I was just talking to my brother-in-law, and he told me he wrote a book. I was happy for him! That's an amazing accomplishment, and he's written books before so I knew it was something he enjoyed doing.

That is...until he told me that while his ideas were all his, he used AI to "pad out the chapters". His rationalization was that he would disclose that he used it, and that so many Amazon best-sellers are all AI-generated, and he was using it as an aide. While I think that him disclosing is the right thing, I wanted to address with him how AI use is criticized in literature today. He can still publish it, but he should understand that there is a specific type of criticism he would receive without even reading his book.

So, I would like a little input from people who are also in this bookish world. How IS AI viewed in literature?

Thus weak men are the most aggressive and unskilled ones loudest to boast.

AMEN BROTHER, AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH

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I had an idea for a game to make friends here, as well as to give and receive books recommendations.

Drop a little comment if you’re looking for recommendations, and people can visit your profile and read your bio - giving recs based on profile bios alone! They can then place these recs under your comment so they’re all organized for you!

I’ve seen some really creative and fun profile bios, so this could be really interesting! 📚📖

I've been told a few times by my coworkers, friends and family that they way I pick books is horrid but I must know if there is another like me!😔

So, I pick up a book if it's interesting, read the blurb, go to the first page, skim like a sentence in the middle ish to check if there's rising action and check the ending... Now, bare with me, I did this a lot in my early teens but much less now(except when I was working at a bookstore, I did it a few times) , although it's still been a good method since I haven't picked "bad books".

Does anyone else do this or am I just a crazy person who spoils my books? 😂

Just to be clear, I'm not judging anyone who reads them. Everyone has their own taste and that's wonderful.

For me it would be: Red rising, Persépolis and Throne of glass🤔

I've seen alot of posts on tiktok and twitter and other platforms about this and not gonna lie, everytime someone suggests a finnick prequel an angel loses its wings. It kinda pisses me off sometimes. Just a little bit.

And Maybe(?) Unpopular opinion but we dont need a finnick book. Love finnick but a book about him is unnecessary. 😬 he told his story himself so its not like it's gonna be like haymitch where its a lie. Or the capitol changed what happened. Like, i dont even know what it would be about?

Like, we know how he won. We know he was trafficked (which we dont need to see) we know what he did in the rebellion. (after the 74th hg) we know how it ends. What else is there?

Unless its about the secrets he got from capitol people but i feel like even that is not even enough for a book. & i feel like a book about finnick would be just fan service. I feel like it would read like a "Finnick's games" fanfic, a canon fanfic but still a fanfic.

And sometimes it makes me laugh a little when someone says "It would show the government's exploitation of children!!" Because The og hunger games already did that, in many ways. There's no need for a more detailed one. Finnick already said that they did that to him. Isn't it also implied (?) That it happened (or was going to happen) to johanna too?. And it was talked about how one year the tributes (of d12 i think) were stark naked in the parade(?) (is that what its calles? I forgot) So like, do we really need to see it?

what do yall think?

Note: i was gonna post this in the firts books forum but then i thought its better here. Idk since this is a newer book. (And a prequel) its better here. Hope i didn't post it in the wrong forum. But i feel like there's isnt really a "wrong book forum" for this.