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What author did you give a second chance and you’re glad you did? (alien.top)

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What author did you read a book by and didn’t like, but gave them another chance and loved it?

I’m so glad I gave Edith Wharton another chance. I read Ethan Frome and thought it was fine. On a whim I picked up The Age of Innocence and fell in love. Now I’m buying anything I can by her. I recently read The House of Mirth, and can confirm she is one of my favorite authors now. Anybody have a similar experience with an author?

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[–] harrisonisdead@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Matt Haig. Well, kinda. The Midnight Library was okay, and it has enough good in it for me to want to read another of his. I'm glad I did, because I liked The Humans a ton more. His quirks just work better in that than in TML. I was like, "Okay, I kinda get your deal, Matt Haig."

But I eventually got around to reading How to Stop Time, and it was really not good. Easily the weakest of the three. Whatever problems TML had, this one has in higher supply, and while that novel at least had its affecting emotional moments and the undercurrent of something genuine, this one made me feel close to nothing.

So I guess I'm glad I gave Haig a second chance, but maybe I should have stopped short of a third chance.