I like him, but for me, it’s Stephen King, a lot of his stories he goes off on a twenty page non-relevant rant.
Though, the ones where he keeps that to a minimum, are great.
Then there’s Mr. Marketer James Patterson who markets out his name to other authors making it look like he wrote the book when it was obviously someone else.
Have you tried the Iain Banks books?
He’s two different writers, one with the M, one without.
I don’t have any faith whatsoever in his ability to write interesting stuff, whichever name he chooses.