#(it's not just that i don't like it. i've read too many of these and have not liked the books themselves)

I hate the trend of just describing books with what minorities the main characters represent and nothing else. not only does it feel weird + exploitative to me it's also such a shoddy ineffective marketing technique. "this is my book with queer polyam disabled vampires you should buy it" ok great but what is it like. about. what are the themes. why should I read it

fandom-blahs

Love how tumblr pushed this marketing tactic but we're all blaming it on booktok

For years it was "this show/book is good because POC/Gay/Woman" without any further elaboration and if you poked at the hype people accused you of being Problematic and Bad.

But it's all booktok now

#Joe random on the street can describe a book to me like this #it's fine I like word of mouth #BUT #IF IT IS ACTUALLY PRINTED. ON THE BOOK.#nope nope nope nope nope #no better way to not get me to read a book #I will ignore its existence #(it's not just that I don't like it. I've read too many of these and have not liked the books themselves)