I (14 F) wonder if a friend and some classmates, now in 8th grade (all F) will grow out/hate their Co-Ho faze. It all began this summer when a classmate at the time (14, now 15) started reading “I ends with us”. At first I thought it would be just her, but then another friend (unrelated to the classmate, also 14, now 15) started reading the infamous book. For a school thing where we had to talk about a book we’ve been reading, the classmate presented IEWU very briefly (for obvious reasons) and I told another classmate (2) (14 going on 15 in dec) about the all the things related to Co-Ho (bad). For some odd reason, that’s what made her think to try the book. The week before last week and the week before that she read IEWU and ISWU. Now, another classmate (3) might start reading IEWU because classmate 2 told her about it and that made classmate 3 interested. Context: I’ve never read any of her books, but maybe someday I will when I’m more emotionally mature and not as subjectable to the media More context: I live in Romania, I and classmate 1 are orthodox, but classmate 2&3 are Christian baptists. 2 is more of a lose one but still very to her faith and 3 is even more so Even more context:all 4 of us go to a baptist Christian school (Of course I’m not gonna tell any of them to stop reading because it is not my place or decision and am just wondering for their sakes)
Conclusion: will they ever grow out of it? Do you think they’ll come to their senses and see how bad the books actually are? How did you become a former fan? Is there anything I can do or does this happen naturally?
Ok, so I’m old and had to use context clues to figure out what “Co-Ho” meant; had no idea that was a slang term people were using.
To answer your question, though, “bad” is subjective when it comes to books, art, food, films, and just about everything else in life. I read one of Hoover’s books and didn’t enjoy it, but there are plenty of people here who like her work. Beyond that, there are plenty of books that people rave about, and that I’ve found totally unreadable. On the flip side, there are books I love that I’ve recommended to others and been genuinely surprised to find that they didn’t enjoy them nearly as much as I did.
It’s not really your place to make someone “come to their senses and see how bad the books actually are.” Your friends like the books, and they’re not hurting anyone by reading them. Let them be. I also think that anything that gets people reading is a good thing, even if it’s not my cup of tea.