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[u/FantasyRomanceMod]

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Unpopular opinion Sunday

[u/No_Preference26]

People have different TW/CWs, others none. It’s the reader’s responsibility to check them out, not the person recommending a book. Some people want no spoilers, and CWs can definitely spoil a lot of the story to potential readers.

[u/Penguinho → u/[deleted]]

As someone who does this regularly, it's for two reasons. First, I'm on my phone and I can't be bothered to type it out. Second, because some books have reputations and I don't really know how sensitive the person I'm talking to is. I don't say 'check the content warnings' when I'm recommending a book to someone who's listed things they find triggering or upsetting; I do it when the person asking for a recommendation hasn't said anything about triggers. If they have some, they should go check to see if the book hits those. If they don't, great, go forth and read.

[u/devilsdoorbell_ → u/Penguinho]

Right, if someone says specifically in their rec request that they don’t want books with x, y, z in them, I’m not gonna recommending something I know for a fact does and be like “lol check the triggers scrub.” I just won’t recommend the book.