Recently, two girls I’ve talked about books with *love* these authors, and I was totally open to loving them too because I want some bookish friends!
Well…they were certainly fun. I was recommended ACOTAR and Verity. I found myself laughing at both of them and confused…then I felt like a total asshole. Of course the books aren’t masterpieces or instant classics. But reading them was reminiscent of the days when I was a teenager reading trashy Drarry fanfiction, I felt like the target audience was much younger than me (26). However, both of these girls are older than me…
I told them that the books just weren’t for me. Both were disappointed and asked me why. I told them I wasn’t a fan of the characters and the writing style just wasn’t for me. They kept pressing. I kept it vague because I didn’t want to say I thought the books were so poorly written.
Now I feel like I can’t talk about books with them because our tastes are *so* different. They’re both convinced they can get me to like the books but I’m not. Are my standards for writing too high? Do I need to be knocked down a peg? Am I just an asshole?!?! 😩
by purpletortellini