for my daughter see if she is interested in them
I think I’ll be crucified for this, but Haruki Murakami. I actually liked Kafka by the Shore and some of his short stories but I couldn’t finish Norwegian Wood and I didn’t get past the first few pages of 1Q84.
John Grisham!
I heard of him. What types of books does he write? Lol
For me it’s almost every author that seems to pump out books very quickly. . .like James Paterson nd Danielle Steele. . .seems like there is a new book coming out every few weeks. . .
I don’t think any of the authors are overrated. Several have been mentioned whom I am not fond of, personally. Although I mentioned that they’re not my cup of tea, I believe every author has become popular for a reason, and their writing fits the niche they are trying to attract.