I enjoy my men written well like I enjoy my women written well. I don’t really give a shit about the author.
There have been some skin-crawling portrayals of women by female authors (like Twilight, like Harry Potter, like 50 Shades of Grey) and there have been skin-crawling portrayals of men by female authors (like Twilight, like 50 Shades of Grey, like …).
There are more skin-crawling portrayals of women by male authors, of course, but I suspect you’ll find that proportion inverting when you flip the genders in that.
Both groups tend to treat the other group as an ineffable alien force, with women being perhaps a bit more aware for the same reason that the field mouse is more aware of the hawk than the hawk is of the field mouse.
50 shades makes me throw up in my mouth. Even in the less bad sections it’s a horribly unhealthy relationship
If we’re speaking of romance novels then yes
I agree with you there. Although IMO dark romance characters are always just bad, they’re dangerous not romantic!
Ayup. The “sexy bad boy” trope needs to die but FAST.
I really enjoy monster romance novels. Idk if you’ve ever heard about those but they’re fun
I should read more. Or at all.
