" Most ' plot holes ' that people find in pop books or series are n’t existent plot holes . "
All book lovers have a hot take about reading.
So, when youu/OriginalChance2520asked r/Books, “what are you bookish hot takes?”, I knew I had to compile the best replies.
1.“Celebrities publishing their ghost written garbage memoirs are cluttering up the best seller shelves and it drives me insane.”
" Can we have more actual books from genuine writers and turn those author into celebrities rather than have to look at some actor or influencer ’s life story or advice ? "
– u / duchess_of_erat
2.“Being able to predict the ending doesn’t make a mystery book automatically bad.”
" If the quality , setting , note , etc are all interesting and well - write , then knowing what come about should n’t make or break the book . I also find like it varies so much from lector to reader , because someone new to the musical genre might not be familiar with all the tropes / common outcomes but a person whose been read mysteries for decades has seen most of what ’s out there . I always severalise mass when it comes to books & movies , if a taradiddle is good I should be able to relish it just as much on the 2d and third through as the first time . "
– u / lilythefrogphd
3.“Not every book needs a happy ending.”
4.“I hate that its been normalised when talking about a book you can expose basically the whole plot as long as you don’t give away the ‘twist’ or ending.”
" Blurbs , reexamination , recommendation , etc are all guilty of this . "
– u / CHRISKVAS
" Yeah , my friend does this with movies . Will sum a plot halfway , then bar and say , ' I wo n’t give away the twist … ' You did give it off . By saying there ’s a turn . "
– uranium / emelbee923
5.“My hot take is this: I’ve come to hate twists.”
" I think they ’re overdone . I think masses love them because it gives them that sweet , sweet bang of dopamine that we ’ve come to expect from any and all media . Book take up some workplace ? tale been going on for a while ? You ’ve got to think about things , or slow down and ( metaphorically ) manducate your food ? WORRY NOT ! there ’ll be a TWIST!Look , an occasional twist is okay , but I do n’t need a book to zipper - zap - zow me at the end with something I " never saw coming . " I desire the story to blossom out . "
– u / Gibber_Italicus
6.“I will not buy a book with a hideous cover.”
7.“I’ve read better sex scenes on AO3 than I have in any published book.”
– atomic number 92 / atashivanpaia
" There are a small routine of authors who can write a safe gender view and an ungodly large identification number of source who can write a severe sex scene . If you ca n’t write a good sexual urge fit … pro summit … you do n’t need to . "
– atomic number 92 / vagabending
8.“I find the ‘tropification’ of literature to be extremely problematic and keeps new readers from exploring new genres and plots.”
" I say this as someone who enjoys Romance language now and again : Aromance novelshould not be described as , ' one seam , force proximity , enemies - to - lovers . ' "
– u / rabidbreeder
" I also feel like because of tropfication , a lot of plot points are shoe horned in so the author can include enemies to fan or whatever in their blurb ! And then it ’s not even well done , because it ’s just a checkbox ! "
– uracil / malcontentlemon
9.“People complain about current YA covers being either the cutesy ‘Canva-art’ stylization or flourishy metallic words but I would take that a thousand times over the ‘faceless photograph of skinny white girl wearing a ball gown’ covers that were popular like a decade ago.”
– u / demon_prodigy
10.“I’m past the age where I judge people for their media diet.”
11.“Celebrities writing children’s books is bad for children’s lit.”
" They ’re usually not very well drop a line and it means less blank space for up and coming children ’s authors who wo n’t get the dedicated shelf place / windowpane show some random celeb will . "
– uranium / isotopesfan
12.“Reading should not be a luxury.”
" Even the toll of paperbacks these mean solar day is too much . I was at Barnes and stately the other elbow room and saw direction too many 250 Thomas Nelson Page softback book books that were MSRP 18 - 20 dollars . It ’s worse in YA , where the audience does n’t even have its own money to buy the books with . "
– u / princesskittyglitter
13.“Not sure if this is a hot take but I despise seeing the cover of a book with ‘now a major motion picture’ or ‘adapted for television’.”
" I will not buy any variant with something like either of those things on the cover . "
– uracil / Storenose
14.“Every physical book should come with an ebook copy or at least a steep discount for the ebook copy.”
– u / deadly_titanfart ·
15.When reading the blurb what immediately turns me off is when the male lead is described as “mysterious/ handsome/ attractive”.
16.“The majority of ‘paranormal romance urban fantasy’ should be in the romance section of the store instead of the fantasy section of the store.”
