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?

  • Aggressive_Chicken63@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    GRRM.

    I hated the prologue of Game of Thrones, still do. Chapter 1 didn’t open with a conflict either.

    So I picked it up, put it down, picked it up, put it down like a dozen times, but the more I read, the amazing that world becomes. George really knows how to maximize the pain. Ned didn’t want to become the King’s Hand. He was going to tell the king no, but his wife talked him into it. Then the king fired him, and he packed his things ready to go home. Inches from freedom. Then all hell broke loose.