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Hot take I hate books that are just romance
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Anonymous 8w

Hot take I hate books without it

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Anonymous 8w

like where’s the plot

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Anonymous 8w

my ex used to manipulate me through romance books, I never liked them but now I can’t stand any romance in books 😭 for other reasons as well but mostly that

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Anonymous 8w

I can never get through halfway of it bc it’s just straight romance. Where is the plot, the suspension, the edge of my seat is cold. Some of them sure but especially ones with smut I’ve never finished

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Anonymous 8w

Valid, just don’t read them

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Anonymous 8w

Hot take I hate people that hate on others’ reading preferences when they could just enjoy what they enjoy without the superiority complex

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8w

OP never talked abt other people though, just the books

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8w

Not a hot take at all I 100% agree! I did not mean for it to come off as a opinion about others. If you love to read romance please do! Not every book is for everyone. I just hate romance book because I can never get into them. Platonic relationships are more my style

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

OP I’m the same way, and I blocked someone on another post when they said it was “unreasonable” to not want to read books w/ romance. #5 is gone now lol. they also downvoted your comment so I imagine they don’t want to genuinely engage with you, especially after what they said to me 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 8w

just because it’s a romance book doesn’t mean the plot has to be bad bffr

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

5 blocked me too. It’s ppl like that that make reading genres unenjoyable. Why are you mad that ppl don’t like the genres you read I don’t get mad when ppl won’t read dystopian novels so why are you that pissy no one’s telling you to not read whatever you want. Just hypocritical and sensitive 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 8w

fr, if the post is about romance then I’m gonna talk about romance 😭 I could list off multiple other genres that I dislike, but I’m not since that’s off-topic. #5 is acting like we’re categorically discriminating against books with romance because of misogyny or homophobia. no, we just DONT LIKE THEM 😭 & it’s cathartic to be able to talk abt our frustrations with it. they act as if this isn’t the venting site, & they’re policing people who even tangentially criticize romance.

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