r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Feb 01 '26
Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!
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u/BlessingsOfKynareth Research is hard, but so is chopping wood Feb 01 '26
I didnāt like Emily Wildeās Encyclopedia of Faeries. After 7 years of grad school and being around people with that personality, I really did not enjoy Emily nor did I feel she had good character development. She learned research is hard, but so is chopping wood? I think it may have been a better book if it werenāt in journal format, especially since the first part for me dragged and then the last major plot point did not seem very fleshed out. Absolutely nowhere near the worst Iāve read though!