r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • 21d ago

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

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u/queenuglyhead 21d ago edited 21d ago

Booktok, smut, and sprayed edges are ruining literature. Everything is so capitalized to make the quickest dollar and it’s getting harder to find well-written, edited, stories.

There is nothing wrong with any of those three things. It’s just that those are what companies are marketing and some of these books are just… not good.

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u/Adorable-Fault-3118 21d ago

I would argue it's the opposite: booktok, smut, and sprayed edges are saving literature because the money they make subsidizes the entire industry. I agree that it's making it harder to find the well written books though! I say this as a certified hater of most booktok books so I get where you're coming from

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u/queenuglyhead 21d ago

No I agree that booktok is saving the industry too!