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.
I tore my way through just about king’s entire catalogue from ages 14-16 and loved most of them, but now that I’m an adult the way he writes about kids, and especially women or young girls, is quite off putting to me.