Anonymous #1 5w

This was actually me venting about like three different books lmao. I don’t have tiktok so I have no idea if they’re on there or not, but I wouldn’t be surprised

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Anonymous OP 5w

Oh what are they? And also just consider people have different tastes. Some of my favorite books that I have suggested to my friends they have hated so it just depends on taste sometimes lol

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Anonymous #1 5w

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat, From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall are the four that first came to mind. The only one that was somewhat redeemable was Boyfriend Material because it was funny, but ultimately they all sucked

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Anonymous OP 5w

Sounds like maybe those books just aren’t your taste because I think a few of those are insanely well written books. From Blood and Ash particularly is a favorite of mine.

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Anonymous OP 5w

Ok! I have a solution. One common thread between all of these is that they are romance-based books. Are there romance books that you have liked? Maybe you just aren’t into romance as a genre. The other option is fantasy, as 3 out of the four of these are fantasy(esque). If you tend to like non-fantasy romance, then maybe the fantasy genre isn’t for you. Or the combo of fantasy + romance isn’t your cup of tea

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Anonymous #1 5w

There are definitely some romances I’ve liked, because I tend to love romance novels. I also love fantasy. Fantasy and romance, usually together, are my favorite genres. So that’s why I was extra disappointed to dislike these. As for why I disliked them, Boyfriend Material’s man character was unbearably horrible, FBAA’s writing was bland, and for the last two I hated quite literally every part of them. They’re two out of the three books on my “worst books I’ve ever read” category

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Anonymous OP 4w

Well my only thought is that like, from what I’ve heard, at least for throne of glass (havent heard of the others), is that they’re very overrated. Like generally romantasy is thought of as being pretty mass market appeal but people super into reading tend not to like it as much as it’s generally pretty shallow. Only other theory lmao. I dont read romance really so I cannot weigh that much in on this fully. Love fantasy though lol

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Anonymous #1 4w

That’s what I’ve heard about fantasy romance too tbh. That’s why I tend to go for fantasy with a romance subplot. Maybe I’ll just try to read books that aren’t popular

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