10-04-2009, 09:44 AM
In the mid 80s I read about 4 or 5 of the Flowers in the Attic books in a row...halfway through the last one I read I stopped and have never picked up another one. I guess it's all a matter of taste.
Victoria Holt is one who I think reworks her own plots. Personally, when I read traditional Gothic romances I'm reading it for the elements, not the plot, so I don't like ones set in exotic places, or "modernized". I want an old house or castle and lots of sinister goings on with a strong supernatural bent.
I've found that most of our current contemporary fiction writers, of any genre, are more concerned about turning out product rather than quality writing.
Victoria Holt is one who I think reworks her own plots. Personally, when I read traditional Gothic romances I'm reading it for the elements, not the plot, so I don't like ones set in exotic places, or "modernized". I want an old house or castle and lots of sinister goings on with a strong supernatural bent.
I've found that most of our current contemporary fiction writers, of any genre, are more concerned about turning out product rather than quality writing.