/lit/ - Literature

>>7433126
This reminds me of the time I read some reviews for "The Man Whom the Trees Loved" by Algernon Blackwood and there were SJWs complaining about how the husband character was a sexist piece of shit for an offhanded comment he made about women being weak/simple. I don't think they got to the rest of the book since the actual MC is his wife who, despite being terrified of things she doesn't understand, addresses her fears out of pure love for her husband and tries to win him back from supernatural forces. It's not his best work by any means, but I thought it was a nice display of traditional feminine strength and dedication. The reviews would've come off as retarded to me if I'd read them before reading the story, but they were double-retarded since I read them after and knew precisely how wrong they were.

I decided to not read reviews of books online anymore because of this, which led to me realize that other people's evaluations of literature are mostly meaningless and that I should be confident in making my own decisions about what I'm going to read and why. It was a good moment.

The wife doesn't win.

>>7454525
The average LN barely reads like a YA. Even the best translations of the most well-received LNs have prose and dialogue that will make you feel like you are slowly becoming retarded with every sentence you read. VNs are on about the same level for the most part, but they take 50 hours to read. Most of the weird/interesting stuff is in manga because there's low to no entry barriers in terms of content and there's a much broader readerbase as opposed to anime, which are mostly animated promotions for ongoing series that are expected to sell well so the studios can make ends meet.

>>7454625
The one by the mangaka of Otoyomegatari, yeah. That seems to have a pretty favorable reception but I haven't read it yet.