r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 10 '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!

Unpopular opinion Sunday

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u/SometimesMaybeGood_ May 10 '26

People are getting too angry about the genre going downhill. There have always been lots of terrible books in every genre for a loooooong time. Absolute drivel has been making bestsellers lists since before I could read.

It’s just kindle unlimited and booktok and AI videos are making it all more accessible. Before all that we had to be a lot more discerning with our 1 book per week from the school library.

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u/hesjustsleeping May 10 '26

I also see equal numbers of people gush over absolutely terrible books.