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Can Millie Bobby Brown write novels? Absolutely not (telegraph.co.uk)

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[–]Ladelnombreraro 1088 points1089 points  (26 children)

Somewhere in the world, her ghost writer is crying 😅

[–]PM_Me_Your_Fab_Four 278 points279 points  (0 children)

[–]karmagod13000 86 points87 points  (0 children)

to the bank

[–]rigobueno 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The fact that it’s complete trash leads me to believe it wasn’t written by a professional

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    [–][deleted] 712 points713 points  (24 children)

    This reminds me of when the Jenner sisters “wrote” a book

    [–]Puppybrother 337 points338 points  (19 children)

    I stg if you asked them the name of their book now they would not even remember it. For those wondering it was called, ‘Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia’

    [–]CoolAndyNeat 365 points366 points  (14 children)

    DOUBLE COLON?!

    [–]yesiamveryhigh 106 points107 points  (0 children)

    DOUBLE THE FUN!

    [–]Rocky_Mountain_Way 46 points47 points  (3 children)

    The large intestine, AKA The Colon is where bacteria transform food into poop.

    double colon: double poop

    [–]Plumhawk 16 points17 points  (0 children)

    Two girls, one two colons.

    [–]0m3gaMan5513 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Good anatomy bot.

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      [–]anna-nomally12 23 points24 points  (1 child)

      Okay maybe: a bit ahead of yourselves but okay: the fuck!?!?!: the novel

      [–]Twin__Dad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      This just got me good. My wife is pissed. I’m laughing so hard it’s fucking 2am.

      [–]Challenging_Entropy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      Double the shit

      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      We must go deeper

      [–]m1chgo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Hhmmm maybe they did write it after all

      [–]OSS_HunterGathers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Welll… there are TWO of them!

      [–]orangutanDOTorg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      My kind of girl

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        [–]JohnArtemus 14 points15 points  (2 children)

        Sorry, stg?

        [–]throwaway17197 14 points15 points  (1 child)

        Swear to god

        [–]JohnArtemus 17 points18 points  (0 children)

        SWEAR TO ME!

        Sorry. Thanks.

        [–]Steakholder__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Well that's a stupid name lmao

        [–]IndependenceFew4956 10 points11 points  (2 children)

        Or like when Gary V. read his own book and could not pronounce the fancy words in it.

        [–]CyberMoose24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Hustle, grind, NFT, and crush it are all pretty easy to pronounce. What other words could possibly be in there?

        [–]OctoKracRok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        I know the guy who ghostwrote his first two books. Nice guy

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          [–]_Sofa_King_Vote_ 536 points537 points  (16 children)

          Hilarious people think she actually wrote it.

          [–]PrinterInkEnjoyer 381 points382 points  (12 children)

          The book is actually unbearably shit so I wouldn’t be surprised if she did actually write it, or at the very least give extensive outlines.

          That being said I find it weirder that she’s lying about her grandmother living in London during the Blitz.

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            [–]HollywooAccounting 37 points38 points  (1 child)

            I know. It was exactly what I expected. Half a page in and I thought 'oh yeah he wrote this himself.'

            Mick Foley he is not, but I liked the part where he ranted about sandwich structure.

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              [–]Danbarber82 9 points10 points  (0 children)

              And yet, that's sort of it's charm. It's an unconventional biography for an unconventional guy. I loved his book.

              [–]Neg_Crepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              Fits his wrestling then

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                [–]karmagod13000 79 points80 points  (0 children)

                the real question is if MBB even read it

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                    [–]early_onset_villainy 49 points50 points  (1 child)

                    Can confirm that writing a novel is actually way harder than it seems. It’s bad novels that are easy!

                    [–][deleted] 184 points185 points  (26 children)

                    Lots of people write novels that shouldn't.

                    [–]WaterlooMall 210 points211 points  (17 children)

                    As a librarian I hear people complaining about James Patterson a lot and all I want to do is tell them if you think he's the worst you haven't dug deep enough into the world of self published ebooks.

                    [–]IntrigueDossier 71 points72 points  (5 children)

                    The fact that there is an actual book entitled ‘The Vagina Ass of Lucifer N*****Bastard’ is proof of this.

                    As I recall, it retails for $36000 on Amazon.

