Active Users:437 Time:04/04/2025 05:46:19 PM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust. DomA Send a noteboard - 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM

View original post
I will reiterate that I am sad to hear that Marquez died, just as I am sad to hear that any non-sociopathic individual has died. With respect to his work, though, I think he is probably one of the most overrated authors of our time. I am curious to find out what authors people who may still read this site believe to be overrated. I'm not talking about people that you necessarily think are bad authors, or people who may be assigned reading in schools and universities that many don't like. I'm talking in particular about people you believe to be overrated; i.e., the praise they receive is far disproportionate to the inherent worth of their intellectual product.

Let me know!


Another whose fiction at least is very overrated is André Breton. My opinion, of course.

Another... Alain Robbe-Grillet and with him all the "nouveau roman" literary movement, so pretentious and boring.

.

Reply to message
Speaking of overrated authors... Tom - 18/04/2014 04:55:41 PM 1138 Views
Hemingway, for the most part Larry - 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM 838 Views
Coelho is like Deepak Chopra. Tom - 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM 737 Views
Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM 787 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 363 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 850 Views
H.P. Lovecraft everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM 781 Views
I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:44:32 PM 785 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 1187 Views
Both of those are great picks. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM 793 Views
That's actually really hard. Legolas - 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM 819 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 764 Views
I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically) nossy - 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM 727 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 749 Views
Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 758 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 717 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 745 Views
Orhan Pamuk Stephen - 25/05/2014 01:15:06 AM 852 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes