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Gerald wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Gerald, Yes, too many notes. Why do we need to know about her hair? Is that central to the plot? Or if this is a clever way of telling us it was sunny out that day, why do we n..."
Yes, those notes are at perfect pitch. :)
Adam wrote: "Richard wrote: "last of the mohicans is an example of a good book at a bad moment in the history of writing. american literature at that time was supposed to be loooong, drawn out, complicated sen..."
anything else?
anything else?
Richard wrote: "Adam wrote: "Richard wrote: "last of the mohicans is an example of a good book at a bad moment in the history of writing. american literature at that time was supposed to be loooong, drawn out, co..."Yes, Cooper kills off two of the main characters. I hated that about Last of the Mohicans. Also, he got the tribal names wrong - there were Mohegans and Mahicans, but no Mohicans.
Patricia wrote: "Gerald wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Gerald, Yes, too many notes. Why do we need to know about her hair? Is that central to the plot? Or if this is a clever way of telling us it was sunny out that day..."
Thank you, Patricia. I just wanted to let you know I I could do it, as you undoubtedly can.:)
Patricia wrote: Yes, Cooper kills off two of the main characters. I hated that about Last of the Mohicans. Also, he got the tribal names wrong - there were Mohegans and Mahicans, but no Mohicans..."
maybe that was intentional to avoid using one real tribe. by using a fictional tribe, he gets to avoide specific details that readers might pick on that are not perfectly accurate.
maybe that was intentional to avoid using one real tribe. by using a fictional tribe, he gets to avoide specific details that readers might pick on that are not perfectly accurate.
I used to have my own version of this question: Which is worse a good story by a bad writer or a bad story by a good writer. Unfortunately I found out the hard way. One of my all time least favorite books (By an author I really like) and one of my snarkiest reviews ever:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Rachel wrote: "I used to have my own version of this question: Which is worse a good story by a bad writer or a bad story by a good writer. Unfortunately I found out the hard way. One of my all time least favorit..."I read your review. I felt the same way after reading The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss - amazing writer but a mess of a story. I'm much more patient with unknown writers with good stories that are badly written. They don't have the publishing 'machine' behind them for badly needed edits and rewrites.
Gerald's Game is a good example of bad book...But there are too many to narrow it down...If we talk about fiction I would say Dexter...if I were to say non fiction...well it gets to be a big list and a hard battle. Dexter..the series was great, the book however left me angry, I thought the writer was being mean...dare I say to me, the reader, as if I, the reader, were some stupid jerk he was taking advantage of
Yes, too many notes. Why do we need to know about her hair? Is that central to the plot? Or if this is a clever way of telling us it was sunny out that day, why do we need a weather repor..."
Patricia, there are a lot of hair freaks.:) Anyway, there is no plot. That line is not from a story. I just threw it out off the top of my head for reaction. But if it was from a story, my next line woud be: Gertrude screamed, her last pitiful utterance as the famished cannibal, to the delightful grunts of the other hungry savages gathered about, yanked her by the hair and threw her into the boiling pot.
How's that? Any better for notes?