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Help[Opinions] Ugh Sookie Stackhouse....
in reply to a message by Ludwig
Charlaine Harris can't write. I have no idea why her books are popular or why they inspired an HBO series.
But onto the name...
William is a family name. My grandfather went by Willie and Bill (but of course I only ever heard him called "grandpa" so that never registered with me). My younger brother was named in honor of him. Family calls him Billy. He tried to go by Bill (he was such a serious little kid!) but I don't think it ever caught on. I call him Willy-Billy because I'm the older sister so I'm allowed to give nicknames that are inherently stupid. But there are SO MANY William/Billy/Bill/Wills in his age group that everyone calls him by our last name--which is quite strange and very uncommon.
So it's common. I love William. Hate Bill.
But onto the name...
William is a family name. My grandfather went by Willie and Bill (but of course I only ever heard him called "grandpa" so that never registered with me). My younger brother was named in honor of him. Family calls him Billy. He tried to go by Bill (he was such a serious little kid!) but I don't think it ever caught on. I call him Willy-Billy because I'm the older sister so I'm allowed to give nicknames that are inherently stupid. But there are SO MANY William/Billy/Bill/Wills in his age group that everyone calls him by our last name--which is quite strange and very uncommon.
So it's common. I love William. Hate Bill.
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She's not that good of a writer, is she? I think her books are so addictive because they're written by a worrier, and they fill up with such dramatic symbology the space worriers allot to worry about things. It's like tetris but with infinite sexy youthful immortal people and mortal problems.
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Hmm, perhaps that is why I don't find her gripping? I know a thing or two about authors who may not be masters of words but are somehow addictive anyway! Maybe I'm missing something since I'm not a worrier!
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