tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post426528637372892260..comments2024-03-18T05:14:17.841-04:00Comments on The Book Rat: UNPOPULAR OPINIONS | #TagWeekMistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-30485008155505584562015-09-30T01:21:18.950-04:002015-09-30T01:21:18.950-04:00I don't even need the lasting happiness! It...I don't even need the lasting happiness! It's just a no-go on the overly dramatic. AND on the abusive relationships being called "romantic" in anything other than a discussion on their places in the Romantic period. I love both books, but I hate the "romances" -- I hate all of the relationships, actually, in most gothic romances, even though I understand some have their places.<br /><br />I've only ever read Looking for Alaska by JG, and I liked it, but I can see how if it becomes a formula, it will start to crack under its own weight and become disingenuous. I haven't read GF, though I do own books by her. <br />I'm not opposed to books that are pretty much guaranteed to make you cry -- those stories need to be told, too. What I AM opposed to, is when they feel fake, and for the sole purpose of making you cry, under the guise that if it makes you cry, then it must be a Very Powerful Book (when really, it just cheats its way into your emotions). Actual powerful books are moving and important because the story feels real, and labored over, and loved, and painful. Not because if you write by the numbers just <i>so</i>, you can wring a few more tears out. Ugh.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-82964501941884263662015-09-30T00:58:56.233-04:002015-09-30T00:58:56.233-04:00I love your tags! And also the fact that your hair...I love your tags! And also the fact that your hair is different amazing colors in each vid. :D<br /><br />And I'm sooooo with you on Love Triangles. Gah. And yes about the Hex Hall series. Not OK with the Cal thing. Ahahaha! You're such a Janeite, not liking the Bronte romances. Lasting happiness over overly-dramatic high burn! ;)<br /><br />And your remark about Nicholas Sparks and disingenuous heart string pulling? I feel that way with John Green and Gayle Foreman.<br /><br />Beth Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898921671895123053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-3355378866095443322015-09-28T16:27:27.089-04:002015-09-28T16:27:27.089-04:00Oh, don't get me wrong, I love Jane Eyre! It w...Oh, don't get me wrong, I love Jane Eyre! It was a fast favorite when I read it, and it has a lot of things going for it, even as cheesy and weird as it gets. But I just cannot stand the idea of Jane and Rochester being a romantic, swoon-worthy pairing. <br />I very, very much want to see retellings of Mansfield where Henry Crawford is redeemed, or Fanny lives a little and ends up with him. I'd like to see the liveliness he'd bring to her, and the stability she'd bring to him. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-13613398224706207242015-09-28T16:02:42.445-04:002015-09-28T16:02:42.445-04:00I had to laugh b/c while I do like some of those t...I had to laugh b/c while I do like some of those things or at the very least indifferent, I can also see the flaw in them that would bring the shudder of distaste. I do enjoy the Lux series and Jane Eyre is a favorite, but yeah, Heath and Cath along with the Harry Potter pairings didn't do it for me either. Some of them I haven't read and don't really have interest in grabbing so I guess I can't have an opinion on them.<br /><br />You actually mentioned the unpopular favorite that I enjoy which is Mansfield Park including Fanny. I did want to see what happened if she had given in the Henry Crawford just like I wanted to see what happened if Kristine ended up with Phantom. I like your description of 'slow burn' stories as opposed to just slow. I've had a few I reviewed where I felt that even though I worded it differently. I think Contemporary is also a genre that I don't gravitate toward.<br /><br />Fun post! Look forward to seeing your other tags.Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.com