                    [–]avoidance_behavior 41 points42 points  (1 child)

                    i feel uncomfortable with how much this made me laugh and wince at the same time.

                    [–]CommentNo2671 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                    It used to be available for free and it still might be. It's actually fairly creative and it commits to being garbage. Can't say I like it but I respect it.

                    [–]JasoTheArtisan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                    That’s a book title I haven’t heard in a long time… A long time.

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                      [–]0pimo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                      "The real gift was baiting you into spending $36k on this like a moron"

                      [–]SYLOK_THEAROUSED 15 points16 points  (3 children)

                      As someone who loves Smut books self publish ebooks are the best for this genre 🤣🤣🤣

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                        [–]SYLOK_THEAROUSED 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                        Username checks out!

                        [–]Team7UBard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        They’re not my kind of book but I LOVED Her Pastry Shifters and have preordered the sequels

                        [–]blastoffbro 21 points22 points  (1 child)

                        My dad wrote a porno tho...thats a self published book at least worth listening to :)

                        [–]EitherPermission2369 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                        I used to work as a library page and I'll never forget the day I saw a sticker on a shelf that said "all James Patterson books from before 2013 are in storage." Keep in mind, he already had a full shelf worth of books...with each series in a different color sticker....that's how many books there were

                        [–]toreadorable 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        I used to want to be a librarian but I just ended up being a weirdo with an English degree that reads like 4 books a week. At least once a month I have to set down my phone and take a minute because the description of an ebook is SO BAD I just lament my life choices. Because compared to some of the shit I’ve seen I could have been a bestseller.

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                          [–]nickjona 18 points19 points  (2 children)

                          Some people that should write novels do not. E.g. GRRM

                          [–]Ketanarin 23 points24 points  (1 child)

                          Guilty! My fantasy epic is never seeing the light of day, writing is just purely therapeutic for me.

                          [–]HauntedMagnetar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                          Yeah, if my time working at a book store has anything to say, it’s that celebrities do better when they stick their name on children’s books.

                          It allows for vapidity and easy “messy” illustrations.

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                            [–]YaqtanBadakshani 106 points107 points  (3 children)

                            I feel like celebrities who try and become writers often end up publishing the first book they write just because the publisher thinks the name alone will sell.

                            The problem is, no matter how much talent they may or may not have, basically nobody writes a good book the first time (even those that do tend to have prior experience with writing in a different style that gives them transferable skills)

                            [–]Tibbaryllis2 17 points18 points  (1 child)

                            That’s why god invented pen names. But if you use a pen name, then you can’t sell copies off the name alone.

                            [–]tom-8-to 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                            No shit, don’t they do the same tactics for movies? Look at all the moves from former cast members of GOT!!!

                            [–]devilsbard 237 points238 points  (23 children)

                            I think the issue here is that she’s really just starting out writing, and being that she’s already famous and influential few people around her are willing to critique it fairly. And that probably goes even more so for publishers who just want to push something out and make some fast cash on her name.

                            [–]satmar 68 points69 points  (2 children)

                            Probably should’ve started out under a pen name. This would’ve given it a chance to be fairly reviewed.

                            But then again I guess the idea is to turn a profit and the MBB following will make it sell.

                            [–]XAgentNovemberX 104 points105 points  (16 children)

                            My buddy wrote a book and asked me for edits and notes. I was absolutely brutal. The review and edits were scathing. At one point I wrote that he had a tin ear for dialogue. After all that though, I said I thought he had something amazing and with a little polish I think it would be interesting and fun for a great many people. You can be honest and supportive.

                            [–]itsl8erthanyouthink 23 points24 points  (0 children)

                            I went to college for advertising design and one of the hardest things for students to learn was the art of the critique. It’s so easy to say “I love it” or “I hate it”, but this feedback has no value. It’s also hard to negatively criticize in detail something a classmate-friend has been working on for possibly weeks. The key is the person critiquing has to point out the flaw, justify why it’s is fact a flaw, and give solutions to make it better. The lock is the person receiving the critique has to disassociate the feedback not as an attack or criticism of them as a person, but of only the work itself.

                            After 5 years of that I am now able to give and receive a clear and concise opinion on most anything and as long as I stick to formula the other person rarely upset, but instead, eager to get back the project and make edits.

