There are quite a few really good audiobooks about fashion (which is something I like to read about, too). A few I’ve enjoyed recently: Pat in the City by Patricia Field, The Chiffon Trenches by Andre Leon Talley, and Anna by Amy Odell.
I was able to find all of them on Libby. Since it’s free, it would be worth trying one to see what you think.
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.
Yep. It’s why, in a really thoroughly-researched biography, the footnotes/references section at the back is often as long as the book itself!