Anonymous #1 3d

I hope you like it more than me tho, genuinely 😭

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Anonymous #1 3d

Yeah, a lot of her books are like that. I liked Yellowface because of that reason, I think that’s kind of the point. Some people don’t like the ragebate though, that’s totally understandable.

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Anonymous OP 3d

I‘ve never read Yellowface, but I read The Poppy War and had to DNF the next one. I said “ragebait” since she gives a genuinely interesting premise and began giving her characters depth and I got excited. Then she gave a bunch of flat characters and made her MC incredibly unlikable while filling her worldbuilding and plot with holes. One of my biggest disappointments.

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Anonymous OP 3d

Babel was even worse ragebait for me since it had good intentions but was executed horrendously. The characters were poorly written, and that’s a lot of people’s main criticisms, but what irked me most was the worldbuilding. The topics are decently obvious, but the world is terribly outfitted to deliver the message. It tries to be an allegory but fails since the metaphor and what it represents are both present in the book, and the metaphor itself causes SO many plot holes.

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Anonymous OP 3d

don’t let me ruin it for you, I’m a writer and tend to see the lost potential in books. Again I do genuinely hope you enjoy it, but if you don’t then I suggest to not try her other books since she repeats her mistakes throughout them.

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Anonymous #1 3d

Hmm, I read the first Poppy War book and felt this way about it but I’ll see what I think about Babel. I thought I would give it a chance since Dark academic fantasy is my thing, I hope I won’t be disappointed

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Anonymous #1 3d

Oh yes, I’m exactly the same way. I’m incredibly harsh on some books, but I always like to give things a try. I’ve been trying to learn to not nitpick so hard when I’m reading

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Anonymous OP 3d

if it’s a genre-click thing with you then you’ll probably enjoy it. I have that with progfan, so I’ll love those works despite their flaws since I’m a sucker for stat sheets and hard fantasy. in any case I hope you have a good rest of your shift :D

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Anonymous #1 3d

Thanks, I hope I do too. Only 4 hours left and I’m home free 🎉

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Anonymous OP 3d

I’ll make spaghetti in your honor 🔥

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Anonymous #1 3d

What’s a hard fantasy book you really like?

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Anonymous #1 3d

OH MY GOD YOU GET ME

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Anonymous #4 3d

lol I’m mid shift and work at an animal hospital, thank god. Unfortunately I did get bit 😭

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Anonymous OP 3d

*night

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