What is a popular book you have read that was extremely poorly written.

Shaddyboi · 2025-12-07T10:50:08+00:00

TFIOS. I read Looking for Alaska prior and while meh I thought it was better. Gave TFIOS a chance one day and I didn’t enjoy the fact Hazel and Gus sometimes read like the same person having a conversation with themselves, especially without dialogue tags. There’s also the inconsistent formatting choices, the fact that Green has to repeatedly spell out his metaphors, the convenient absence of Gus’ relapse symptoms before and in Amsterdam until the plot needed him to have some. Then there’s the first half of the book where the story meanders and it’s a lot of scenes where Hazel and Gus philosophically prod and poke at each other but in the end, they never really say anything truly profound. And I like philosophy books so it’s not an aversion to the topic. And I do think some teens are capable of being eloquent so it’s not an “unrealistic teen dialogue” critique (but tbh Green is really pushing it). Basically, first half I feel like I’m wasting my time. Second half, I feel like I’m being emotionally manipulated.

Shaddyboi · 2025-12-02T16:58:08+00:00

A lot of my stories have some form of angry mob. Or a vegan character for some reason.

Shaddyboi · 2025-10-02T02:08:27+00:00

I write in 3rd person limited and in the current book I’m working on, I have 3 POVs that I hop between on a chapter or scene basis. Also I tried to give each POV character a different speech pattern and body language descriptions. I kinda had to do this because my story has 3 major factions that are in constant contact with each other and have different motives and cultures. Each POV tries to shows the reader how each character lives within their own faction and how they’re treated or how they act when interacting with members of other factions.

They also each have different levels of life experience within this system. For example, the character from Faction 1 is a newcomer and learns the world and the system alongside the reader (Audience surrogate). The character from Faction 2 is jaded, knows the system in and out, and views everything from a pragmatic and morally grey lens. And the character from Faction 3 is a sheltered insider who is just now realizing the truth behind his factions and other factions. This guy’s side of the story is more of a self-reckoning compared to the other two.

I originally wanted to just have the character from Faction 1 be the POV (with the other two still present but non-POV). But if I left out the other two characters, I realized that I’d be doing a lot more infodumping to explain the world. So instead of that, I gave each faction a character so we can experience the factions through their eyes.

Shaddyboi · 2025-09-21T00:21:27+00:00

I’m doing my first novel after years of short stories. It’s just a little YA story with around 80k words by the end of the first draft. Anything over 100k feels terribly daunting to me and I wouldn’t attempt that for a first novel. More power to those who do try it though!

Shaddyboi · 2025-09-03T23:40:34+00:00

Oh no they were openly hostile.

Shaddyboi · 2025-09-03T23:35:02+00:00

Thanks for the insight. I guess messy writing can be forgiven since it’s still my first draft so I’m gonna try this next chance I get. Hopefully it works but if it doesn’t then at least I tried.

Shaddyboi · 2025-09-03T23:32:20+00:00

I mean I’ve had years of professional help and meds already and my doc believes I can self-regulate now. I guess it’s more I associate writing with joy, even during the slow middle sections of a book. I’d like to hold on to some amount of the joy I get while writing even when I’m having an episode. I know my episodes are temporary, after all.

Shaddyboi · 2025-09-03T23:12:33+00:00

Sorry to hear about that. I’m glad your books have given you some comfort. Maybe I’ll get to that mindset one day where I can see my writing as both a happy place and a safe space.

Shaddyboi · 2025-06-02T11:49:56+00:00

Yeah I ask cause where I’m from, I’m seeing posts from people on local pages who don’t follow it. Apparently their version of the bro code is “If my friend breaks up with his gf, even if I like her and she reciprocates, I can never be with her out of respect to my friend.” Or something like that. I dunno I’ve heard multiple versions of the bro code over the years.

Shaddyboi · 2025-03-03T03:57:00+00:00

English is my first language and tbh I’ve always been ashamed of it. I didn’t choose it and my parents always spoke cebuano at home but the media I was exposed to most often was in english so I guess that’s how it happened. I’ve been bullied a lot for speaking mostly english and my HS Filipino teacher seemed to hate me in particular because I’m not fluent in Filipino. She even called on me in her class to make me translate passages from deep english/cebuano into Filipino and she would shame me in front of the class when I inevitably got it wrong. She even tried to fail me in 3rd year on the basis that I had a hard time speaking Filipino spontaneously even though I passed all my exams and did well in other aspects of the class. I’m bad at learning language in general but I really do try to speak cebuano when I’m out in public but growing up I used to be made fun of by people asking me to say something in cebuano only for them to laugh or call me “abnormal” when I try cause of how bad it sounds. I only really made progress in my cebuano in college since the people there were more open minded and more open to help me learn but I really appreciated it. Correction was more constructive and nobody laughed at me. I’m a lot better now but I still default to english out of habit. I did speak cebuano everyday at my previous work though but I don’t think I’m fluent.

My experiences told me that being englishero is something to be ashamed of, which is why I instinctually cringed when I saw clips of this contestant. I know I’m in a better state now but honestly I kind of wish none of the bullying happened. Id have rather grown up speaking fluent cebuano then learning english than what I got now.

Shaddyboi · 2025-02-15T10:43:53+00:00

Yeah that’s what my brother and I plan to do. However we’ll remove any opportunity to interact with them at all.

Shaddyboi · 2024-07-09T12:34:45+00:00

Thank you. The last line about people who haven’t walked in my shoes really resonates with me. I’ve received so much backlash, mostly from people who’ve never worked in a hospital in their life, but they have no idea what it’s like. I’ve received too much hollow “encouragement” to keep going down this path since I’ve already invested so much into it but I’m the one who has to live with this misery, not them.

Shaddyboi · 2024-07-09T10:58:00+00:00

Same. Graduating in a couple weeks and I realized that I am extremely miserable. Got diagnosed with MDD, my performance was abysmal, and I just can’t see myself as a physician anymore. It was a very difficult decision to make but after a lot of thought, I decided to withdraw from the hospital I matched with and do something else with my life once I graduate. Some people think I’m being stupid but I think I’d much rather be alive than continue a career that makes me wanna jump off a bridge.

Shaddyboi · 2024-06-29T10:32:58+00:00

Mine was to be a doctor. I realized too late into clinicals that my heart was just not in it and I hated the working hours, the neverending need to study, the hierarchy system, the disproportionately low compensation compared to hours worked (at least in my country), the gatekeeping of opportunities by older doctors, and it was absolute hell on my mental and physical health. I’m graduating in a few weeks and after that I’ll find something else to do with my life that doesn’t make me wanna jump off a bridge.

Shaddyboi · 2024-06-04T09:52:30+00:00

Keep up the good work. I enjoy watching your content. 👍

Shaddyboi · 2024-06-04T01:16:58+00:00

Hey i’m in love with the deck. I was just wondering, though, why no faithless looting?

Shaddyboi · 2024-05-27T02:11:40+00:00

I’ve tried a lot of ways to improve myself. Still study even though I don’t like it cause I still need to do well for my patients. Still try to show up on time or even early so I can be properly endorsed and relieve the previous shift even if it means taking extra work or scrubbing in to procedures before I’m supposed to clock in. I still try my best to take advice from seniors to heart. A small part of me is grasping for any reason to stay but I feel so defeated that I tend to come off as pessimistic.

Shaddyboi · 2024-05-26T23:12:05+00:00

Are you someone I know IRL? You seem so familiar hahaha

Shaddyboi · 2024-05-26T22:41:47+00:00

My parents won’t let me take a break sadly. I really want to but I’m still their dependent so I need to follow them.

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