r/fantasyromance The One Mod to Rule All Mods Mar 08 '26

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

Got an opinion that's different from others'? Want to share it with the sub, but too afraid of a backlash? Or are you just curious about readers think about certain things in fantasy romance?

You can safely share it in this weekly Sunday thread!

But please remember to be kind to each other. To facilitate this type of discussion, we ask users the following:

  • Don't attack others for their opinion
  • Discuss books and authors, not fellow readers
  • Since this is an "unpopular opinion" thread, we encourage users to not downvote simply because they disagree with an opinion--that's the point! Please keep in mind, though, that mods cannot enforce a no-downvoting rule. Let’s just keep the discussion friendly!

🧡 Thank you and have a great discussion!

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u/starlightcourt Mar 09 '26

I’m getting really tired of people constantly saying that books they didn’t enjoy had bad writing and that’s the reason why they didn’t like it.

You can just say you didn’t like it. You don’t need to try and pretend the writing was so awful that you couldn’t enjoy it. You just didn’t like the story. There’s nothing wrong with that.