(Of course this is not about needless hating, rude posts, racism, any kind of bigotry.)

But especially in forums of nonfiction books I have often seen that some people‘s thoughts get downvoted into the negative space because they disagree with the author or question them, or maybe just need some clarification.

I feel like this leads to an echochamber-like space. Art is supposed to be discussed, not blindly praised. Art is rarely born from pure positivity, it is often motivated by pain or anger, and I don‘t think expecting every person to agree with every viewpoint is a productive frame for discussing books.

The example which prompted this post was the forum of a nonfiction book, where a disabled reader gave some insight into how their perspective as a disabled person differs from that of the able-bodied author and why. The post was not written accusatorily or angrily, and still the reader‘s comments were downvoted. Something about that doesn‘t feel right to me.

I feel like in a space in which we discuss books, we should engage in discourse and of course disagree at times, but do so without disregarding valid opinions that may just not align with what the majority thinks.

At the same time, I guess downvoting mainly shows disagreement, it‘s not like being downvoted means a post is deleted eventually, which would be an entirely different thing. I just considered downvoting to be something you do when someone posts “irrelevant“ (like just geeking out or little personal notes that don’t contribute anything for others) or hateful posts, but maybe I‘m in the minority there.

I don‘t know, I haven‘t thought about this too much in detail yet and was interested in what some other people think!

Hi! I’ve been reading a lot of mystery/thriller books recently and I realized that I’m not very familiar with the tropes in that genre. I am definitely noticing some patterns but struggling to name them. Educate me!

Hoping to discuss tropes outside of the romance genre specifically but if there are tropes that have crossover I’m interested in knowing that too :)

Also, feel free to jump in with other genre tropes too that you like! Just avoiding romance specifically since there are so many threads about that already.

Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV

The first titles being eyed for adaptation are the Mistborn series, for features, and The Stormlight Archive series, for television. Sanderson will have control over the screen translations, according to sources. Sanderson will be the architect of the universe; will write, produce and consult; and will have approvals.

Considering it's Apple TV it means there will be years in between series lol but wow I've never seen an author be given so much involvement!

I was so excited to start this after finishing bride. But I am having trouble to really get into the story. It hasnt gripped me yet the same way bride did.