Comments on: Why I Don’t Read Christian Fiction http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/06/05/why-i-dont-read-christian-fiction/ Thoughts on life, art, and religion Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: KWashi http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/06/05/why-i-dont-read-christian-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-81 KWashi Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:44:18 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=38#comment-81 I don't read Christian fiction because I have better things to spend my money on. I don’t read Christian fiction because I have better things to spend my money on.

]]> By: RC of strangeculture http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/06/05/why-i-dont-read-christian-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-80 RC of strangeculture Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:07:57 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=38#comment-80 Great post, the way you describe it completly makes sense, I appreciate your thought and comments on this issue of a story-with-a-purpose. --RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com Great post, the way you describe it completly makes sense, I appreciate your thought and comments on this issue of a story-with-a-purpose.

–RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com

]]> By: thecachinnator http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/06/05/why-i-dont-read-christian-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-77 thecachinnator Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:18:42 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=38#comment-77 I've read most of his older stuff. I quit when I got halfway through high school and realized that I didn't enjoy it. I read Salem's Lot, Carrie, Firestarter, It, and a bunch of other ones. I guess what I didn't like most was that reading King was like eating bland cotton candy. You can barely chew on it, it mushes around, and disappears. Not only did I not learn and grow in any way reading his work, his characters don't even learn or grow! Stuff just happens. That's all. Which I think he admits to by not having a plot. I'll leave the door open to the possibility that my dislike for King is little more than snobbery, but I still think my character development argument is a little hard to rebut. I’ve read most of his older stuff. I quit when I got halfway through high school and realized that I didn’t enjoy it. I read Salem’s Lot, Carrie, Firestarter, It, and a bunch of other ones. I guess what I didn’t like most was that reading King was like eating bland cotton candy. You can barely chew on it, it mushes around, and disappears. Not only did I not learn and grow in any way reading his work, his characters don’t even learn or grow! Stuff just happens. That’s all. Which I think he admits to by not having a plot. I’ll leave the door open to the possibility that my dislike for King is little more than snobbery, but I still think my character development argument is a little hard to rebut.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/06/05/why-i-dont-read-christian-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Stephen Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:33:29 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=38#comment-76 What Stephen King books have you read, Cach? I just recently read <em>On Writing</em>, and thought it was great. The only other book of his I've read is <em>From a Buick 8</em>. My brother received it as a Christmas present three years ago, and I picked it up the next morning and didn't put it down (except to eat) until that evening when I finshed it, all 368 pages. So I really like what I have read. What specifically don't you like about his writing? What Stephen King books have you read, Cach? I just recently read On Writing, and thought it was great. The only other book of his I’ve read is From a Buick 8. My brother received it as a Christmas present three years ago, and I picked it up the next morning and didn’t put it down (except to eat) until that evening when I finshed it, all 368 pages. So I really like what I have read. What specifically don’t you like about his writing?

]]> By: thecachinnator http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/06/05/why-i-dont-read-christian-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-73 thecachinnator Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:38:50 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=38#comment-73 I'm not sure I took away all the same stuff from that King quote that you did. I think it might be the conclusive proof that I've been searching for that Stephen King is a terrible writer. I mean, he's a really terrible writer. But that's not the point here. I don't mind a designed plot; I do mind a badly designed plot. And the vast majority of Christian fiction is insulting, amoral, and sucky. (Can I say sucky? Is that a word?) The plot you summaraized sounds amoral and full of bad theology. So God kills inconvenient spouses? I guess this kind of writing targets the coveted "women who wish their husbands were dead" demographic. Ew. I’m not sure I took away all the same stuff from that King quote that you did. I think it might be the conclusive proof that I’ve been searching for that Stephen King is a terrible writer. I mean, he’s a really terrible writer. But that’s not the point here. I don’t mind a designed plot; I do mind a badly designed plot. And the vast majority of Christian fiction is insulting, amoral, and sucky. (Can I say sucky? Is that a word?) The plot you summaraized sounds amoral and full of bad theology. So God kills inconvenient spouses? I guess this kind of writing targets the coveted “women who wish their husbands were dead” demographic. Ew.

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