>"The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character was afraid, the author wrote instead that the character "swallowed in a dry throat." I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Herbert's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that he has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Dune by the same Ernest Cline. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Dune at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Ernest Cline." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Dune" you are, in fact, trained to read Ernest Cline.
Why do plebs consider this literature?
Christopher Rivera
If I had a dollar for every time Herbert used the word "presently" then I could have used that money to buy a better book.
Colton Nelson
>it’s bad because a phrase is repeated and it’s similar to other writings
So this dude can’t even think of a single criticism concerning the plot, or the world building, or any of the themes. He just doesn’t like that Herbert overused one phrase
Gabriel White
Either good bait or new
Michael Peterson
user, OP's post is a meme. He slightly edited Harold Bloom's review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Nicholas Butler
Well it was either a shit review or new critic
Grayson Hall
It's in your hands to make this thread not shit, anons. Come up with the "swallowed in a dry throat" of other books.
Colton Wood
Genre fiction readers, everyone.
Carson Jackson
>world building kek
Charles Anderson
Did anyone listen to the audiobook? I was super thrown off by the complete disparity in accents for the reader vs the actors. Why the fuck did they use actors anyway? The most egregious example is the baron, who goes from like James Earl Jones to withered white guy depending on who is reading him. Is this common in other audiobooks?
