What a snob!

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:


> I do not care much for Dan Brown, you know? Liked Da Vinci 
> and all that, but I am not going back to reread it ever, 
> and did not buy Lost symbol (this is the name, right?)
 
> I think Stephenie Meyer tells a good romance story, but I think 
> she is a pretty bad writer.
 
> JKR? Well, I love the books, but again I know her limitations 
> as well, even  though I certainly think she is the strongest 
> one of the three.


zanooda:

I finally got to this thread today and realized that I'm not sure what exactly "bad writing" means :-). Is it *just* about the language, like poor vocabulary, for example? Or is there more? I remember how Steven King said that Stephenie Meyer can't write, and how she said that she is not a writer but a storyteller. I'm not sure though that I know the difference. I mean, if someone came up with a fascinating story but then wrote it down sooo badly that no one can get through it, would it still be a good story :-)?

BTW, Alla, my reaction to both Brown and Meyer was exactly like yours :-). It was interesting to read "The Da Vinci Code", but I never had any desire to read in again, because the characters didn't grip me, so after the puzzle was solved there was nothing left to go back to :-). I didn't buy his next two books either. As for Meyer, I also liked the story, but I *do* feel like her writing is missing something, although I can't figure out what it is, that's why I asked my question about bad writing  - to find out, LOL.