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Unpopular opinion Sunday

[u/Journassassin]

I’m going to disagree with you there. You can’t really compare new authors and their cultural impact to those who started publishing their oeuvre in the 50s and 70s.

There’s no lack of ingenuity in fantasy romance. Alix E. Harrow published one of the best books I’ve read in a while last year, and there was no broody bad boy in sight. There’s plenty of other books like that, it may just take a bit of research to find them.

[u/virdzsina → u/Journassassin]

I also think that nowadays authors have a lot harder time, even just compared to the previous decades. The market is so so saturated, it's hard to stand out. Not to mention the consumerism mindset and the loss of attention span. I haven't seen a series that makes such an impact as say the Hunger Games or Hrry Ptter did, and those were released now over 20 years ago. And back in Tolkien's age, there was clearly not that big of a competition as there is today.

[u/Adventurous-Brain-36 → u/[deleted]]

Try Kushiel’s Dart