CrazyCatLady108

CrazyCatLady108 t1_jdwx6nv wrote

Reply to comment by MikasaMinerva in Simple Questions: March 25, 2023 by AutoModerator

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_jdshlhl wrote

Reply to comment by Ectoplasmic-fungi in The Problem w/ YA books by Ectoplasmic-fungi

i think you are using a single example to cast judgment on a whole genre, with is not really fair. while YA does have a lot of romance, this is the case of 'all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares'.

your romance example is also not limited to YA, or space fiction. i am currently reading a fantasy adult novel and the number of times i have rolled my eyes over the romance relationships are giving me eyestrain.

so i think if you were to re-frame the discussion as more of 'this is a trope i do not like in a genre i otherwise enjoy' you would get more interaction. rather than the 'don't like it, don't read it' reaction.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_jdoou8b wrote

Reply to I have cancer. Reading books has gotten me through the years by [deleted]

Hi! I am terribly sorry to hear what you are going through. We ask users to make their posts about books they are reading or have read to get a discussion going. You can edit your post to include thoughts on your favorite books or make a new post. Let us know if you have questions or have made an edit. Wishing you all the best!

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_jdobe78 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Haven't read a book in over 5 years, just got a kindle the 3 days and already half way through my second book by [deleted]

Your edit breaks our rule on standalone recommendation requests.

You can make a post about a book you read and explain why you enjoyed it, and that should be enough. You can also post in our weekly "What did you start/finish reading this week" where there is no requirement to get a discussion going.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_jdo6gfa wrote

Reply to Haven't read a book in over 5 years, just got a kindle the 3 days and already half way through my second book by [deleted]

Apologies, but your post does not contain enough for people to engage in conversation. Do you have something else to say about the book that you could edit into the text? Let me know if you edit it and I will reinstate your post.

Or, if you would prefer to share quick/brief reactions to a book you are currently reading or recently finished, you can comment in our weekly What We're Reading thread, accessible from our header atop the sub. Your book may even appear in the sub banner! Thank you.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_jcrr5yk wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Lauren Oya Olamina from Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower/Talents” - is she a Mary Sue? by Pink_Blue1214

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_jcm0x7v wrote

Reply to comment by JohnTaylorson in "You don’t like it because you don’t get it, you don’t get it because you’re not ___________" by JohnTaylorson

>blindly invalided because the person offering it doesn't belong to a particular demographic.

and i never said they should be. my point is that there may be less weight to your opinion than you want simply because you are not familiar with the subject matter. so your opinion being invalidated could be because it is, in this case, a Shit Take and not a subjective opinion.

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