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?

  • PencilMan@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thomas Pynchon. I liked Inherent Vice ok, mostly because of the setting. The Crying of Lot 49 was enjoyable enough but didn’t wow me or anything. But the setting of Against the Day really interested me so im reading that now and it’s incredible. Reminds me a lot of Red Dead Redemption 2 with its “the end of the Wild West” plotlines and some of the turn of the century technology creeping in.

    • metal_paper@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve only read Mason & Dixon so I don’t know how it compares to his others, but I loved it! Highly recommend

      • PencilMan@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Oh yeah I’ve got that up next. Saving Gravity’s Rainbow for last in case it’s so weird that it turns me off of him lol.