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mrbeast and james patterson have apparently released a book together.
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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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Have you ever tried reading a James Patterson book? They’re barely readable imo.

That and I’m not sure he’s even alive any more. I think it’s a brand name used to help people like you, me, and even MrBeast publish.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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James Patterson is a hack. Now he has other hacks write the books, and slaps his name above theirs. The most disgusting literary development in history.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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Have you ever tried reading a James Patterson book? They’re barely readable imo. That and I’m not sure he’s even alive any more. I think it’s a brand name used to help people like you, me, and even MrBeast publish.

Nah, he's still kicking, I see him going around flogging the books his slaves write.

I read a couple of his own books years ago, and they were awful. The only reason I read two was because the first one was so bad, I thought it had to be an outlier. Turns out, No.

The upside of his new plantation publishing strategy, is that perhaps his writing slaves are better writers than he is. I wouldn't know, I don't care enough to bother to find out.

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Amuro_eat lemmy.blahaj.zone Amuro_eat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Have you ever tried reading a James Patterson book? They’re barely readable imo. That and I’m not sure he’s even alive any more. I think it’s a brand name used to help people like you, me, and even MrBeast publish.

Turns out he is still alive and still a terrible writer, doing promos with Mr sociopath for the “book”

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Wren Moderator Wren@lemmy.today
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James Patterson is a hack. Now he has other hacks write the books, and slaps his name above theirs. The most disgusting literary development in history.

At least since the Marquis de Sade.

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FilthyShrooms lemmy.world FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world
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Have you ever tried reading a James Patterson book? They’re barely readable imo. That and I’m not sure he’s even alive any more. I think it’s a brand name used to help people like you, me, and even MrBeast publish.

I think I remember reading one, enjoying it, then picking up another book he "wrote" because of that. It was so bad I barely got through the first couple chapters. Was very obvious the 2 books were written by different authors

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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At least since the Marquis de Sade.

Dude! I thought the same thing when I was writing that!

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Wren Moderator Wren@lemmy.today
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Dude! I thought the same thing when I was writing that!

It should be his next tagline.

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bobbyfiend retrolemmy.com bobbyfiend@retrolemmy.com
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Have you ever tried reading a James Patterson book? They’re barely readable imo. That and I’m not sure he’s even alive any more. I think it’s a brand name used to help people like you, me, and even MrBeast publish.

I was going to say something like this, and that it's a perfect pairing to put "unreadable" with "unwatchable."

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