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Some of the Camilla hate is just misogyny.

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Thinking about the bacchanal from Camilla's perspective. Camilla as the deer, chased for miles. Camilla with her hair dyed red with blood. Camilla and the fact they'd all had sex with her that day. Camilla and how she didn't speak for a long while after they found her. Camilla and how she was never asked what really happened to her.

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This isn't about people saying all YA is bad writing. I no longer read YA, haven't since middle school, but, like every category, there's good and bad.

This is about the actual bad writing and people getting upset about criticism of the bad writing specifically because the book is YA. People get upset in review spaces if a book gets a negative review and respond with things like "It's YA, it's not that deep", "Who cares if it has (insert major storytelling flaw here), it's YA" and "It's YA, just turn your brain off and have fun" acting like the genre should not be held to the same standards.

My point is- teenagers, and younger children too, deserve writing in the same quality as literature for adults. Churning out poorly written, trope heavy books with little to no character development, complexity, depth or skilled writing talks down to the intended audience. The same goes for children's media, like movies and t.v shows. Teenagers are smart. Kids are smart. And they deserve media that respects their intelligence.

Making things age appropriate does not mean taking away depth and artistry.

I'm so tired of people in book/reader spaces saying "it's YA" to give a pass to bad writing. People of all ages deserve well written literature

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I'm so tired of people in book/reader spaces saying "it's YA" to give a pass to bad writing. People of all ages deserve well written literature

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When I say I want recommendations for a dark academia book, I'm talking about The Secret History vibes, not "rivals to lovers in a magical school but look it's dark and moody" or whatever tf booktok is trying to tell me is dark academia. The critique of academia is a part of the genre

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If you're worried that thinking critically about something might stop you from enjoying something, maybe you should examine why.

Refusal to engage critically with media you enjoy is contributing to the decrease in media literary.

You don't have to critique it, or criticize it, but the booktok "turn your brain off and have fun" narrative isn't it. You're a creature capable of rational and deep thought-you can enjoy media while using critical thinking skills.

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What she's not doing is writing another book. It's been 10 YEARS!! Come on Donna!

Sometimes I forget that Donna Tartt EXISTS… Like this woman votes, she probably has had eggs for breakfast today, she does groceries SHE PAYS TAXES…?????Like how is / does this absolute LITERARY GENIUS breathe the same air as me?? Make that make sense.

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Ngl I wish there was a way to filter out the ship/fandom-y stuff from the TSH tag. Love the theories, love discussions on the book, the artwork is cool, really not interested in personal headcanons and shipping

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Source: Pinterest

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In this madness, I'm just breathing underneath a dead soul without any logic or purpose

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I read the secret history once and now my whole personally revolves around it only

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