08-28-2013, 02:56 PM
(08-28-2013, 10:40 AM)milo Wrote: I think Tom Clancy does the worst character development of any writer I have read. First, he spends page after page /telling/ me what type of person his character is. Second, his characters are always loaded with unbelievable traits. Finally, after explainging every possible nuance of his character, they always act out of character. WTF?Ain't that the truth? He spends whole chapters at the start of each book on irrelevant character background information. Some of his books would be great if he didn't start them so slow and drag us through do many mundane details. He did write one great one though, I'll come back when I remember the title.
One writer I do like is Lee Child. If I had to point out a flaw, I'd say he hasn't quite mastered the American idiom. Oh, and that the movie was made off of one of his lesser works, and wholly inaccurate to the book, but that probably wasn't his fault.
Robert Ludlum was a favorite for a long time. His only flaw was that he died. The mutherfucker, I miss the shit out of him.