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I can respect the fact that a lot of people like books like Twilight, but I have a hard time reading them. When I come across a "bad" book, where I don't like the content or writing style, I can't finish it even for the "experience" it gives. I'm picky.
When a series is popular, I think the quality pretty much always goes down naturally. When someone writes their first book, they pick and revise and edit until they've got something as good as it can be. But because that one is popular, the next book gets pushed through even though it hasn't had the same level of attention. Which is probably why I hated Katniss in Catching Fire, and laughed myself silly at the horrible writing in Eclipse.
But here's the thing--Just because I don't like the book doesn't mean others shouldn't. And I can say all the mean things I want about the work, but I don't think readers should poke fun at the writers themselves. That's where the fun of critiquing a work turns into bullying, and I won't stand for it.
Jul 28, 2012, 5:23:08 PM
Posted to On Reading "Bad" Books