Well...that was a long answer... letz strip it
Originally Posted by: Rosver
As for reading romances. First many of the books I read isn't 'teen' they are more of rated xxx, adult, though I also read lots that are for teens and even children. I read them for many reasons. One of it is that my first experience with romance books is quite positive. I liked the story very much. However this doesn't turn out to be a majority in this genre. Most of these romances are a little better that trash. Still, I continue hoping to somehow find gold. Nope, more trash. After a few dozens of books I only found maybe three or four that I find good, others not so much.
Well, i like the genere too, but i don't have your patience to read the other 85% of trash. the last one that i've read and like was 50 shades of grey. so if u have a few names i will give u a bit of my soul.
Originally Posted by: Rosver
Second, it is also because they are one of the most prolific genre. There is almost always something new in the romance section. The other genre not so much. Not to mention, the fantasy and si-fi genre rarely sound exciting. It often is just another space opera, another superhero, another bad guys vs good guys, another guy destined to great things, another prophecy tells blah blah. Really the fantasy and sci-fi genre is also filled with mediocrity.
well that "always the same" could be said of romance too, "girl/boy meet boy/girl maybe he's/she's badass and or broken few pages..'fall in crush'.. few pages..fight..'few pages'..fall in love.. end. btw i don't know your reading speed but amazon send me a few new fantasy/sci-fi books every week they're just less known
Originally Posted by: Rosver
Third. I actually had stopped reading romances for a long time. I hardly read any fiction for that matter. I often read now reference books especially on arts and craft, computer graphics, drawing, architecture, history, etc. These I find to rarely disappoint me. For fiction, I often reread the ones I like. And I say I read Into the Abyss and others dozens of time.
Well, that's another kind of read, it's like saying, what's better? Sprite or pizza?
Originally Posted by: Rosver
Fourth. There is always those times when you think you find some gold nuggets. Something that might be outstanding. Something that feels like you have to bet on. Then it turns out the gamble is wasted. It just really isn't as good as it says in the cover. Also these Goodreads rating don't really help much. Many seems to praise and give many of these books full five stars even when the story isn't really that great after all.
Well, we all know that the rating in Goodreads isn't trustworthy, is really hard to find a book with less than 3 stars and.. a lot of people like CocaCola, that doesn't mean Coca is Good/Healthy or that you will like it.
Originally Posted by: Rosver
In the end, what I learned from history (and experience) is that these romances is just unrealistic. Records has show that this love thing creates intense pain, missery and tragedy than happily ever afters. That people would soon turn against each other. Than many men and women would be unfaithful. That many would end in divorce. That many women would become single mothers. That many children would live without one or both of the parents. That some children would end killing themselves. That some of these children would start buying guns and shoot people in schools and such.
Man..that's a really sad point of view of the life.
Yeh..it's true that always some1 will be hurt, that in somepoint it will end.. but.. so what?
The important is the road not the end, you know?
it's a waste ignore some of the best things in the life just cuz it won't last forever or cuz other people got hurt... those are their story and..blehblehbleh...more sentimentalism..blehbleh.. you got my point
Originally Posted by: Rosver
The real life is far more interesting that any fiction. Reading about the Nazi camps, is far more wholesome that reading about some womanizing alpha male 'finding' and then fucking his mate. The struggles of the occupy movement against Wall Street, is far more meaningful that the good vs evil tropes. Studying and practicing drawing human anatomy is far more reviting than learning the spell words Harry Potter uses for blasting his enemies.
Yes! that's true, it's alot easyer to feel empaty for the characters if is based on a real life, or in our current world, but..there are LOTS of books like those..and good writers ("good" is a subjetive word, don't harash me) are kinda hard to find (for me at least)
btw, you should read "El Legado" from bianca miosi if is translated in eng.
btw2 /offtopic: i would really like to read a book about this guy history
(i post it only cuz was just looking it)
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