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I already know this is going to heal me.

No titles, no authors, not a word about the romance tropes used or the snappy way it’s been glazed on social media.

Tell me about the overarching themes that made you ‼️ about it.

Hiii! Looking for some more indie authors to support. Any good recs?

Thanks💜

I‘ve seen this scattered around the internet before, and almost exclusively have a great time reading these kinds of ‚bad’ descriptions. I couldn’t find something like this on pagebound, so I thought we could try. (be aware that this might end up kinda spoiler-y for one book or the other)

so, the idea is: you break down the plot as simple as you can, for example in a single sentence, and let people guess what book you’re talking about.

I‘ll start: woman sparks revolution by acting like she’s about to kill herself.

I saw something today and I’m really curious what other readers think.

Someone commented on an author’s personal Instagram post to say they weren’t a fan of the new book. The author replied with “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” The person who posted the screenshot felt icky about the author’s response.

Personally, I didn’t think the author was out of line. I don’t really see the point of going onto an author’s own page just to drop a negative comment. That isn’t a review, it’s just putting criticism directly in front of the author for no real reason. Review platforms exist for a reason.

I also saw someone comment back to me about this ‘but sometimes authors don’t read reviews and won’t see it’ and I just always felt reviews are for other readers? I don’t know. And also how is ‘I didn’t like this book’ helpful in any way and why does it need to be seen?

That’s just me. What do you all think? Is it fine to leave negative opinions on an author’s page, or should that stuff stay on review sites instead?

Curious to hear everyone’s take.

HIS NAME IS TOVEN? ..... can I dnf for that reason alone?

Your house is on fire! You only have time/space to save one physical book from your collection - What book are you saving? (optional bonus question - why that book?)

this is so insanely devastating.. i am so devastated..

I'm reading this in public and trying so hard not to make any noise. Oh my god. 😱😧