Bad thinking and bad writing
There are two kinds of bad books: the badly conceived and the badly written.
The former can be insidious, inciting war, genocide, civil unrest, poverty, and more. The past century is a catalog of such writing.
Bad writing can be symptomatic of bad thinking, but usually no one dies as a result. That said, though, the novel I just finished reading almost killed me. I have read countless books in my life, including many bad books and very many badly written books. But I’m thinking that the book I just finished is the worst written book I’ve ever read. And it’s by one of the most popular authors in history: Stephen King.
More soon about the awful time I spent Under the Dome. I have flagged many pages and I will have much to say about them.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
I had thought of getting this book, but after hearing your short review I think I’ll skip it.
January 19th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Oh I agree with Paul…(in the voice of David Gergen)
January 20th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Sad thing is, it’ll probably make more $ than (insert title of worthwhile neglected book here)
January 27th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
King also has a book in the Hard Case Crime series called THE COLORADO KID. It’s well written but has an odd ending which King defends in an Afterword.
I’m currently reading another book from Hard Case titled THE CORPSE WORE PASTIES, written by Jonny Porkpie, who made himself the lead character. It takes place in the world of modern burlesque and the cover blurb reads, “Sometimes There’s No Difference Between the Naked and the Dead.”