Thread 24657709

Does /lit/ not read slop because of literary elitism?

>>24657709 (OP)
I don't read it (anymore) because it is generally not interesting to me, nothing to do with elitism.

>>24657709 (OP)
How is having basic standards elitism?

>>24657709 (OP)
I can't help being elite, just as plebs can't help being plebs.

>>24657709 (OP)
There's nothing wrong with elitism. The moment elitism was dropped it was moment low effort sloppa flourished.

>>24657709 (OP)
I read tons of slop. But I cant read backwards. Well, not a novel at least.

>>24657709 (OP)
Elitism? More like bare-minimumism.

It isnt as stimulating for me as the classical effect, I like medieval and ancient literature

>>24657709 (OP)
Hmm, I guess not wanting to eat shit makes me a gourmand.

>>24657709 (OP)
I don't go to tiktok because I'm not a FUCKING retard

>>24657904
Oh yeah, just noticed it's from tiktok. OP should kill himself.

>>24657709 (OP)
99% of /lit/ users are male. We're not the target audience for YA slop.

Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle. But then her younger sister Saela is kidnapped, stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting.

And Meryn’s world falls apart.

Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army—only to discover that there are Bonding Trials this year, where all soldiers are forced to risk their lives in an attempt to connect with a direwolf. It’s too late to turn back; Meryn is thrown into the deadly competition against her will.

Now, she’ll need to survive the next four months of training at the castle if she wants a chance of finding Saela. Everything here is a test, from the brutal classes where one mistake means death, to the glittering court parties where every smile hides a knife.

To make things worse, Meryn is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her gorgeous instructor, Stark Therion, is as malicious as the wolves himself.

Everyone is out to get her—everyone but the dangerously handsome crown prince, Killian Valtiere. But if she loses her heart to him, she may also lose her life.

And the castle is hiding dark secrets…

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>>24657904
>>24657912
>mfw I didn't even know it was from TikTok
You outed yourselves, faggots.

>>24658009
This can't be real ... c-can it?

>>24658009
Jesus fucking Christ...

>>24657709 (OP)
Most literary slop is geared toward women and that's why I don't read it.

Seriously I can't think of any recent YA novels geared toward boys

>>24658009
sounds a bit like coombait desu

>>24658051
Uhhhh ya think???

>>24658009
4.4/5 on Goodreads, 38k reviews. 4.4/5 Amazon, 17k reviews. The incels were right.

>>24657709 (OP)
So is Erid Dnuob any good?

>>24658009
I don't know why everyone is acting like this is something so crazy. It sounds like typical shitty fantasy.

>>24658105
Apparently it's a big thing on koT kiT.

>>24657998
75% maybe.

>>24658201
Shitty being the operating word. This is so generic AI slop would be an improvement.

>>24658201
A shit eating meath head that decided to write a book about eating shit would write something better than that.

>>24658009
this can't be real dawgz...

sacré bleu...

>>24658041
They're all in the webnovel space, the guys reading those is mostly either from the weeb or dnd pipeline

>>24657709 (OP)
I don't read anything written by a woman after the year 2000

>>24657709 (OP)
That slop is actually boring. Very boring.
You read one for interest, and it seems OK. Language is basic. First person view. The climactic moment is PIV sex. Everything else is a way to get there in tidal fashion very reminiscent of foreplay.
Let's take another one. The setting is different. The language, POV, sexual structure is the same.
Well, let's try another. The setting is different. The language, POV, sexual structure is the same.
At this point it seems the books aren't written by real person but AI. If you read enough you'll see there's no way to separate Yarros from Maas from someone else from Ao3 fanfic author. It all reads the same.
My gripe is how it's possible to enjoy the same style, stuff, and plot structure over and over and over again.

>>24659486
and here was me thinking that "the fifth season" was a good book.

written by a nigress, go figure

i left it in the 3rd chapter

>>24659512
> PIV sex
Femoid and a feminist? Get the fuck out.

Obviously this is a giant simplification, but you can broadly put any great literature into two camps: Brilliant technique or poignant depth.
Obviously the greatest stuff is a blend of the two like Shakespeare, that manages to beautifully express eternal ideas. But generally you have authors like Nabokov, whose crafted prose can wow you but generally lack anything for the reader to ponder on thereafter, or messy repetitious authors like Dostoevsky, who can stay with you long after you're tired of his meandering paragraphs.

That slop satisfies neither category. It is not well written, it lacks any depth. There is nothing for the reader except entertainment. It is printed television.

>>24658009
So does she fuck the direwolf?

>>24657709 (OP)
Why should I waste hours of my time reading this garbage when I can masturbate and finish in 5-10 minutes, and then continue reading the classics?

>>24657709 (OP)
I only read slop. If a book requires knowledge, thought, or paying attention, it's not for me.

I read progression fantasy slop.
I just don't like romance and especially don't like romantacy. Not because of elitism, but because it isn't entertaining to me.
I want the plucky protaganist to get in a 3 way fight to the death with the shadowy dark lord and noble prince with skeletons in his closet. Not him and haw about fucking them.

>>24657709 (OP)
why is she holding the book upside down?