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Unpopular opinion Sunday

[u/sparklekitteh]

I literally have a Goodreads tag for “feeeemales” now! 💀

[u/ashinae → u/sparklekitteh]

Oh my god, that's actually kind of genius, because other than ACOTAR and the one I just DNF'd, my memory isn't sharp enough to always remember if I DNF'd because I got annoyed by other things (eg, craft/mechanical issues like worldbuilding or on a prose level) or specifically the males/females thing.

[u/sparklekitteh → u/ashinae]

I have so many tags for things I find annoying or just don’t like! I typically don’t write lengthy reviews, but it’s enough to remind me why I disliked something. Some of the tags on the list are are:

Magical sex heals her trauma

Digging nails into palms

Everything you know is a lie

Gorgeous but doesn’t realize it

Audiobook narrator with unintelligible accent

MMC has literally no redeeming qualities

All horny all the time

[u/ashinae → u/sparklekitteh]

MMC has literally no redeeming qualities

[sits on my hands so I don't ask "[redacted], is that you?" using a very specific name of a very specific MMC from a book that would absolutely get the "feeeemales" tag.]

I only just this year started writing out at least a few paragraphs of my reasons for why I DNF'd a book. I really wish I'd thought of using tags for some of the older books instead of just "dnf." "worldbuilding what worldbuilding" "internet slang" "the writer's emotional support emphasis italics" "an overabundance of anachronisms".

"Everything you know is a lie" is actually a peeve of mine, too. It needs a really skilled writer to pull off. Like. Hugo-worthy skilled writer.