Eddings
I read all the Belgarath stuff, and the ones about Sparhawk et al and enjoyed them

I struggled through the Redemption of Althalus despite if being full of weak characters and no plot.

Then I read the first in another series he had written called the Treasured Ones or similar....

this was one of the worst pieces of crap that I've ever had the misfortune to come across.

The characters had no personality whatsoever, there was nothing to cling onto about any of them.

I had to mentally edit the words "sort of" out of every (and I mean every) bit of dialogue. it drove me insane thinking that he had written this book where no one can give a certain answer about anything.

It was so bad that I daren't reread his previous works in case they were equally shite and I didn't notice at the time!

I totally agree that it must be his wife that is causing this to happen. surely he's got the balls to tell her to butt out?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 19 May 2008, 16:30, Reply)