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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
As a fan of horror, do you know how many times I have read the phrase "Reminiscent of early Stephen King..."?
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I suppose more often than H. P. Lovecraft, Angela Carter*, or Dennis Wheatley. Though the last two are not really Horror.
They seem to slap on the name of any currently selling well or extremely famous author and you get the impression the copywriter in the Crayon Dept hasn't read either the current book or works by the referenced author.
Very annoying to see "Bridgerton" referenced in blurb of not just any historical romance, but every book by some authors (including non-romance titles) dead before Julia Quinn (who wrote them) was born, or probably before Julia was out of junior school.
Anyone I know that likes Historical Romances, written in the 20th C. or earlier, could not be paid to watch the Netflix drama series.
Advertising wonks are a menace!
[* I've never read Angela Carter, and ditched Wheatley 50+ years ago. Read some Lovecraft over the last few years out of curiosity]