Questions
How much lenience should you give to a novel because of conceits of genre?
I'm reading an ARC currently to review and it's a romance novel, but there are still things that are irking me. However some of the things that irk me are things that are sort of 'parts of the genre'. Things like the Love Interest finding the Girl stunningly beautiful the first time he lays eyes on her. Etc.
A lot of stuff is good about it, but the cliches of the genre are bothering the hell out of me. So, should this sort of thing effect my review or should I let it be?
I'm reading an ARC currently to review and it's a romance novel, but there are still things that are irking me. However some of the things that irk me are things that are sort of 'parts of the genre'. Things like the Love Interest finding the Girl stunningly beautiful the first time he lays eyes on her. Etc.
A lot of stuff is good about it, but the cliches of the genre are bothering the hell out of me. So, should this sort of thing effect my review or should I let it be?