Which is worse?
Finding a book you love and then hating everything else you try by that author, or
Reading a completely disappointing book by an author that you love?
Worse is a very strong reaction.
The authors I love to read have not disappointed me. Ok, a few books are not upto the mark but no one can churn out good books one after the other. Anything I have read by, say Margaret Atwood is good and same goes for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We do compare books of a same author and some are great, a few good and one or two so so. One has to take all those with a pinch of salt.
As I try new authors and read varied genres, it does not matter much to me. However, if a book is bad, there is no reason to shun all others books by that author. I would still give him/her another chance.
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As I have lost my other blog, http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com, I am posting my response here, on my poetry blog. Let's hope, google retrieves it for me. If not, I will start another, right from scratch. I have already initiated the proceedings. WIsh me luck, either way!
You lost the blog, scary, I hope they can recover it.
ReplyDeleteGood answer :)
I'm sorry you lost your blog. Hopefully you'll find a way to retrieve it!
ReplyDeleteI like your answer. :)
good answer...I never find a very dissapointing book from my fav author too...but there are some that didn't meet my expectation.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about the loss of your blog!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that no author can just keep writing good book after good book. Sometimes there will be a clunker in the bunch.
I'm glad to see you can still post on here.
ReplyDeleteI like your answer. I give them another chance too - one less good book doesn't make a bad author.
I hope you manage to get your blog back; that would be an awful thing to lose. Now I think I'll just go and back mine up . . .
ReplyDeleteYes, I don't think you can expect every single book by any author to be great (although that would be wonderful). It's really awful that you've lost your other blog! I didn't know that could happen. Hope you're able to recover it.
ReplyDeleteWhat matters to me is whether I'll venture into another book of a new author. It's about building the credit. I do believe in second chances. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm extra cautious about reading another if the author is not good in my book. At least I wouldn't buy it but borrow it.
i'm sorry about the blog and all the work you put in it.
ReplyDeleteif i like the author, i'll try to read as many of their works i can get although it's inevitable not all of the stuff will have bene good.
on the other hand, if i don't like the author's style the first time around i'm unlikely to give them a second chance except maybe on recommendation