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If she put out another Harry Potter book, I'd read it. I probably won't read her current books, they just aren't the sort of books that interest me. However, if other readers think her books are worth reading, that's fine. Just because I don't read them doesn't mean they are unworthy of being read.
This sort of bashing isn't something that you see coming from really successful authors. It comes from those who want to be really successful, but aren't, and who display contempt for readers for not reading their obviously superior books. I looked up Lynn Shepherd's book on Amazon, and you have to throw out the one-star reviews from people who hadn't read the book, but sales of her books aren't exactly setting the world on fire. The Solitary House, #87,297; A Fatal Likeness, #113,667; Murder at Mansfield Park, #107, 995; Tom-All-Alone's, #1,963,573; Trecherous Likeness, #2,471,175.
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