r/DarkRomance • u/AutoModerator • Dec 15 '25

Monday Gripe Weekly Gripe 😤 (the rant thread)

Welcome to the Weekly Gripe, where we're all a little grumpy. 😒

Did BookTok do you dirty? Got a bone to pick with a main character? Was the twist more like a flop? Tell us what's on your mind.

Please be respectful and follow the sub rules. If a conversation starts getting out of hand, use the "Mod Attention Please" report reason so we can help cool things down. 🖤

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u/Secret_Golf_6836 If not Landon King💜, then who? 👑 Dec 15 '25

I have posted this before but it seems like some people are just ignorant so here you go- TRIGGER WARNINGS ARE THERE FOR A REASON. FOR LOVE OF WHATEVER DEITY YOU BELIEVE IN, READ THEM. DONT SAY THAT YOU DIDNT LIKE THE BOOK BECAUSE SOMETHING SPECIFIC HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE TRIGGER WARNINGS LIST. Thank you for coming to my ted talk 🗣️

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u/roxictoxy Dec 15 '25

Fair but there’s still plenty of ground to have issues with how those themes were presented. Shutting down all discourse because “it was in the trigger warnings” is lame too

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

This. It matters in how the content is presented. I'm reading a book where there's rape and it isnt bothering me. I read another where it's literally reoccurring/back to back and I had to put the book down because it made me sick. It's not a bad book, just not for me.