I quite agree. Marian Keyes is a brilliant writer her books are so far from the shite that LJW writes they’re not on the same planet.That is hugely insulting to Marian Keyes, who writes all her books, has sold in the tens of millions, is incredibly funny and charming, and a general super starthere’s nothing wrong with romance or chick lit.
I've just had to unfollow. I can't take it any moreWhy on earth has she changed her Insta bio to say “I write books about modern love”???
In what way are her unoriginal, uninspired, cheap little rip-offs about “modern love”? They’re just basic beach reads, Laura.
Why do I feel she’s been inspired to claim she writes about “modern love” because of the current heightened popularity of the NYT column (and Amazon TV show)? It reminds me of how she constantly puts on a new persona - she’s tried to be Dolly Alderton at times, she went through a Phoebe Waller-Bridge phase when she was trying to sell a TV show, and now she’s trying to rebrand her trashy, throwaway novels as some kind of study on modern day love stories?
No thanks.
Also, I’m not sure if I ever wrote this on here, but I read Ice Cream for Breakfast when it came out, as a colleague raved about it. Fuck me, I’ve never read anything so self-indulgent and full of such glaringly obvious “realisations” about life? Plus, a good chunk of it had free pages to write your own lists etc, aka the laziest publishing trick to beef up an Instagrammer’s book.
Because she has a book to sell... and yes she did turn off comments because she got distracted by all the positive commentsDidn’t she have a big thing about turning off comments because of validation? And why is she suddenly back? Adoption process halted?
I said the same about The Note versus Our Stop. The Note came first and was about the author’s own story. Sold 250k. Our Stop aped it a couple of years later, sold 25k. Inferior book. Try-hard. Copycat. Made me squirm reading it. Plus she’s banging on (in the creepy insincere teenage “babe you look amaaaaaazin” comments for the VANILLA new headshot ) about her book being award winning. The only award Our Stop won was for its marketing team (and rightly so cause they worked harrrrrrd to roll it in glitter).I've just had to unfollow. I can't take it any moreI followed the odd dating column but thought "I've heard this all before". I read her stuff about friendships and I thought "Is she trying to be Carrie Bradshaw 15 years too late?" I bought Our Stop and thought it was... OK. Nothing amazing. Definitely not modern love. Then someone told me it was based on The Note so I read that. OMG. Blatant. And that's when I went right off her. Then I read this thread and realised I wasn't alone! This whole "author life" and "headshots" and third person hashtags. I can't believe anything she posts now! I mean, most of us seek validation when we post, but it's painful. Now I feel cleansed.
Is there a source for this? Also how can people find out how much a book has sold?Interesting to see preorders on her new book doing so badly
Source: her publisherIs there a source for this? Also how can people find out how much a book has sold?
What the fuck did I just read?Her latest post
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