10:01 pm March 24, 2010It

Confession: I’ve never read a Nicholas Sparks novel. Not a one. I’ve seen a few of the movies based on his books… and, y’know, m’eh. I didn’t cry at The Notebook. That may make me a soulless robot, but it remains a fact.

Another confession: I’ve thought Nicholas Sparks is sort of an egotistical jerk for sometime now. I remember reading an interview he did a while back where he mentioned having a “formula” for cranking out the love stories. Sort of like, Yeah, I totally write a ton of awesome books… and it’s not even hard. Change a name here, plug in a crisis there, and viola!

Any mega-successful author who admits to using formulaic writing to rake in the dough loses respect points in my book.

But umm, this interview??? Is so revealing that it’s hilarious. I seriously laughed. Out loud. And I don’t know that that’s ever the reaction ‘ol Nick is going for. Because he takes himself very seriously. As a very serious author who writes very serious content that is NOT romance.

To me, Nicholas Sparks is to the writing world what Tom Cruise is to the religious one: rich, beyond annoying, and every time he opens his mouth something stupid comes out of it.

(In case you missed it, Interview. Here.)

3 Comments »

  1. I didn’t cry in the notebook either but I did cry in the one about the girl who has cancer, not sure if that was Sparks or not. On a tangent I also hated The time travelers wife. Am I alone on this one? The only purpose for this mans ability is to arrive in different places naked? Whats up with that?

    Comment by Diana — March 25, 2010 @ 9:40 am

  2. Oh my… The Time Traveler’s Wife. I didn’t see the movie, but I read the book. Well, some of the book. I didn’t finish it. I was a little turned off when he had a sexual encounter with himself. That was bizarre… and after that I didn’t much care what happened to him.

    Comment by SuzyG — March 25, 2010 @ 9:44 am

  3. Just read the interview. The only word that comes to mind now with him is Pompous A_ _ . What an idiot.

    Comment by Diana — March 26, 2010 @ 5:26 am

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