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Some people don't have life 😏

ıt happened to me too. Someone sent me a message asking why I read romance books... unbelievable!!

We all like what we like...and some people will just forever not understand that it's okay for us all to like different things so long as it's not hurting anyone. You wouldn't believe some of the comments and messages I get too, girl lol

One of the reasons I blocked everyone off from making comments is because I don’t want to deal with people who don’t “understand” why I didn’t like a book or why I’m reading them. I don’t have to answer anyone for my reading. I read simply because I want to and it’s my escapism. When a book labelled as romance doesn’t help me to escape but actually makes me question it then suddenly I’m the bad person for reading at all. I will never understand people who think it’s right to question someone else on their reading material. Cheating in books is a huge turn off for me but I am guilty of sometimes reading them just to see if there is a potential redemption for a cheater’s character. Most often then not cheating is never been a subject where I felt a character has redemption but when some reviewers give it 5* I wonder if we read the same book? I still wouldn’t dream of going on their page to question them because each to their own. It’s just rude and ill mannered to question someone you don’t know!

I love bully romance books too, but I seldom give them more than 3stars, because I'm rarely satisfied with the way female mcs are depicted in them..... You're free to read what you want and rate it the way you want, you're always honest in your reviews, and I always trust them. Keep going Fre ;-)

I get questioned ALL the time on my likes and dislikes 😆 I personally enjoy your reviews even if its something I may not agree with. I hate when readers are attacked for something they liked (or didn’t). I’ve had direct attacks made where my mothering is questioned.. that hurt. But we like what we like 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thanks V!
RCK: we def don’t agree with all our books but I believe we have respect for each other to just agree to disagree. I think it’s disgraceful that for a book anyone has the right to question anyone on their parental skills. That is disgusting and personal and should have no place on forums or anywhere actually! When bully stories first came out years back and it wasn’t that popular I actually rated those books a lot higher because in their own way they were different. If I hadn’t given those books a try before and not liked some of them then maybe I wouldn’t try with the newer ones out now. That’s the thing with books, you can read a hundred but in that hundred you can end up finding a treasure. Reading is for everyone and shouldn’t be limited just because in one genre you disliked more than liked books in that group. When did reading become a dictatorship on what you should and shouldn’t read just because some people don’t “understand”?

Preach sister!!

how dare you have an opinion that is contrary to an authors fan girls??!! don't you know that you can only read and give a fully positive review on certain books? How dare you step out of line :-P

Exactly how dare I give my honest opinion rather than follow the herd! I don’t read to have drama (have enough of that in real life) I just want to read and rate what I want.

Someone just sent me a message asking why I read bully books if most of them I rate low.

And to that I would ask...


If they don't know you (or care to know you)... why do they feel entitled to an answer?



I could definitely go off and expand on the ridiculousness, but all I'm gonna say is that your negative reviews have both helped me find hidden gems and saved me time/money. You like bully books (or have liked), and I like secret baby books. This trope is often executed poorly, and would be F%$&ed up in RL, but I'm going to keep reading/searching until I find the perfect fictional story.



P.S. I need these socks

Erika your message made me laugh so thank you! Those socks would be great so my hubby might get the message when I’m trying to read. The man hardly ever talks but when I’m reading in the evening during my winding down time he suddenly becomes a chatterbox!

I like the socks, too, they are so cute and fun!

Also, this mug could help to get your message clear to that kind of people, Begüm :)

Great one Dilek!

I am so guilty of judging people’s reading preferences when it comes to books with cheating. I don’t message them or anything about it, but it does bother me more than it should when I see high reviews for books with cheating piece of shit heroes. I just can’t help it, I do not understand how women can actually enjoy books with cheating heroes and actually wanting them to get their HEA. There are other tropes that I hate and people seem to love or not have a problem with, which I also don’t understand. Like virgin heroine/manwhore hero, hero not celibate during separation while heroine is, hero loving heroine while fucking others, heroine seeing the hero being intimate with OW, hero fucking h’s friend/sibling/cousin/nemesis. Those are just to name a few. Women love these tropes (they always have such high ratings on here). I try not to judge them but it’s hard lol.

The thing is Ceara I think we can all have our opinions and judgements and I think that it’s normal to have that. Cheating is something that I can’t read in a romance and not wonder why an author would classify this as being romance. What is even more shocking is reviewers glowing about it and giving it 5*! I’ve been an avid reader for over 30 years, I grew up reading bodice rippers and HP and to this day most of those not PC books are my favourite. Bullying books came out years back and I really enjoyed them because they were so different to the ones now. I still read them and actually discovered two good authors who so far are not really following the common thread of having a girl who becomes so brain dead that only her libido controls her. So I don’t understand a lot of people’s high ratings about certain themes in books but in all my years I have never questioned anyone because I guess reading is your own personal choice and who am l to question someone I don’t know?! I just feel like reading is the one pleasure I have always had outside of my family and now even that some people have a right to question just because they don’t “understand”. So many bad things happening in the real world that I find it scary to be honest I don’t want to think about people being on GR thinking it’s right to bully or harass anyone for their reading choices just because our opinions are different. I really just want to read and keep/discard whichever book I want without feeling like I will be attacked. Behaviour like this lady that messaged me is becoming too common in GR.