ender4 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ignoring Jeffrey Archer's private life, what do you think of his novels? Books Novels Shall We Tell the President? (1977) Kane and Abel (1980) The Prodigal Daughter (1982) Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less (1976) First Among Equals (1984) A Matter of Honour (1986) As the Crow Flies (1991) Honour Among Thieves (1993) The Fourth Estate (1996) The Eleventh Commandment (1998) Sons of Fortune (2003) False Impression (2006) The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot With Francis J. Moloney (2007) A Prisoner of Birth (2008) Paths of Glory (2009) Short stories/Collections A Quiver Full of Arrows (1980) A Twist in the Tale (1989) Twelve Red Herrings (1994) The Collected Short Stories (1997) To Cut a Long Story Short (2000) Cat O'Nine Tales (2006) And Thereby Hangs a Tale (2010) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 24, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2010 Quite possibly the worst writer I have ever wasted time on. I actually read two, assuming the first turkey must have been a fluke. It wasn't. Makes Dan Brown look like Tolstoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 It's absolute tripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 24, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2010 Apparently his publishers employ an editor specifically to fix up his books into a publishable state. That's right, as submitted they are EVEN WORSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Apparently his publishers employ an editor specifically to fix up his books into a publishable state. The overwhelming majority of published media goes through an editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWeedMcGrass Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Colin Forbes possibly the only 'bestselling' writer worse than Archer. Used to read the shit as a teenager. Don't see how I actually managed to enjoy his writing a bit back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalletInspector Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ender has gone a bit quiet amongst this criticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 He's not going to be one for the book snobs that's for sure .. I've read his books ..Kane and Abel i found quite enjoyable the trouble is the format tends to be a bit samey in all of them .. but for light reading his books are pretty decent and enjoyable enough for reading on a train or plane where you don't have the required time and quiet to read War and Peace , He's miles better than all the Dan Brown shit that's for sure but not as good as say Frederick Forsyth (Fist of God is a great read , though wonder if it has dated now since i first read it ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 He's the literary equivalent of Spar. The very existence of it baffles me enough, but who keeps going there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ender has gone a bit quiet amongst this criticism. i was trying to keep silent. i've read Prisoner of Birth which i thought was excellent, a great page-turner. one of his short story books which was also pretty good. and one other - not sure what it was called - but was pretty good as well. nice easy reading with interesting plots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Jeffrey Archer talks out of his gormy little arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Some are okay, but later stuff became very samey. Archer is one of those authors whose books shouldn't be read one after the other. i'd rather read him than Irving Welsh! Not one for literary snobs though :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Shall We Tell The President? was I think the first "proper" book i ever read. It was OK/decent, but then again I don't read much, so don't have much to compare it too. it wasn't as good as Day Of The Triffids though, one of the few other books i have read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 25, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2010 Shall We Tell The President? was I think the first "proper" book i ever read. It was OK/decent, but then again I don't read much, so don't have much to compare it too. it wasn't as good as Day Of The Triffids though, one of the few other books i have read. :shock: Of course it wasn't. "few other books"? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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