Talent is judged at its height. Character is judged at its depth. If you write a great novel and then write a bunch of mediocre ones you are judged by the great one. If you help the poor, walk old ladies across the street, save a person's life but molest a minor, you're judged as a pedophile.

I think I forgive him for King of Trees alone. Anyone who wrote that can't be that bad.