                            [–]SYLOK_THEAROUSED 33 points34 points  (1 child)

                            My wife has “beta” readers but she only really trust my review of her books because I’m just like you, I’m brutal but it comes from a place of love

                            [–]seedyourbrain 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                            That’s half of it. I think other writers get pissed that she’s getting her work published and pushed harder than other more established or more talented authors, so they come out swinging. I get it. But I also think it’s shitty. You can review the book without being an asshole, and that critic was an asshole.

                            [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                            It’s sad how many Redditors have flocked to this thread to just trash her

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                              [–]karmagod13000 24 points25 points  (0 children)

                              the telegraph wild for this one

                              [–]Nottodayreddit1949 19 points20 points  (0 children)

                              You gotta start somewhere, and she's a book ahead of me.

                              [–]PRESWEDENT 17 points18 points  (1 child)

                              Anybody can write a novel, the question is whether they're any good at it

                              [–]lightsongtheold 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                              Does it matter? They will be adapting this into a Netflix movies any day now which was the whole point of MBB writing a book to begin with!

                              [–]TheTelegraph[S] 143 points144 points  (10 children)

                              From the Telegraph:

                              Some say there’s nothing this young star can’t do, but her first book, Nineteen Steps, a flat and repetitive wartime romance, disproves that.

                              Read the full review here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/can-millie-bobby-brown-write-novels-absolutely-not/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr

                              [–]JBrundy 56 points57 points  (7 children)

                              The article seems very harsh. Almost like the writer has a personal vendetta against her. You can write a critical article without being rude

                              [–]OhhhhLikeComing 52 points53 points  (2 children)

                              There’s definitely a feel of contempt from the reviewer.

                              [–]SparseGhostC2C 47 points48 points  (1 child)

                              It's not MBBs fault per se, but I can understand an actual career writer being more than a little miffed watching a 19 year old with no obvious relevant skills be given the shot that they busted ass for several years to get. Directing it all at Millie seems unfair, there were lots of people who made decisions to get this out in the public, but she's the most visible and easiest target I suppose.

                              Once again not on MBB, more on the publishers that are just wringing money out of her name and star power in the most cynical way possible.

                              [–]we_are_sex_bobomb 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                              The odds of this writer being a frustrated failed novelist are definitely greater than zero.

                              [–]beefwarrior -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

                              There is a difference between writing a good book that is worth reading & writing a book.

                              That the author doesn’t seem to be able to make that distinction, further points to them being on a vendetta.

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                                  [–]sh0gun8ter 105 points106 points  (21 children)

                                  Didn’t she recently think that the Earth was flat?

                                  [–]TurquoiseOwlMachine 91 points92 points  (4 children)

                                  I feel bad for former child actors because their parents keep them so busy that they essentially don’t have time for an education.

                                  [–]karmagod13000 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                                  them netflix checks need to keep coming

                                  [–]WubFox 8 points9 points  (2 children)

                                  Or lessons on how not to be a jerk according to several buddies who have had the misfortune of seeing her be awful to other people working on the sets. They all say her family are just horrid so not a surprise. Apples, falling, trees, ya know.

                                  [–]illuminatalie420 73 points74 points  (14 children)

                                  I believe she recently said she no longer thinks that

                                  [–]ohdearitsrichardiii 28 points29 points  (1 child)

                                  I wonder how much schooling she actually got between being in Stranger Things and supporting her family. There was a while when she was EVERYWHERE, did tons of interviews, events, endorsement, etc. I know they have to have tutors on set when they film with minors, but that doesn't sound like they would get a solid education

                                  [–]StephenHunterUK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                  Child actor hours are limited by SAG-AFTRA and other rules. The "teenagers" are all played by grown adults and so they're not limited in time they can spend on the job.

                                  Sadie Sink had turned 18 by the time Season 4 started filming and they could give her a lot of material for that reason.

                                  [–]explainingjane 61 points62 points  (10 children)

                                  She even more recently said she takes back her take back and believes it once more

                                  [–]meadowiguana 43 points44 points  (6 children)

                                  You’re a little behind I’m afraid. She took back her 2nd take back last week.

