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?

  • Joke_Superb@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I didn’t like The Shining, but am enjoying Pet Cemetery a bit more. I can’t say overall as I’m only a quarter of the way through 😂

    • speckledcreature@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Same with The Shining. The only 2 parts that got me was the scene with the topiaries and the bathtub scene. Other than that I was like - this is it? Where is the scary? I just didn’t feel any of the dread or unease that others did.

      On the other hand Pet Semetary was so unsettling that I gave the book away when I finished it and it is by far the most disturbing book I have ever read.

      Second place for MDB(Most disturbing book) - Suffer the Children by Craig deLouie

      • gypsy_muse@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Disappointed in the movie because the topiaries became the maze. If remade wonder if GCI tech would be able to relay the terror those damned topiaries provided

      • Chewbones9@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Pet Semetary is such a hauntingly good book. King has a talent for treating the horrors of real life with the same level of respect as the horrors he manufactures, and I don’t think that’s on display in any of his books better than it is in Pet Semetary.

    • hazelparadise@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Seeing the cover of Pet Cemetry I didn’t like it at first. But when I watched the movie, I bought a copy and loved it!