Top Ten Tuesday; Unpopular Bookish Opinions

It's Tuesday and it's probably time for another Top Ten Tuesday post courtesy of That Artsy Reader Girl and today's topic is unpopular bookish opinions.


Here's mine.

1. ACOTAR is vastly overrated.
While I know it's a really popular fantasy series, I honestly don't get the hype and I found the protagonist way to whiny.

2. School curriculums need to change.
While I do get it's important to read some classics, pretty please throw in a lot more contemporary and relatable books for the students. Having the main focus on classics will in a lot of cases make sure kids/students hate reading in the end.

3. I prefer standalone books over series.
While some series can be fun to read, it can also be a bit exhausting if the series have WAY too many books. Sometimes it's almost like TV series when you "see" the show is done, but they still make more seasons and the quality goes down.

4. I seriously dislike movie/TV-series covers. I don't care the book has recently been turned into a movie - leave the book covers alone and not turn it into a bookish movie poster, damn it.

5. It's okay to like/enjoy a book, yet find faults with it. Like, a lot of people read and enjoy various types of romance novels, but not all of the books have Shakespearean quality to them.

6. Hardcovers looks nice on the shelf, but they can be a bit of a pain holding while reading.

7. No one should be shamed for the genre/format they read. For instance, not everyone can read physical books for whatever reason, so I feel it's wrong/ableist to craptalk audio books and e-books.

8. You can be an adult and still appreciate children's fiction, MG, and YA books. Earlier this year I read one of the Moomin books by Tove Jansson, and why should I be ashamed by reading a good book?

9. It's totally fine annotating in your books. I've done it many times myself and I guess it's a bit of a habit after my university days.

10. Not all hyped books are worth the hype they get. Are they hyped because they're good, or are they hyped because "everyone else" is talking about them?

Comments

  1. Lydia15 April 2025 at 21:45

    I agree with not teaching a lot of the classics in school anymore, and I’m saying that as someone who has enjoyed many of them.

    But they do require a certain level of maturity and knowledge about history that many kids and teens do not have. (This is not a criticism of those age groups, either. They’ll simply probably enjoy those books a lot more in 5, 10, or 20 years).

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  2. Lauren Stoolfire16 April 2025 at 03:32

    I tried the first ACOTAR book and didn't even make it half way through. I did like Throne of Glass though.

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