Has your favourite author ever dissapointed you?

Bibliophile97 · Post by **Bibliophile97** » 25 Feb 2014, 22:52

My favorite authors are Garth Nix and Phillip Pullman and so far they haven't disappointed me. I've read a few books and short stories by Garth Nix and I'm now on the Keys to the Kingdom series (haven't actually started) but I think it'll probably be pretty good, considering the praise it's gotten by friends of mine.
Phillip Pullman I have unfortunately only read his His Dark Materials series (though I have not yet read the companion books), but they were great and imaginative so I have high hopes for the rest of his books.

Jen319164 · Post by **Jen319164** » 15 Mar 2014, 20:22

Oh definetely sometimes i read books and i am just in love with them so i get another book with the same author and it is a complete fail and a horrible composition.

thebookworm4ever · Post by **thebookworm4ever** » 09 Apr 2014, 21:30

Im sad to say that my favorite author has. Kelley Armstrong wrote the absolutely amazing Darkest Powers Trilogy then she wrote the Darkness Rising Trilogy the first two books were good but the third was a disappointment. I thought it was going to be amazing because she was going to bring characters from the Darkest Powers into it but sadly they were nothing like they were in the other books. The ending was a let down and I hope she makes another trilogy of what happens after because I really cant believe she would do that to her characters.

christina_n_m · Post by **christina_n_m** » 10 Apr 2014, 05:35

Yes, my favorite author used to be Chuck Palahniuk. I felt really enthralled by his earlier works but after skimming his book snuff and reading his recent short story in Playboy, I felt extremely disconnected from his creative approach and style.

wendyj · Post by **wendyj** » 10 Apr 2014, 12:39

I also got burned out by Patricia Cornwell.

I love Jodi Picoult and race through her books. I have come across one or two that fell flat and left me shaking my head a bit wondering what happened to Picoult!

readerromance2003 · Post by **readerromance2003** » 26 Apr 2014, 16:33

So far, not yet. I hope it never happens but it may.

anomalocaris · Post by **anomalocaris** » 26 Apr 2014, 20:07

Absolutely. I find that authors of popular series feel obliged to keep churning the series out long after the author has lost all interest in writing them. It clearly shows in the quality. One time I (and a lot of other readers!) got seriously annoyed because Jack Higgins put out a book that claimed to focus on a very popular character, who had the lead throughout the series. A lot of readers ran out and snapped it up immediately, only to find that the book had no connection to the character or the series, other than the fact that the protagonist consulted briefly with the popular character in the course of the story. No one objected to the author moving on to a new series, but making a big deal about selling it as the new Sean Dillon novel to lure fans into buying it was dishonest and sent a lot of fans packing.

Then there was the time Brad Thor abandoned Scot Harvath in favor of a bunch of girls. But I forgive him. Mostly because he's insanely good looking and gives fascinating interviews. I'm shallow like that sometimes.

alexjames72 · Post by **alexjames72** » 05 May 2014, 07:51

I love Stephen King and when I read Insomnia it almost put me to sleep. It is a very long book and the first half is a definite cure for insomnia but all that info is necessary because all of a sudden things pick up. It's hard to put the book down after the first half, about 400 pages.

PashaRu · Post by **PashaRu** » 05 May 2014, 09:16

Yes. One of my favorite authors is Charles Dickens (I prefer the classics). The only novel of his that disappointed me is The Old Curiosity Shop. Admittedly, it's one of his earlier works and he hadn't honed his storytelling skills to the point they would be a little later in his life. But this book came after both Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, which are superior in every way. In TOCS, it seems he didn't have the story firmly fixed in mind when he started it, and it is inconsistent and meanders in places.

Also, I'm not fond of some of his short fictional works. I think the novel was his best forum.

David Dawson · Post by **David Dawson** » 05 May 2014, 09:28

I'm a big Philip Roth fan, and have read all his novels but I found Sabbath's Theatre really hard going. I know it's one of his most critically lauded works, but I just found the central character so unpleasant. And I know that you have to disassociate the author from a first person narrator but all the way through there was just a sense that Roth had a little too much sympathy for Mickey Sabbath.

Happily Candied · Post by **Happily Candied** » 05 May 2014, 10:52

So far, no, I can't say that Keith Donohue has disappointed me. I'm crossing my fingers that never happens. With his fourth book coming out this October, there haven't been many opportunities for letdowns. His first book, The Stolen Child, was by far the best of his current three books. I enjoyed the two that followed it in publication, but they were no match for it in my eyes. I didn't find his other books disappointing at all; I just related to and preferred his first the best. Also, I like knowing that I have a favorite book so high on my list that other books (by all authors) have to really be something special to win a place at the top along with it. It keeps me in line!

Other authors have disappointed me, but I can't say their work was on the same level as Keith's for me.

chiliabowl1998 · Post by **chiliabowl1998** » 13 May 2014, 09:05

My favorite author, James Patterson, has never disappointed me.

acasto · Post by **acasto** » 13 May 2014, 16:08

Not my favorite one, but many great ones have. For example Suzanne Collins. I thought Hunger Games was fantastic, Catching fire was good, and Mocking jay was downright awful.

moderntimes · Post by **moderntimes** » 13 May 2014, 22:48

Well, I'm not so certain it's actual disappointment [note spelling] but I was disillusioned by Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" and think it's a superb failure, a noble attempt that sadly falls flat.

Joyce's "Portrait" is a superb novel for young readers, his "Dubliners" one of the finest collection of modern short stories ever, and of course "Ulysses" the greatest novel ever written. So yes, Joyce disappointed me with The Wake, sadly.

David Dawson · Post by **David Dawson** » 15 May 2014, 10:06

moderntimes wrote:Well, I'm not so certain it's actual disappointment [note spelling] but I was disillusioned by Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" and think it's a superb failure, a noble attempt that sadly falls flat.

There's an interesting question implicit here (well, I think it's interesting). Can you be disappointed if you're expecting it? I'm guessing, given your love of Joyce, that Finnegan's Wake wasn't his first book you'd read and that by the time you did you knew its reputation?