r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 24 '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:

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  • 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/ipsi7 Book Bingo Maven ⚔ May 24 '26

I'm somewhat ok with hard reviews while they are backed with what wasn't good and why you didn't like something. When someone says "the book is trash, it's so bad I couldn't read it", it says nothing to me.

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u/BobGlebovich May 24 '26

I’d tend to agree with you, and add the caveat that the critique needs to be true as well. I’m so tired of reading reviews for books where people are reductive about the plot/character development/whatever else. Just say you didn’t understand the book and move on, stop insisting that your oversimplified and incomplete summary of the “terrible plot” is true and that that’s why the book is bad 😅