                                  [–]karmagod13000 14 points15 points  (1 child)

                                  which take back are we at now?

                                  [–]mrcontroversy1 10 points11 points  (2 children)

                                  I talked to her yesterday, she took back her taking of 2nd take.

                                  [–]TheRealGrifter 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                                  I talked to her an hour ago, and she took back the third taking-back.

                                  [–]riceisnice29 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                  Im from the future and her last words before freezing herself in the hope of seeing a world where her book was appreciated were, “Mgurgburg”

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                                    [–]illuminatalie420 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                    Oh god

                                    [–]SYLOK_THEAROUSED 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                    “You can’t triple stamp a double stamp!”

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                                        [–]GingerGuy97 24 points25 points  (0 children)

                                        To be fair she was like 12

                                        [–]CookiesToGo 14 points15 points  (4 children)

                                        I feel like she's going to be well known for Stranger Things only.

                                        [–]CrittyJJones 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                                        She is a very good actress. I think she is going to be winning major awards regardless on her dumb takes on the Earth and I guess weak writing.

                                        [–]analbumcover42069 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                        And for getting lip injections at age 18

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                                          [–]PearlDivers 20 points21 points  (1 child)

                                          The snark in that article. Jeepers.

                                          [–]Timely-Eggplant4919 52 points53 points  (12 children)

                                          lol is it just me or does this review seem unnecessarily mean? I’m sure the book is not good, but damn. Is there no way to critically review a subpar novel without being so rude and condescending? I hold no regard for this girl at all, so it’s not a defense of her. But this reviewer is annoyingly snarky.

                                          Edit: Glad this woman’s bio confirms she’s as annoying as she seems.

                                          Jessa Crispin (born c. 1978 in Lincoln, Kansas) is a critic, author, feminist, and the editor-in-chief of Bookslut, a litblog and webzine founded in 2002. She has published three books, most recently Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto

                                          She has criticized married women in the past: "Marriage’s history is about treating women as property, and by being married you’re legitimising that history."

                                          Classic feminist that hates women who aren’t her.

                                          [–]gheebutersnaps87 34 points35 points  (1 child)

                                          Oh wow you weren’t joking

                                          That was bit much, especially considering that she is only 19 and this is her first time writing

                                          [–]Timely-Eggplant4919 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                                          I clicked her name to see if this is par for the course and yeah, all her pieces seem to have this same attitude. Yikes.

                                          [–]VladimirPoitin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                                          It’s the torygraph. Its entire staff are worthless slags.

                                          [–]Intrepidaa 17 points18 points  (2 children)

                                          Looking at her other reviews, it seems like unnecessarily mean is the theme. And "Westerners like to set their romance novels during the Second World War, when millions were dying or being maimed daily" is odd; doesn't everyone set a disproportionate number of their romance books during wars? It's a time of heightened emotions, tragedy, heroism, etc., etc. Doesn't mean we're big fans of war, just that it makes good art. The reviewer's just making a vaguely left wing criticism for its own sake here.

                                          [–]Amaranthine7 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                                          Isn’t the Telegraph a conservative paper?

                                          [–]StephenHunterUK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                          Yep, they call it the Torygraph in long-running political satire magazine Private Eye. Private Eye does TV reviews as well and gave Stranger Things 4 an excellent review, which for "Remote Controller" to do on anything is rare.

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                                            [–]TheExpandingMind 15 points16 points  (1 child)

                                            Woah, an actual child didn't write the next best Wartime Romance?

                                            COLOR ME FUCKING SHOCKED.

                                            This author, for the article, needs to get a fucking life.

                                            [–]ctortan 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                                            Whaaat? You mean to tell me a 19 year old’s first novel isn’t good???? Shocking

                                            [–]krissykat30 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                                            I know this will be mean, but she's doesn't come across as very intelligent

                                            [–]ableskittle 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                                            I’m not surprised it’s not very good. But that’s one of the worst reviews I’ve ever read—not in terms of its assessment of MMB, just badly written.

                                            [–]orangutanDOTorg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                            Anyone literate can. Whether they can write good ones is the question

                                            [–]reasonwashere 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                            I got the vague impression that the reviewer didn’t enjoy reading Millie’s book… not sure tho

                                            [–]VladimirPoitin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                                            Fuck the torygraph.

