From Blood and Ash. In chapter 2 the main character pretends to be someone else in order to sleep with a hot guy. This is a form of rape but I guess sexual assault is fine if you do it to a guy :))))))

I enjoyed the Martian, but half the jokes were based in 2000’s homophobia or racism. What made it worse was how hard Weir worked to force them into the dialogue, just giving the vibe he thought they were so hilarious they were worth stopping the whole scene for. Gay satellite hurhurhur

It only gets worse from here. Sorry you got bamboozled into picking up a C-tier book by the hype.

Red Rising is not marketed as a YA (anymore), so technically whoever recommended it didn’t leave that detail out. Your issue with these books isn’t that they are YA, it’s that they are written immaturely

That book is littered with excessive rape tho 😅

Author here, and yes, we receive nothing from a library check out. To be fair, libraries carry almost exclusively traditionally published books, and the author typically doesn’t get anything when you buy the book either because they have to sell a certain (very large) number to actually start getting royalties, which are crazy small anyway.

Most authors don’t mind giving a book away for free because they are looking to build fans who are willing to buy special edition hardcovers and such. Much like bands, secondary merchandise is where a majority of their revenue comes from (assuming they are making a living, which is rare).

This does not apply to indies, who typically would rather be in kindle unlimited than a library.

Unpopular opinion answer: they have wonkey pacing and significant amounts of filler scenes.