For instance. A while ago, I was considering buying a book, and I took a look at the one-star reviews. One of them ran along the lines of, "This book contains a homosexual relationship, and it's portrayed as positive and healthy! The characters even kiss! HOW PERVERSE!" That was enough to make me order the book, as it happens. (I think it was probably something by Lynn Flewelling, actually.)
Haha, I love those. If the only bad thing anyone has to say about a book is "OMG IT HAS THE GAYZ" then it's probably a pretty good book.
I don't write too many reviews on Amazon, but there was one book I felt compelled to write a review for -- it was a gay pirate romance. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, but I felt that it had to be said in a review somewhere that the premise was completely and utterly ridiculous and illogical (even for a romance novel). Once you get over the fact that the book assumes that all pirates are gay men who become instantly involved in long-term monogamous relationships without dating around first, it's a fun book. But honestly, that premise is so utterly ridiculous that I thought people should be aware of it before buying the book.
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Haha, I love those. If the only bad thing anyone has to say about a book is "OMG IT HAS THE GAYZ" then it's probably a pretty good book.
I don't write too many reviews on Amazon, but there was one book I felt compelled to write a review for -- it was a gay pirate romance. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, but I felt that it had to be said in a review somewhere that the premise was completely and utterly ridiculous and illogical (even for a romance novel). Once you get over the fact that the book assumes that all pirates are gay men who become instantly involved in long-term monogamous relationships without dating around first, it's a fun book. But honestly, that premise is so utterly ridiculous that I thought people should be aware of it before buying the book.