I’ll start: Ernest Hemingway.

I have a ton of respect for him, he influenced so many writers and the craft of writing, and he lived a fascinating life. But I just find his books to be so damned dry. I love simplicity but I just feel like there’s no voice or soul in any of his books. There’s experiences but I don’t feel any passion or something that moves my heart. I guess his topics just aren’t for me.

What about all of you?

  • gnosticheaven@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Stephen King. He is obviously good at what he does, but I am just not into it.

    Unpopular here, but JRR Tolkein - huge respect for him as a scholar and how he wrote a lot of that into to Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, but I am just not into it.