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02-14-2022, 11:51 PM | #31 |
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At a certain point all books are hates by people.
But I have read books after reading a negative review bashing the book and going "wait, that sounds awesome!" |
02-15-2022, 12:59 AM | #32 | |
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The reason I stay clear of romance fiction and the like is mostly because I'm allergic to the overuse of descriptive wording in dialogues (or lengthy descriptions in general). I can't stand any "..., he sneered" or "..., he said mockingly". And I've gotten the impression that these books are ripe with such descriptive and engaging language. I dislike engaging adverbs and adjectives in books just like I dislike sad piano music in sad scenes in sad movies hinting that I should do well to descend into sadness at this saddest of sad hours. |
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My preferred genre is mysteries. Once I read a random library book where the blurb sounded like it would be a police procedural. I don't remember what was on the cover but obviously it wasn't anything that was a red flag for me. The book started off as a typical police mystery but then it turned out the villain was some ancient supernatural entity. Definitely not what I was expecting or looking for. Another time I was feeling really stressed out and decided I needed something light with a happy ending, so I downloaded some random romance book from the library. It had a fully-clothed couple on the cover (not a shirtless Fabio-type) and I think the blurb was something about characters coming home for the Christmas holiday. I figured it would be light and cute but boy, once that couple got together they were doing it like rabbits complete with detailed descriptions. I ended up skipping over a lot of that book. Not that I have any objection to such books existing, it just wasn't what I was looking for at the time. |
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In reference to JSWolf's instant put down when it has a half naked man on the cover, for me it's the "shifter" genre where it's a woman and two or more men (typically shirtless, naturally). Shifters are people who can turn into a wolf, panther, etc. Recently I read one not realizing it was a shifter novel because it wasn't a romance, just a shifter fantasy, written by a man. The cover was a nice graphic. I don't remember the author (looked it up; Robert M. Kerns) but the title was Smilodon. I've enjoyed it and read all of the books so far in the series but it's not ended yet.
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In checking for new acquisitions at one of my libraries, I noticed this image, assumed it was probably a gay romance, and clicked on it just for the heck of it.
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I think whoever came up with that cover did a disservice to both the author and the readers. |
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Equally annoying, even though I don't read them, are the ones about a trans, non-binary, or whatever, who are a small percentage of LGBTQ (not sure if I got all of the letters), but you wouldn't guess that from seeing all the books that the women have written with one of them as the main character. From what I get by selective filtering with ereaderiq and my library I'd say at least 90% of the gay male and male BTQ, etc. books are written by women. Last edited by hobnail; 02-15-2022 at 08:58 PM. |
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To be clear, I simultaneously support people having the freedom to read/write whatever they want, and at the same time, gay people have long been discriminated against and gay books (books, not just romance) are dominated by titles written by straight female authors, to the point where it chokes out books written by gay men for gay men. As an example: Top 100 Best Sellers in LGBTQ+ eBooks - There are 8 male authors. In the top 20? Zero. Top 100 New Releases in LGBTQ+ eBooks - Again, there were 8. For both of those, I counted multiple books by the same author as different entries, otherwise there would be fewer. And notice, I didn't filter down to romance. Just books in general. And there are publishers, like Dreamspinner Press that are big fish in a small pond. They publish gay romance, mostly written by women. In a couple of discussion groups I'm part of, gay male authors of complained that their work wasn't deemed acceptable as it didn't fit the Dreamspinner formula. That's fine and all. but it's as if Harlequin had become so successful, other historical fiction had to be written to follow Harlequin guidelines to have any chance of success. It may not matter to you. But if you are a gay man trying to find books that resemble/reflect your life experiences, good luck. I wonder if we wouldn't feel weird if the same thing were happening in books for other minorities? Last edited by ZodWallop; 02-16-2022 at 10:08 AM. |
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Back on track, a type of book I enjoy that, well maybe others don't hate but they do ignore, is westerns. It's a shame how far westerns have fallen.
I don't care so much for their historical accuracy. I haven't read Louis L'Amour. I enjoy the larger than life operatic elements you can find in them. In film, I prefer the Italian spaghetti westerns and in books, there was a group of British writers in the 60s and 70s called the Piccadilly Cowboys who churned out tons of western novels, though none of them had ever been west of Piccadilly (that was the joke in their name). There's something about that type of story that really speaks to me. |
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