I don’t think booktokers actually read bc everything they read is just like WHAT?!? Ugh. They romanticize the worse things possible. My first Booktok book was November 9 by Colleen Hoover. They said it was “the best romance book ever.” Oh boy, how wrong I was. ML IS A CREEP, FL IS WEAK. There’s so much to say but all there is to say that it’s so bad, it’s sickening. I’ve read two more C.H. books just to give her a chance and it just made things worse. She can’t write. Her plots are so bad, they’re flat and repetitive. I’ve even read Haunting Adeline, I regret it so much. Why does no one bring up the bad parts? The part where the ML quite literally ruined the FL in the worst way possible. But oh everyone says, “it’s dark romance.” How?…I don’t get it. Every Booktok book I’ve read were just published physical Wattpad books. Why do they keep getting high ratings??? Doesn’t make sense. Don’t even get me started on the hockey series, especially “The Deal”, omg it’s terrible. And the author Lauren Asher, I can’t even get into her books either. Im sorry, I just can’t stand Booktok.
What booktok are you on that recommends her books? Literally every creator I’ve seen has talked about how garbage her writing is. And they saved me from listening to 21 hours of Fourth Wing. People seem to think that TikTok just shows them whatever but your algorithm shows you what it thinks you’ll like. Curating that algorithm is part of the work you have to put in in order to see things you’ll actually enjoy.