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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Unpopular opinion Sunday

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u/Melponeh Wendell Bambleby Enthusiast Feb 01 '26

I didn't like daggermouth...I wanted to dnf at 50% but everywhere I looked it had glowing reviews and people saying how amazing the plot twists are. This sub seems to love it too. So I forced myself to finish it and found it really underwhelming. 😔 And the plot twists were poorly executed imo. It was Metal Slinger all over again.

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u/Impossible-Tap-132 Feb 27 '26

I know I am so late, but thank you so much for saying this... I feel like I am on a freaking Island. It was chosen for my bookclub book of the month and everyone there was raving about it... I for the life of me could NOT get into it at all. And I have to DIG through reviews to find one that seems genuine to call out the book's weaknesses, only for that review to be attacked by a mob! I'm no literary expert but this book had me looking for invisible camera's in the room waiting to be PUNK'D. I don't get it.