Since the year's about three quarters of the way through (personally I'd like to know where my summer's gone, but anyway), I wondered about the bookfails people are ending up with. So: poll.
1) Lack of a plot (seriously, I just reviewed a book that completely lacked any conflict or obstacles--it was just all about people being wonderful to the self-insert);
2) Historical fail (the history is ALL WRONG);
3) The author Did Not Do The Research, and it shows;
4) The book itself is promulgating false or dangerous ideas that people may believe (such as "if a guy is stalking you, threatening your family, and trying to kill you, that means he is your one true love and you should welcome him into your life" or "minorities/women/lgbtq people did not and do not need to have their civil rights guaranteed by law, as the past was exactly like today/ginger-peachy perfect).
It was a horror called The Duke of Orleans by John Simpson. I should post a link here to the review. It also fails history completely. The writer didn't so much as check on Wikipedia. You can tell.
i don't know why it did that, i tried to reply to you and it posted my other comment on here but i deleted it, sorry. i just wanted to say WHICH BOOK???
@4 I agree totally. Anyone who thinks a character stalking you is romantic has never read true crime.
To anyone who thinks Edward's stalkerish behavior romantic also has not seen the 70s Canadian serial killer who did a lot of the same things he did. He was a very scary guy! D:
1) Lack of a plot (seriously, I just reviewed a book that completely lacked any conflict or obstacles--it was just all about people being wonderful to the self-insert);
2) Historical fail (the history is ALL WRONG);
3) The author Did Not Do The Research, and it shows;
4) The book itself is promulgating false or dangerous ideas that people may believe (such as "if a guy is stalking you, threatening your family, and trying to kill you, that means he is your one true love and you should welcome him into your life" or "minorities/women/lgbtq people did not and do not need to have their civil rights guaranteed by law, as the past was exactly like today/ginger-peachy perfect).
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To anyone who thinks Edward's stalkerish behavior romantic also has not seen the 70s Canadian serial killer who did a lot of the same things he did. He was a very scary guy! D:
- Steele
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