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[the_rck]

I'm working on link finding for metanews right now, and I just followed a link to something that is meta but that I disagree with on a number of points. Basically, it's someone going on at great length about how terrible romance novels are and stating as fact things that actually haven't been true in my experience of romance novels published in the last decade or so. Admittedly, I don't read a lot of romance novels, but I do read some, and I read reviews of a lot more.

I know that linking the article doesn't mean I'm endorsing it, but right now, I'm wishing there was a tag I could put on it to indicate that I think it's, um, out of date at best.

For the curious, the article is here.

Comments

[escritoireazul]

Hmm. I know there's been a change in the past decade, but I think there's still a lot of the old stuff being published, too. I don't read any romance that hasn't been vetted by Sister K, but she is an avid romance reader, and I know she's had similar complaints on books she's read recently.

[transposable_element]

Note that she has no specific examples of the tropes she's discussing. A sure sign of someone who doesn't actually know the subject she's trying to write about.

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Because life is short, I would personally filter that one out, since I'm not good at being impartial.