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> You can somehow just tell they're garbage without even taking one off the shelf. For better or worse, I honestly think I just blank out these kinds of books.
by Emma_Goldman 4y ago
> You can somehow just tell they're garbage without even taking one off the shelf.
For better or worse, I honestly think I just blank out these kinds of books. Still, I would have thought that the existence of a living author selling in the hundreds of millions would trickle down to me through one cultural tributary or another. Maybe through articles like this, through a blockbuster film adaptation, through word of mouth, etc.
- goosedragons 4y agoI'm kinda surprised you haven't because his books always end up as mass market paperbacks and are sold at every drug store, Walmart, airport kiosk,etc.
- groby_b 4y agoKiss the Girls? Along came a spider? Both were pretty successful movies? (There was also Alex Cross, which was a flop) But Patterson is formulaic. If it's not your formula, you won't notice. Other cultural tributaries are the book aisles in your local Walgreens/CVS, which are overflowing with Patterson. But, again, if you're not in that audience, you won't see it. And if your attitude is "I blank out on these kinds of books", your friends will know, and they won't bother to inform you. (Or they have told you once or twice, and you blanked, and they stopped). There is so much media content out there that unless you happen to be interested in a particular niche, you can miss pretty large events.