I've heard James Patterson described as the Thomas Kincaid of the written word. I stopped reading him years ago, when he went franchise. There are other authors who have the same kind of "writing shops" that I won't buy either.
Nora Roberts is different. She's well-known for her productivity and her strong work ethic - she writes her own stuff. And while her own stuff is pretty uneven (the Inn Boonsboro books bore me silly, ditto the Brides quartet), but when she's good (The Witness, her 200th book), she's very, very good.
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