God I Hate Economists. Especially When They Put Get Their Stupid Stinky Hands On Sociology

So, I, uh, found these in the road in front of my house.

Just a bunch of unfired bullets just in the road.

I'm so confused right now

People really out here replying to my posts and immediately blocking me

What is your favorite Jojo chapter, and why is it Diamond is Unbreakable?

Teen Wolf has the best fucking soundtrack since One Tree Hill. And OTH had a banging soundtrack

Just say YES to joining me on twitch for some more Far Cry 5

I have no idea how old your book rant post is, but here I am, about to be your problem

I HATED THE SUNBEARER TRIALS

Yeah, okay cool, it’s a book with a trans author and trans main character. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS TRASH

It starts off great, with the MC graffitiing (spelling???) a wall with two birds and then he never does anything interesting again in favor of pining over/think about/hate a guy from his childhood that was mean to him once ten years ago. Before you go thinking the MC’s hatred of him is justified, just know all that is because the guy pulled a mean girls and said YOU CANT SIT WITH US a literal decade ago.

His best friend is a part of a group he hates, but it’s okay because she’s one of the good ones

And now: The cardinal sin

THIS BOOK IS MARKETED AS PERCY JACKSON MEETS THE HUNGER GAMES YET HAS NO CHARACTER DEATHS AT ALL AND SAYS **** IN THE FIRST LINE

WHO IS THIS FOR????????

I adore Hunger Games, but I mean it when I say that if I could travel back in time to stop those books from ever being published, I would do it in a heartbeat just so I would never have to see a book marketed as "X meets Hunger Games" ever again.

If you put even the slightest hint of competition in a YA or YA-adjacent book, it gets called Hunger Games. I could write a full rip-off of Bring It On, but the competition element would guarantee that it would be marketed as an HG style book.

The same thing happens with Mean Girls. Does your book have teenage or early 20s girls being in proximity to each other? Well it's Mean Girls now.

And it's really not doing these books any favors. Cause people pick them up expecting something in line with the brutality and messaging of HG, and end up disappointed as hell when that's not what they get.

I think publishing houses might actually be my mortal enemy

⬆️ Me fighting publishers for all the bs they pull (especially Red Tower - hate them)

Who doesn't love being hyper-fixated on a particular series and devoting all of your mental space to it to the point that you can hardly process any information that is not related to that particular topic?

Well, that's Dragon Age for me right now.

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Hi I saw you asked for rants on ya books! I couldn't think of any I really hated but I wanted to talk anyway since you offered me a free chance to ramble! Okay so I read this book a while ago so I don't remember the details well but I remember that I complained about it after reading it. I did actually like the book but it's the first one I thought of to talk about so!

The pacing in the book is wild. I was interested in the book throughout but from what I remember most of it was low key and not a lot of action, then things pick way up right at the end. The book felt like it ended in the middle of the climax! Very few plot threads were resolved and the cliffhanger felt like it came out of nowhere.

I don't remember most of the book very well but I think the cliffhanger was the protagonist got kidnapped by a major figure who I think was introduced way late but I could be wrong about that? But he was planning to work with her to achieve both their goals, and he flew away with her on a dragon. And then she fell off. I can't remember if she did that deliberately or accidently. I think deliberately would have been out of character?

I really think it could have ended with them both on the dragon. That would have left the reader considering the character's situation and future and how they'll deal with this. I don't really remember the guys offer since it got overshadowed immediately after even though it should have been a big deal.

Her falling off the dragon did not leave me thinking about how that would be resolved, it left me thinking "what the fuck." I actually think it would have been a good way to start the sequel (which I know nothing about, I haven't read it, I don't even know if it's been published or not) since it would kick the story into action immediately. Placed at the end of the book, and just happening randomly, it's just bewildering instead of exciting.

Like I've said probably several times I don't remember the story well because it's been a really long time since I read it, but I remember complaining most of the plot threads aren't resolved. I don't think they felt set up to be resolved in a sequel, either. I think that and the pacing are what made it feel like the book ended during the climax of the story, plus the twist kidnapping? (Maybe she agreed to go, actually, I don't know.) and fall feeling like it came out of nowhere. I don't think the level of tension and the stakes were balanced throughout the story.

Maybe I'm being harsh on the book because most of what I remember about it was my complaints about it, because I did enjoy reading it (I only started having problems with it after I finished it, probably because the ending was wild but in a weird way instead of in a fun way)

I keep almost knowing what book this is, but then the title just flies away. Like the dragon at the end of this book, I guess.

If anyone recognizes this and knows the title, then for the love of God please let me know! This is going to drive me bonkers

I can't decide what to read. Opinions?

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