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?

  • EclecticDreck@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    John Scalzi. I’d read Old Man’s War and at least one of the sequels and was generally unimpressed for reasons that aren’t worth getting into in any real detail. Years later I went back for The Interdependency series and was delighted by it. Since then I’ve read most of his other novels and Old Man’s War is really the odd entry out - the one thing he’s done that didn’t click with me.

    • Desperate_Outside169@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Same! Started with The Interdependency series with low expectations, but loved it. Then started Old Man’s War and couldn’t finish the series.