Plot vs. Style
iterature, like art, is subjective. What is Rembrandt to some is finger painting to others, and there is virtually no piece of artwork or literature that everybody agrees is good. There are those who think Twilight is literary gold and there are those who believe that Harry Potter is just an updated, magical Iliad. But one thing can be agreed upon, these books in spite of their flaws have sold incredibly well, and so have a lot of others.
Love it or hate it, Amanda Hocking’s Trylle Trilogy started off as an indie series, and I’ve read a few reviews of it that were not exactly the most flattering, but like Twilight and Harry Potter I also know that it’s sold exceptionally well. I don’t really have an opinion on her trilogy myself mostly because I’ve never read it, but from what I do know about it, the plot seems fairly interesting.
Three different books, three different writing styles, and two things in common, popularity, and an arguably good plot, (the plot for Twilight has never seemed interesting to me personally, but I’m sure many could argue to the contrary).
You can argue good and bad points to all three authors writing style. Overly wordy, sounds like they swallowed a thesaurus for no good reason, etc, etc. There’s a lot of debate that can be had about the style but I have to wonder is a really interesting plot enough to keep people interested in an otherwise terribly written story?