" If the story is chiefly romance establish , it should be in the romance department of the memory . That it ’s between a vampire holy person and a werewolf demon is beside the point . "
– uranium / Salurian
17.“Required reading in schools shouldn’t only be comprised of classics.”
18.“Audio books are a perfectly acceptable method for consuming a book.”
" And anyone who treat it like it is somehow significantly different or not really reading is more worried about the flex of having minute of free time than they are about the actual content of the narration . "
– atomic number 92 / Vanilla_Neko
19.“There are a lot of hidden gems in self published books.”
" A Backpack fulfil with Sunsetsby Ifeanyi Ogbo andThe Strangers of Braamfonteinby Onyeka Nwelue are two read I latterly enjoyed . "
– u / sanders2020dubai ·
20.“I think all books should initially come out in paperback and only get printed in hardcover if it does well/for special editions.”
21.“People who act offended or appalled when other people dog ear their pages or crack spines are weirdos.”
" Grow up . Why are you tell ME what to do with MY books ? "
– uracil / ookieaddictions
" Books ( religious books aside ) are n’t sacred objects . They ’re just words print on paper in between two covers ( though with ebooks or audio , sometimes not even that ) . They have the Charles Frederick Worth and meaning we wish well to assign to them , but it ’s not an inherent note value . the great unwashed are thus permit to apply these non - sacred point for whatever they require , in the same fashion we expend other products without get snobby over their potential uses . People can form their bookshelves ( gasp ! ) by colour , or with the spine hidden , who care . They can apply them as real doorstop , as kindling , they ’re allowed to study only the chapters they like , they ’re allow to cut them up or dog - ear the page , write in them , whatever . "
– u / NotACaterpillar
22.“Most ‘plot holes’ that people find in popular books or series aren’t actual plot holes.”
" It is either entropy irrelevant to the plot of land that they are look for or the entropy is already there , but it is being ignored / denied . "
– u / Snowcat - author
23.“This is a niche opinion and I recognise that my opinion has its problems, but…I’ve grown to kind of despise the book influencer culture.”
24.“Reading a bad book is worse than watching a bad movie.”
" The fourth dimension and effort it take to read and condense on what a book is saying , its themes , spell flair , and character is right smart more work and clock time wasting when it ’s bad . "
– u / WoNdErMaN225
25.“I hate how it’s become a trend to put a Spotify list at the beginning of the book.”
" I do n’t care if you take heed toTaylor SwiftandHarry Stylesduring your piece of writing , lease me enjoy my book in peace . "
– uracil / Ella_Richter
26.“A good plot is never more important than good prose. Never.”
27.“I really don’t like music in books.”
" Writing about a vocalizer / songster ‘ rain buckets their middle and soul ’ into passionate lyrics that the author write is lame and never has the mean encroachment for me . When they spill about ‘ cool ’ or ‘ uncool ’ band it also scratch me the unseasonable style and shows how the author has an inflated ego relating to their musical appreciation . That being say , the songs inThe Hobbit / LOTRwere skunk . "
– atomic number 92 / buttzilla87
28.I wish more award-winning or “Best of the Year” books were not devastatingly sad!
" I love a dependable sad Word , but Word with well-chosen endings and hope - fill stories should also win accolade and extolment . It seems like every recommendation tilt I interpret is all / mostly volume that will make me cry . "
– u / tomesandtea
29.“I don’t care how fast people can read.”
30.“Graphic sex has as much of a place as graphic violence, technically, it doesn’t HAVE to be there but it undeniably adds to the tone, atmosphere and maybe even gives character insight compared to a version of the same book without the graphic sex/violence.”
" If I ’m read a playscript about hoi polloi who go on Viking raids , I expect violence and gore . If I ’m take a book about people who are sexually active , I have a bun in the oven gender . Do n’t put those things ' off - screen door ' if those are things the characters are supposed to be engaging in .
Not saying this as a rebuff on you , but I retrieve people are just prudes about sex . Like you said , it ’s apart of biography , so who wish if a role get down and dirty ? There ’s no ignominy in it . Purity refinement has made normal human activity in everyones lives a tabu topic somehow .
And in case I get the response of ' So , you want to see the part where a character poops ? That ’s part of life . ' It is , but taking a rubbish dump would n’t effect 99 % of any plot . Two characters having sexual practice though ? That change a fair minute . Even a part having sex with a no - name one - off that never generate after the gender scenery is over ? That can still show you a fortune about them as a character that them taking a dump would n’t . The room a person has sex can enjoin you a lot about them . "
– u / PallasPenguino
31.“Anne Brontë is the best Brontë.”
Note : submissions have been edit for length / clarity .
