#i think the starless sea is adult anyway (not sure tho)

[tanemiduchis]

ok. so I know that I didn’t like the starless sea. but for some reason, I feel like because everyone seems to love it, I have to as well. like I had legitimate issues with it; I didn’t just not enjoy it. I could probably write a pretty coherent review about it. but every time I see someone raving about it, I feel like my assessment has to be wrong, especially when an adult is the one reviewing it. which is definitely a problem lol

#this also connects to how much influence adults have over teenagers in fandom #like even though I am VERY confident in my assessment of the book #every time I see an adult post something that is complimentary #I think #oh well I must be wrong then #before I catch myself #and i'm obviously not telling adults what to read or anything #i think the starless sea is adult anyway (not sure tho) #but it's just very telling that an adult can have that much power over a kid unknowingly #teens (at least me) subconsciously trust adults a lot (older = wiser etc) #so adults taking over ya fandom spaces is dangerous! #ik a lot of people talk about this #and ik this is in the tags lmao #maybe I'll make a full post #but yeah #anyways with this specific book I think it's just a problem with my own self confidence #plus it's adult #but with ya it's dangerous bc there are kids a lot younger than me and a lot more susceptible reading that genre #and being told by adults that some very not ok things are ok #anyways this got super long sorry lol