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For members of any and all marginalized groups, what books have made you feel seen and/or are books you consider "the most" accurate representation? I've come across a lot of books that, while touted as representation, feel a little flat or stereotypical. Not all members of marginalized groups are going to be the best spokespeople through the written word, and everyone has a different experience, so not every book is going to be great representation for every person.
So which books really resonated with you and your experience, fiction or nonfiction, hopeful or devastating, overtly about marginalization or not?
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Blood Over Bright Haven
M.L. Wang
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M.L. Wang
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Trad Wife: A Novel
Saratoga Schaefer
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I'm so glad im not the only one that is fed up with nena's shit at this point in the story. Like I get it that she thought he'd left her out of nowhere in the beginning, but at this point, you've seen what happens to vampire victims, you know what it looks like to others, he's told you multiple times he thought you were dead, everyone said you were dead and that it was his fault and your dad was literally about to get at him, what the fuck was he gonna do???? he was a kid!!! and he spent 9 years thinking nena was dead so ofc he went on with his life (barely) and tried to move on! am I being unreasonable??? I get that she feels helpless in her life and circumstance but that is so not nestor's fault nor his problem really? why are you acting like he committed high treason when, even if he had come back, you still couldn't be together because of your bitchass dad?
I'm so annoyed lol
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Just like the title says. A few other people on other apps got mad I asked this question because ' it's rude' to them.
I'd like any queer book written by aqueer author because I'm queer
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Authors, we get it, you’ve got to move the story along or slip in some worldbuilding…but did you have to do it like that?
What’s the worst plot device you’ve ever encountered? I’m talking info-dumps disguised as dialogue, miraculous coincidences that hand-deliver crucial clues, or protagonist's who are dumb as rocks, who somehow Sherlock their way to the truth with zero evidence.
For me, it’s The Fourth Wing. Your FMC 'soothes herself' by reciting the entire history of the world? Really? Straight to jail, Rebecca.
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Is there a specific book or type of book you collect?
I try to thrift Eloisa James and Lisa Kleypas Historical Romance from the thrift stores and it's like a game.
I was curious if there were books people tried to collect specifically.
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I learnt from an author on Instagram the actual difference between why choose & reverse harem
WC: All members ( 2 or more) are ALL connected . Swords cross and everything
RH: 1 woman, 2 men or more just connect with the woman, no swords
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The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst
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I really don't understand this book. Despite being cozy fantasy it tried to address vry heavy topics, with vry little consequences. It therefore doesn't actually address said things, it contains them though for some type of... side plot? Side character lore? Main plot that doesn't even affect the course of the story? I honestly don't know
It's filled with awful humour, the random quirky millennial kind, and it really is never that amusing. The comedy also comes into contrast with aforementioned heavy topics. One devastating event is described, and then the characters move on or poke fun at it like it doesn't matter at all. It's not witty, it's just tiring, and painfully unfunny
The characters were also very stereotypical and though different in theory, blended constantly with one another. Kiela specifically is an awful protagonist, not bc she appears unlikeable and rude, hell that probably is the most interesting thing about her, but bc she is so inconsistent and rarely impacts the main story in a meaningful way. No, I wasn't expecting the chosen one storyline but her involvement in the third act was close to minimal and like, you're the main character, what are you doing??? The way queer characters are written in this is also unbearably forced and heteronormative. They were just ushered together to fill a happy end fantasy without any real thought behind their existence or motivations
Third act was also quite confusing to me too. It did nothing for the actual book, just tied loose ends left from the first chapter that literally could have worked any other way. Irrational and just overall dragging the book further. The whole book was just a load of nothing. This was a character driven story with characters who barely even did anything and whose journeys don't even grow logically from the course of the narrative. Nothing matters, no high stakes or low stakes moment no interaction, it feels like a bunch of filler chapters and endless small talk
I actually liked certain parts of the world building but there was so little thought put into them it makes me think it wasn't intentional. I say this as someone who doesn't read much fantasy and rly struggles with heavy world building; this was just messy. No coherence in their species, no actual descriptions, no purpose in any fantasy element other than constantly reminding you this isn't the real world. I didn't mind the slice of life pace, and wished there was more of an actual spell shop than whatever forced romance Kiela and Larran had going on
Overall I think this had potential, but it was so poorly written I couldn't even enjoy what was served to me. Ik it's a happy go lucky story and I'm probably being way too harsh, but it's not marketed like smth you could just turn your brain off for
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The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst
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HELLO It’s time for Who’s Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is part 3.
If you participated in any of the times before, you don’t have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.
If you’re new, introduce yourself!
I’ll go first.
My name is JadeLovesBooks.
I am very very very very type B personality yet for the most part everything seems to work out. I’ve never read Harry Potter or seen the movies and have zero interest in doing so I am 8 years sober I don’t care about Taylor swift (I’m sorry)
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