Well, to make a long story short, there were moments I really struggled with reading the book (didn't like the direction it was headed, or it was moving too slow) but I still gave it four stars.
Thinking about this, I really did enjoy it that much - but only because I trusted the author enough to not totally ruin it for me. If I'd been reading a new-to-me author (or maybe one I didn't trust as much) I would have been more concerned about the direction - which would have made me enjoy it less.
Originally, I thought about calling this post 'Author Favoritism' - but then I realized, that's not what this is at all.
This is author trust, where I firmly believed that the author - who wrote so many books that I loved - would not write something I hated and 'break the trust.'
Honestly, after thinking about it I've realized this is something that's very important to me.
I want to feel that I trust the author. Sure, an author can rip my heart out and chop it up into little itty-bitty pieces and - as long as there's a nice, heavy bandage wrapped round it by the end of the book - I can still trust them.
I guess it's partially a case of finding an author that writes my type of books and doesn't have all the things in there that I don't want to read.
But it also takes a pretty special level of author trust for me to be reading part of a book where I can see things going so badly but feeling comfortable enough - having enough faith in the author - that I don't actually worry about how badly it could turn out.
Have you ever experienced what I like to call 'author trust'? Have you ever been in a similar situation like me? Or maybe you have no clue what I'm talking about? Either way, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Veronika · 477 weeks ago
On the other hand, when you trust an author the disappointment is even bigger if you end up disliking one of their novels. God knows I love Richelle Mead, but the last Bloodlines novel was a huge disappointment, and the same can be said about her standalone, Soundless.
All in all, I do think author trust is important. I feel like it's a bit like trusting a friend's or blogger's recs - sometimes it might not be for you, but that doesn't mean you should stop trusting the author. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL? :D
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AmyAelleah 80p · 477 weeks ago
There's actually this author who's fantasy series I love and he's written a standalone sci-fi novel that I want to read. But I am absolutely terrified of trying it because the pretty much the ONLY reason I'm interested it it is because of the author. Nothing else about it would generally catch my attention so I have definitely been thinking I might be better off not even reading it.
So far, I've been really lucky not getting disappointed by an author that I trust. At least, not in years. I definitely have the theory though that, no matter how much I like an author, I won't love all their books. And, I'm also much more likely to be a little lenient with an author that I trust than with another author. I am one of those people, though, that once I start having a problem, once I start picking a story apart, I won't like it no matter how much it improves. Which, I think, is where author trust plays the biggest part for me - because I probably won't nit-pick when I trust the author and that means I won't get into a bad mood, so I'll probably enjoy the story more.