forum Things You Want MORE Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @HighPockets group

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Meanwhile, my brain isn't smart enough to understand politics of any kind

Eris and I are doing political stabby stab. Which is less sophisticated but I'm sure more fun.

we are?? our collab has a big bad tho….?

Yeah. But the lord class does a lot of stabs. Which is why everyone is like "I guess Jitaro's Parents just committed suicide were assassinated by political rivals."

Ahhhhhhhhhh–i guess we need to work more on the political aspect then.

The way that it was able to happen was that suicide because of failure is (relatively) common in the Royals.

My Courts are just stuck under some very unfortunate oaths that the rulers made when they were younger, and need to maneuver around them.

Soft love. We have all seen stories where people battle through great armies to save gf/friends/etc. But we don't actually do that. I want to see more people just. Doing ordinary things for the people they love. Living small self sacrifices for another. I want to see a climax of the book that is purely emotional but soft at the same time. Anyone understanding what I'm trying to say?

You want… A contemporary romance?

NO. Not romance. Platonic or familial preferably.

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we need more of that

Thank you!

Alice Oseman does a really good job with platonic relationships, she's aro-ace in real life and her books have a strong focus on friendship.

Do you have a favorite of hers? If so, what?

So far I've only read Radio Silence, but I ordered copies of Solitaire and I Was Born For This and they're on their way. I'll hopefully get them by the end of April.

Frances gives off Daniella vibes. I want to read.
Okay so Aled isn't a romantic interest. Very good.

Though it does look dIvErSE. But I won't let it stop me.

Does anyone have a trustworthy pdf?

Though it does look dIvErSE. But I won't let it stop me.

Yeah, the world is diverse, it's only natural for the world to be the same.

I'd like more unflinchingly brutal (but not grimdark) books. Like the trials in An Ember in the Ashes, I was totally expecting the third challenge to get reversed at some point but it didn't and it was pretty great.

Indeed. Let me explain what I meant. I prefer that my reading be kept free of the direct exposition kind of political movement. That has nothing to do with what message is being pushed. It goes down to the rule of Don't Preach. It's nothing against the Gayety itself. Pretty much every character is Lgbt in the book. Doesn't that sound like preaching to you?

I'd like more unflinchingly brutal (but not grimdark) books. Like the trials in An Ember in the Ashes, I was totally expecting the third challenge to get reversed at some point but it didn't and it was pretty great.

Did you read 5th Wave? Because that definitely qualifies.

Indeed. Let me explain what I meant. I prefer that my reading be kept free of the direct exposition kind of political movement. That has nothing to do with what message is being pushed. It goes down to the rule of Don't Preach. It's nothing against the Gayety itself. Pretty much every character is Lgbt in the book. Doesn't that sound like preaching to you?

It just sounds like how some friend groups do be. My main friend group irl has zero straight people and beyond that I have three straight friends

And a "hey I want to see more of this, other people want to see more of this, I'mma write it."

Indeed. Let me explain what I meant. I prefer that my reading be kept free of the direct exposition kind of political movement. That has nothing to do with what message is being pushed. It goes down to the rule of Don't Preach. It's nothing against the Gayety itself. Pretty much every character is Lgbt in the book. Doesn't that sound like preaching to you?

It just sounds like how some friend groups do be. My main friend group irl has zero straight people and beyond that I have three straight friends

Yeah, it's not preaching at all lol. It's about a bunch of Gen Z high schoolers, and besides one scene where Aled explains what being demi means to his bf and Aled and Frances discussing the design of an agender character, there's literal nothing political about it. In fact, it's really not even about being queer, it's about academic pressure and the toxicity of university-focused culture.

More books that aren't fully in prose. Be it novels in verse, books told in a script format, books with chunks of plays/podcasts/etc, or emails, I think they're really fun. Illuminae and Sadie are great examples of this.