This one book was not only blurbed by all my favourite authors, Charles de Lint sang its praises to me all the time. And I read it. And it was the most mediocre thing ever. It did lead to me first talking to copperwise, though, whose review of it on Green Man was the FIRST time I saw anyone agree with me over the book's many flaws, so that was neat.
Guy Gavriel Kay once said that one should pay attention, in the blurb, to whether it's the novel or the author being praised. He confessed that he has sometimes written "this author is REALLY GOOD" on a meh book because the author in question had written better books and he didn't want NOT to blurb, etc.
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Date: 2012-02-19 10:32 am (UTC)Guy Gavriel Kay once said that one should pay attention, in the blurb, to whether it's the novel or the author being praised. He confessed that he has sometimes written "this author is REALLY GOOD" on a meh book because the author in question had written better books and he didn't want NOT to blurb, etc.