What author did you read a book by and didn’t like, but gave them another chance and loved it?
I’m so glad I gave Edith Wharton another chance. I read Ethan Frome and thought it was fine. On a whim I picked up The Age of Innocence and fell in love. Now I’m buying anything I can by her. I recently read The House of Mirth, and can confirm she is one of my favorite authors now. Anybody have a similar experience with an author?
To my shame, Terry Pratchett. I’d read The Colour Of Magic, The Hogfather and Good Omens and specifically didn’t get his sense of humour.
A couple of weeks ago I started The Wee Free Men and Pratchett is all I’ve read since.
Read all the Tiffany Aching books now! They’re the best. I think it’s the third that’s peak humor. The one with the wintersmith. There’s a lot of Feegle in that one too.
Maybe I need to give Pratchett another chance then… The Colour of Magic was not for me at all.
Same. I tried to read Colour of Magic a couple times and just could not get into it. After finding a read guide online I started reading the witches books and could not have loved them more.
I’ve plunged into the Tiffany Aching sequence, I’m currently on I Shall Wear Midnight but I’m holding off The Shepard’s Crown until I’ve read the Witches books. And then, after doing some research, I’m plunging straight into Wyrd Sisters.
Colour of Magic is one of the weakest ones by far. And the Witch books might be the best, at least in my opinion.
If I started on Colour of magic I wouldn’t have carried on. I read all the witches series and fell in love. Audible have done a great job with his series, I chuckle through lab work listening.