Any Stories You Avoid Because of the Author?

[IndigoAjah]

Sometimes reading something by someone a completely different view of the world to you is rewarding and enlightening- I despise many of Ayn Rand's ideas and code of ethics, but, poor editing aside, her novels gave an interesting perspective that I mostly disagree with 

[MistbornAlpaca]

After the Michael Vey series fell apart after book 3, I'm not eager to read anything else by Richard Paul Evans.

I couldn't even make myself read book 7 to see how it ended.

Edited November 29, 2017 by Master OoklaJack

[Iarwainiel I]

If I avoid a story / book "because of the author," it's usually because I've read something already by that author that I didn't like on a literary or conceptual level.

I've pretty much given up on Stephen Lawhead because he starts out great but just doesn't know how to close a series; a shame because his cosmology is similar to mine but I've been burned too many times now..

I really like Jack McDevitt's Alex Benedict series (sci-fi), but I got bored with his Priscilla Hutchins series and have found his books that are set in the present or near future to be more preach-y than good storytelling so they are a no-go for me.

I really liked Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, but the next book kind of meandered and by halfway through the third book he (IMO) totally dropped the story arc and was just ranting "thereisnogodthereisnogodthereisnogod..." Boring and pointless, when the story started out so great. I probably won't read him again.

Lately, though, it's less about choosing who to read / not read than it is considering the question, "Would I rather read auhor XYZ's book or just re-read Oathbringer again?" That has cut way down on my scope of prospective reads.

Edited January 10, 2018 by old aggie
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