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A review by lunacanread
November 9 by Colleen Hoover
look away! this was a social experiment!
listen,, you can only tell me a book is the worst thing you’ve ever read so many times before i have to find out for myself.
warning: way too long and serious review for the dumbest book i’ve ever read incoming.
colleen hoover books feel like they were written by a misogynistic male incel. the fact that this has a 4,16 rating makes me concerned for young girls who are just getting into reading and are being presented with these books as “romance novels”. i used to think i liked “it ends with us”, but then i saw her books for what they were. i think she’s appealing in the sense that her books are very accessible and she keeps inexperienced readers (like myself) hooked with the typical tropes and plot twists. this wouldn’t really be a problem, only the “romance” in her books is actually abuse and the “smut” is not only coercion a lot of the times, but described with language such as “i’m invading her” etc. and don’t get me wrong i don’t think that characters have to be good people for a book to be good, or that a book can’t have dark themes, it’s just that it’s clear we’re supposed to find this romantic. just so harmful.
listen,, you can only tell me a book is the worst thing you’ve ever read so many times before i have to find out for myself.
warning: way too long and serious review for the dumbest book i’ve ever read incoming.
colleen hoover books feel like they were written by a misogynistic male incel. the fact that this has a 4,16 rating makes me concerned for young girls who are just getting into reading and are being presented with these books as “romance novels”. i used to think i liked “it ends with us”, but then i saw her books for what they were. i think she’s appealing in the sense that her books are very accessible and she keeps inexperienced readers (like myself) hooked with the typical tropes and plot twists. this wouldn’t really be a problem, only the “romance” in her books is actually abuse and the “smut” is not only coercion a lot of the times, but described with language such as “i’m invading her” etc. and don’t get me wrong i don’t think that characters have to be good people for a book to be good, or that a book can’t have dark themes, it’s just that it’s clear we’re supposed to find this romantic. just so harmful.