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Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM

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He offers some trite and cliché truisms and passes them off as something profound.

I agree that Hemingway is overrated (something I think I very strongly implied in my reviews if not stating directly).


I have never heard the man say anything of any actual originality. He is mostly repeating new age clichés in the guise of spiritualism when, he is in fact, one of the most boring and unoriginal people I have ever heard speak.

But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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Speaking of overrated authors... Tom - 18/04/2014 04:55:41 PM 1136 Views
Hemingway, for the most part Larry - 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM 836 Views
Coelho is like Deepak Chopra. Tom - 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM 736 Views
Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM 786 Views
It's even worse when he says something without preparation. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:35:49 PM 780 Views
I'm sure I would need a lot of alcohol to get through an event of his. *NM* everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:14:49 AM 362 Views
I was forced to read Brida for a book club. nossy - 23/04/2014 09:27:21 PM 776 Views
I read one of Coehlo's books about five years back. Stephen - 25/05/2014 12:57:55 AM 849 Views
H.P. Lovecraft everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM 779 Views
I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:44:32 PM 784 Views
Re: I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:34:05 AM 724 Views
I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust. DomA - 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM 1186 Views
Both of those are great picks. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM 792 Views
That's actually really hard. Legolas - 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM 817 Views
You could have always said Dan Brown if you were having problems. *NM* Tom - 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM 346 Views
Yeah, but he's not overrated. Legolas - 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM 725 Views
I think they bash him more because he tries to pass fiction off as fact. Tom - 19/04/2014 06:22:59 PM 763 Views
I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically) nossy - 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM 725 Views
Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM 802 Views
Yes. nossy - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM 806 Views
Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 857 Views
You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 753 Views
Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 773 Views
It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM 748 Views
Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 756 Views
The ones listed already are ones I agree with. Rebekah - 23/04/2014 10:36:04 PM 748 Views
I've never understood people who read everything Shakespeare wrote. everynametaken - 26/04/2014 07:17:27 PM 715 Views
Some of it is THAT good, I think. Ghavrel - 03/05/2014 05:48:05 AM 757 Views
Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 743 Views
Orhan Pamuk Stephen - 25/05/2014 01:15:06 AM 851 Views
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