May 28
ok so. so we’re just. not reading now. wow ok. ok!!! booktok says we should remove half of the fun from reading!!! wow!!! (i found this in a video and apparently it’s not just this person doing it. it’s. quite a few of them. just to make that clear.)
#‘i prioritize character development and plot over the prose’ BUT THEYRE????? ONE IN THE SAME#DO THEY JUST THINK THAT EVERY AUTHOR IS JUST STRANGER THINGSING IT#AND JUST USING PROSE AS FLUFF#LIKE WHAT#what do they do for prose heavy books ???#read like 3 words ???#READ A SCREENPLAY AT THIS POINT LIKE.#even then they are GOING to miss KEY aspects of the story#just dialogue ????? Just Dialogue ??????#i am crashing out over this as a lifelong reader#theyre reading the same way i was reading when i first discovered novels at age 7-8#WE ARE NOT GATEKEEPING YOU FROM LITERATURE#YOU ARE GATEKEEPING YOURSELF FROM THE GODDAMN BOOK#oh my GOOOOOD media literacy is dead#booktok#media literacy#reading#literature#anti booktok#booktok critical#anti intellectualism#what the FUCK.#i dont even care if youre reading that genre of fluffy books where all the covers look the same or youre reading a blank of blank and blanks#or whatever#but if youre not even reading them???? what are we doing man