                                            [–]ObviousGnome 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                                            Jesus Christ, which of the reviewer's puppies did Millie strangle? Is it necessary to go THAT HARD against a 19 year old's debut novel?

                                            [–]phillywreck 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                            Thank you, people are so horrible for no reason.

                                            [–]Carthonn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                            Imagine dunking on someone like this? It’s just so unnecessary. I don’t need some hack to tell me the book is shit. I would be ashamed to do a review like this.

                                            [–]GoHawksMatt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                            At least she's trying other things lol 😆

                                            [–]pigeonbobble 12 points13 points  (2 children)

                                            Jessa Crispin needs to relax

                                            [–]karmagod13000 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                            is this the telegraph author?! the title is wild

                                            [–]LosFeliz3000 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                                            Even if the book is bad (and it probably is mediocre,) this seems a cruel review for the work of a teenager. Comes off mean-spirited as can be.

                                            Can’t wait to see this shitty critic’s reaction when Millie Bobby Brown sells the rights to Netflix and stars in it.

                                            [–]Myshkin1981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                            Her age makes no difference here. She put her art out for consumption; critiquing it is a valid exercise

                                            [–]leese216 2 points3 points  (8 children)

                                            I like her but she's def got a manager who is milking the cow as much as possible while she's still popular, on a popular show, making movies, etc.

                                            [–]moltingtoupee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                            i wasn't even aware she had a book.

                                            [–]MJKPens_N_Stuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                            She looks so much older than she is.

                                            [–]StankyMink 22 points23 points  (9 children)

                                            The whole three name thing gets more annoying everytime I see it.

                                            [–]FredEffinShopan 36 points37 points  (5 children)

                                            Can’t wait for Millie Bobby Brown to be on Baby Billie’s Bible Bonkers. Roll that around your mouth. That fun ain’t it?

                                            [–]ScipioCoriolanus 5 points6 points  (3 children)

                                            Can’t wait for Millie Bobby Brown to be in the remake of Million Dollar Baby.

                                            [–]original-whiplash 4 points5 points  (2 children)

                                            Her parents can be played by Bobby Brown the singer, and Bobbie Brown the actress

                                            [–]kissingdistopia 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                                            Cameo by makeup artist Bobbi Brown.

                                            [–]cristarain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                            They all can restyle their hair into a Brown Bob

                                            [–]Homies-Brownies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                            There will come a payday someday🎶

                                            [–]HunterTV 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                            Every time I see it, “My Prerogative” starts playing in my head.

                                            [–]tyleritis 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                                            Did you grow up in the JTT era?

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                                              [–]queensnuggles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                              Why can’t she? Is she illiterate?

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                                                [–]robpex 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                                                She’s been trying to grow up since Eleven.

                                                [–]xigloox 13 points14 points  (8 children)

                                                Its ok Bobby. Hollywood writers can't write either.

                                                [–]Competitive-Delay815 15 points16 points  (6 children)

                                                lol what? They absolutely can. Movies don't suck because of writers, movies suck because executives and producers butcher every script.

                                                [–]holydiiver 12 points13 points  (1 child)

                                                Not right now they can’t

                                                [–]Chaps_Jr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                                Savage

                                                [–]xigloox 0 points1 point  (3 children)

                                                Execs want xyz.

                                                Writers write within those bounds.

                                                If the writing sucks, as it does on many shows, it's not because an exec wanted a lesbian couple. A shows female lead doesn't fail to register with the audience because an exec wanted a female lead. Execs don't create plots that have characters teleport vast distances. Etc.

                                                Seems like you're buying into the writer strike propaganda article I saw last week.

                                                It really is the writers. Not all. There's a lot of good talent in Hollywood making good shits. It's just that there are far more nepo babies and hacks ruining their reputation and producing awful shit.

                                                [–]Chaps_Jr 0 points1 point  (2 children)

                                                Correct! Actually, restrictions encourage creativity and originality.

                                                [–]Actual_Space_Tyrant 0 points1 point  (1 child)

                                                The most memorable Trek TOS episodes came from the season with the lowest budget.

