While She Knits - Black-Balling Edition

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I think this is a great idea, but I believe it was suggested by MWT--let's talk what we WON'T read.

Is there a genre you don't get?
A style you can't get into?

Conversely--is there some exception to your rule?

This may grow flammable. Some general precautions for your own safety:

~ Keep your language moderate. I'm sure you will. Fans here have certain strains of sympathetic taste, but we're also intelligent and widely interested--someone may love what you hate.
~ If you're shocked by someone's distaste for something, don't give in to temptation. If you can respond with witty banter, you're good to go, but if it rankles in your soul, commenting may not be the best idea.
~ Have fun looking at the inside of other peoples' brains!


It's good to be back and leading you all astray again! Reprobates...

Comments

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You know, Philia, I'm not even sure why I don't like it. Maybe it's for the reasons others mention below--when it has characters who don't behave realistically in their time period or don't have the *mindset* of their time period. Maybe it's because so many of them feature the details of the past in a way that's always there, in my face, distracting me from the action. I'm fascinated by the Civil War but hate it when the details of the battles, or whatever, bring the plot to a halt. It could be that many of the plots are bleak--characters overcoming the event the book revolves around, like war, disease, oppression. That's probably the main reason.

Or, maybe I don't actually dislike historical fiction at all, only poorly written historical fiction. Then, when I read a good one I'm always pleasantly surprised.