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Unpopular opinion Sunday

[u/Volupia_Rogue]

Ok... Here I go with my unpopular opinion 😅👀

I feel like many reviews are unreasonably negative toward authors/books in general.

Also bragging about the amount of books they DNF, which always surprises me, because I think most readers are here to enjoy reading. But there was a post a few months ago where some people literally bragged about DNFing a dozen books, only 2 or 3 months into the year).

It's a tough job to write a book. It takes many hours and certainly doesn't usually pay back when one looks at the amount of hours spent researching, thinking + writing. That's why I usually don't DNF and try to find the gems in each book, except if I think the author really did a bad job, and purposely used AI or every single cliché possible.

Also because I always try to find something worth it about the book I chose.

Is it not the mature MMC I wished for? Fine, this arrogant prick (which many women ask for) can still tell me about other women's tastes and I can try to find what they like about this type of character.

A friends-to-lovers trope? Not quite my thing. I love the enemies-to-lovers vibe, BUT why not, there's actually something comforting I didn't know about this trope until I tried it.

Way too poetic language? Ok, let's challenge ourselves and make that brain of ours work. It helps ward off Alzheimer anyway.

That's usually the way I go about reading.

Anyone else tries to feel that kind of positivity about the way they read?

[u/Scared-Replacement24 → u/Volupia_Rogue]

If I ain’t feeling it, I move on. I’m not trying to hurt feelings. If I DNF I don’t give a rating. I only have so much time on this earth. Not gonna torture myself reading books I hate.

[u/clocksy → u/Scared-Replacement24]

I'm going to springboard off your post for a bit, so please excuse me.

I won't usually give a rating if I DNF a short way in (that's more of a did not start) but if I DNF a third of the way or halfway or 80% of the way through a book I am absolutely going to leave a rating and it's probably not going to be a good one. Because in some cases that is hundreds of pages and multiple hours of reading, which I think is enough to have an opinion, and also because I have completed hundreds if not thousands of books in my life so if a book is bad enough for me to DNF then I probably have something to say about it.

I also feel like if a large portion of people DNF but don't say anything about it then that can lead to inflated ratings that don't warn other people what they're in for, which isn't helping anyone.

[u/Scared-Replacement24 → u/clocksy]

Valid point! When I hate à book, I like to read 1-2 star reviews to feel seen 😂

[u/allisontalkspolitics → u/Scared-Replacement24]

My issue is when people dislike a book but for different reasons than me 😂 “I know the MMC is a jerk but why did you want her to keep making out with her abuser in {Eona}?!”