                                                [–]Chaps_Jr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                So many great films were very low-budget and turned out to be massively influential and successful-- Mad Max, Halloween, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, and Night of the Living Dead all come to mind. Hell, in Holy Grail, the whole reason they use coconuts instead of horses is because they couldn't afford real horses, and it became one of the most memorable gags of the whole film!

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                                                  [–]Lank42075 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                  The telegraph lol

                                                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                  She will try and sell fucking anything - makeup, water, now books too

                                                  [–]fukimoko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                  Who writes these dumb articles?

                                                  [–]Jerryjb63 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                  This was just a mean spiteful review with nothing meaningful to it. It was just an excuse for the author to berate someone that comes off as jealous.

                                                  [–]SnooPeripherals6557 1 point2 points  (2 children)

                                                  If she did write it, cut her a break - she’s 19 and TRYING. At least she’s trying and putting it out there. I prob won’t read it, not my ge re, but I’m for some weird reason v proud of this young woman, she’s a real go-getter and her writing can only improve. I hope she continues trying.

                                                  [–]Direct-Technician181 2 points3 points  (3 children)

                                                  Ebola Holmes was amazing. She broke the 4th wall every 8 seconds to declare something like; Boys are stupid.

                                                  [–]The_I_in_IT 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                                  Ebola Holmes would have been quite a different movie.

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                                                    [–]TheDeadlySpaceman 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                                    She can’t really act, either

                                                    [–]StephenHunterUK 15 points16 points  (55 children)

                                                    She's 19. Give her a break.

                                                    [–]kuhawk5 71 points72 points  (35 children)

                                                    Not that I condone the article, but what does her being 19 have to do with anything?

                                                    [–]ronearc 84 points85 points  (25 children)

                                                    Off the top of my head S.E. Hinton and Mary Shelley are the only two authors I can think of who wrote acclaimed novels as teenagers.

                                                    It's a rare feat.

                                                    [–]ChronicallyPunctual 24 points25 points  (3 children)

                                                    Paolini with Eragon! His dad was the head of a publishing company though, so…

                                                    [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                                                    Lol that seems like a very relevant detail to his story

                                                    [–]Im_Chad_AMA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                    Was Eragon acclaimed? It was a popular book for sure, and entertaining enough. But also pretty shoddily written and derivative, which a lot of reviews at the time pointed out. The Wikipedia page says that 'Eragon received generally mixed reviews and was criticized for its derivative nature.' Hardly a sign of acclaim.

                                                    [–]rwsmith101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                                    I love Eragon and the Inheritance Cycle, but lets not pretend its some shining example of stellar literature

                                                    [–]Mean-Kaleidoscope97 78 points79 points  (4 children)

                                                    Yeah but no matter your age, if you write a book and ask people to pay money for it and it sucks? People are going to tell you it sucks. This isn't a school play or an elementary school art exhibit.

                                                    [–]Puppybrother 26 points27 points  (0 children)

                                                    Haha 19 year olds can scam ur money just as well as 45 year olds

                                                    [–]ILikeMyGrassBlue 7 points8 points  (2 children)

                                                    The issue here is that she’s famous. If she was a normal person, it would’ve been rejected. Then she’d probably self publish the ebook, and try again. And after doing that a few times, maybe she’d get something published, and that would be her “first” book. But since she’s famous, she skipped all that because publishers know people would buy it. So the first chunk of words she could spew out immediately got published on a big scale, instead of taking years to get better via trial and error.

                                                    [–]anna-nomally12 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                    It’s hard as shit. Christopher Pauolini (sp?) was young too but the writing isn’t as good as the idea was so it made up for a lot.

                                                    [–]kingswing23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                    Christopher Paolini

                                                    [–]oh_please_god_no 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                                    Bret Easton Ellis too with Less Than Zero.

                                                    [–]kuhawk5 7 points8 points  (3 children)

                                                    If “acclaimed” is the bar, I’d say it’s the expectation that’s out of whack.

                                                    [–]ronearc 22 points23 points  (2 children)

                                                    Can Millie Bobbie Brown write novels? Anyone who wants to and has the motivation to can write novels.

                                                    Can a teenager write a novel worth reading? Historically, not very often.

                                                    [–]kuhawk5 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                                                    I’m on both sides of this one because 99.999% of people who write a novel would be torn up by professional critics regardless of age. I don’t think it’s fair to hold her to such a high standard but also don’t think it’s likely she improves with age.

