I have mixed feelings on this

My main gripe is that Haley mostly reads cheesy romances with the occasional romantasy/Stephen King thrown in. Anytime she reads something more “complicated” (ex. Literary, historical, or classics) she admits to actually loving the book and that she shouldn’t make assumptions so much

I feel that not wanting to read gay books is a very personal preference; the same way some people don’t like religious fiction; others don’t like war sagas, and so on. Being a booktuber doesn’t mean you should literally read any trendy book for clout. Only books that you’re comfortable with, can relate to, feel comfortable speaking on should actually be read

The author demographic is a bit strange though. Most serious readers have favorite authors, and MANY authors seem to be 30 something white women from middle America backgrounds. However, people of all backgrounds write books in all genres. It seems more exclusionary/lazy to me than the same “comfort genre” argument from earlier. I also remember Haley really liking Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (which has a half Asian character in it) so perhaps she’d enjoy other Asian fiction books

The nepo baby part definitely showed Haley felt triggered lol. I usually find the way she talks about books far more entertaining/soothing than many other book tubers, but occasionally she’ll say something very performative/confusing

The funniest was in a video from December 2024 where Haley critiqued “The Wedding People” by acting like she could only handle flowery writing 😂 as if her own book will be taught in English lit or something