the writer's room discussion

thoughts on colleen hoover?
(please be respectful!)

I hate her with a burning passion (respectful as i can be, I'm sorry)

Never read any of her books, but I've seen people loving her and hating her. Could someone explain?

I can't without being a dick

@Tianna in the most objective and semi vague way possible,,, she basically romanticizes domestic abuse and when people get mad she's like but I'm a victim (which is valid but like????)

She is misogynistic, sexist, racist, homophobic, anti-abortion, her books offer harmful views on romantic relationships, romanticising abuse and writing about triggering topics for pure shock factor. Her son was also accused of assaulting a girl and she just blocked the girl. She is not accepting, she's written one black character in her whole career of 20+ books and then cast the bad guy for it ends with us as a black guy 💀 and one of her shitty attempt at diversity is having her characters write letters to Ellen DeGeneres. She writes "headstrong" female characters according to her five star reviews but I've read 6 (I DID THIS TORTURE SIX TIMES) and they've all relied on a man at the end/during the dilemma, they're all one dimensional very stereotypical damsels in distress. Her men are seen as heartthrobs and they literally talk about assaulting the fmc, every single one of them.
basically
she's very problematic

anyway i know i'll probably get removed for that bc not respectful but she's bad

She also stood by her son who SA'd a girl and wouldn't believe and cut off contact with that girl

Storm The Tiny Hooman ~Hiatus~ wrote: "She also stood by her son who SA'd a girl and wouldn't believe and cut off contact with that girl"

yup she sucks

Drew (Taylor's version)✨ wrote: "She is misogynistic, sexist, racist, homophobic, anti-abortion, her books offer harmful views on romantic relationships, romanticising abuse and writing about triggering topics for pure shock facto..."

might I add she pissed off the deaf community by the coloring book she made

FOR REAL
I BLANKED THAT BOOK BECAUSE I WAS SO TRAUMATIZED BUT SHE LITERALLY CREATED A COLOURING BOOK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Drew (Taylor's version)✨ wrote: "FOR REAL
I BLANKED THAT BOOK BECAUSE I WAS SO TRAUMATIZED BUT SHE LITERALLY CREATED A COLOURING BOOK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"

Shall I share my review

omg yes i have one too
lets exchange

This is unacceptable. WHY IN GODS NAME ARE YOU MAKING A COLORING BOOK ABOUT DOMESTIC ABUSE!!!! I am sorry but no thank you. You could trigger so many people and sugarcoating everything is not okay.

yours is so much better than mine

"was she thinking people would eat this up? This is literally unacceptable and triggering, do better"

i got 45 likes and it made me happy

Lemme find how many mine got

@Storm 100% agree the coloring book is vile but can I ask why it pissed off the deaf community specifically (very validly)?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...

Basically it was tone deaf

Bones (Ganon’s Version) wrote: "I read It Ends with Us once and didn't want to read another book. Not because of the domestic violence. The book was just so poorly written. She writes very wattpad-ish lol

As an author i don't kn..."

I normally don't either but I do my research into the rumors until I can believe it myself

shes a terrible person that doesnt deserve her fame :)

Drew (Taylor's version)✨ wrote: "anyway i know i'll probably get removed for that bc not respectful but she's bad"

you're expressing your opinion and as far as i can see you didn't use any swear words (other than sh*tty, which i ngl agree with) so no worries. when i mean respectful, i mean don't come after one another for having varying opinions.

I will refrain form swearing thank you for telling me <3

@storm thanks!

Reading on Wheels wrote: "@storm thanks!"

Your welcome

omg, I'm not alone in my hate

i’ve never read any of her books and never plan to, especially since I know all of this now, thx for the warning yall!