                                                    [–]ronearc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                    I don't have enough insight into how hands-on she has been with the writing and development of the characters she's played in film and television. It's possible that she has that knack and just needs more seasoning and experience. I wouldn't know, but I wish her the best.

                                                    That in mind, publishers will usually take a flyer on first novels from celebrities, because some reasonable number of sales are often guaranteed. But they're less likely to get follow-up books published unless the first received enough success to do the market research necessary to see how many might buy a second book, or, unless the follow-up book is suitably well-written that it justifies its own publication.

                                                    [–]SllortEvac 0 points1 point  (4 children)

                                                    The list of famous authors published as teens is so long that they’re shown as top lists. Even just a Google search gives you a list of 12 right on top of the results.

                                                    [–]ronearc 1 point2 points  (3 children)

                                                    Yes, but how many of those books are counted among their celebrated works?

                                                    [–]SllortEvac 0 points1 point  (2 children)

                                                    At least 15 of them were best-selling authors in their teens.

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                                                      [–]IntoTheMusic -1 points0 points  (8 children)

                                                      In order to write something, you have to know something. You have to have lived life. Most 19 year olds don't have that life experience yet - they've barely even been a legal adult for long and their brain won't fully develop until they're around 25.

                                                      So StephenHunterUK was saying she's young and to give her a break. It's not her fault she's young.

                                                      [–]LOA503 14 points15 points  (6 children)

                                                      So, maybe they shouldn't pen novels.

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                                                          [–]kuhawk5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                          So you’re defending her by infantilizing her? What kind of twisted white knight approach is that?

                                                          [–]clemfandangeau 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                          Rimbaud quit his literary career aged 20. He left behind one of the greatest poetic ouevres in French history

                                                          [–]notapolita 21 points22 points  (9 children)

                                                          If you're too young to write a novel then don't write a novel. But if you write a novel then your age is not the factor by which it should be measured.

                                                          [–]BigMax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                          I'm split on this. Partly I want to say give her a break because she's 19. Most of us weren't great writers back then (and most of us still aren't!) So our stuff would be raked over the coals if it was published too.

                                                          But then again, most of us wouldn't actually GET anything published. We'd write in obscurity, being rejected, getting some random essay published to some random blog or whatever, until we were good enough to get published.

                                                          She took her fame and skipped all that part, so while I do think it's unfair to be TOO harsh, it's OK to be at least a little harsh - since SHE chose to publish her work.

                                                          [–]droidtron 8 points9 points  (2 children)

                                                          Chris Paloni wrote Eragon when he was 15. Still fantastic to get published either way. Course being famous boost sales.

                                                          [–]Aelaer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                                                          Highly derivative books and occasionally clunky writing but still.

                                                          They did well, and that's more than most aspiring writers ever achieve. I enjoyed them as audiobooks.

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                                                            [–]pdxcranberry 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                                                            How about no? There are plenty of actual writers with actual talent out there not being given a platform, publishing, or promotion. I'm not going to go easy on a rich person's vanity project because she's young.

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                                                              [–]oldmasterluke[🍰] -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

                                                              She’s a kid, trying new things. Give her a break.

                                                              [–]fs2222 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                                                              If you put your art out into the world people are free to judge it. You don't get a free pass just because you're young.

                                                              [–]Grootmeester_Flits 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                                              Especially when you expect people to pay for it.

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                                                                [–]Hi_iam_blah 2 points3 points  (6 children)

                                                                It’s better then the book I’ve written 🤷‍♂️

                                                                (I’ve written zero books)

                                                                [–]ScipioCoriolanus 5 points6 points  (5 children)

                                                                You know, sometimes not writing is better than writing.

                                                                [–]Kuroshitsju 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                                                The author of this article has low reviews on nearly all her articles, yet she thinks she can criticize a 19 year olds first book?

                                                                [–]EricAbmaMorrison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                                                Bobby Brown is one of the best park skiers out there.

                                                                Maybe she is coasting in his coat tails a bit with that..

                                                                [–]Mister_Squirrels -1 points0 points  (3 children)

                                                                Can Millie Bobby Brown get some time to practice? Apparently not.

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