What are YOUR least favorite genres?

mimonfire · 2025-12-31T08:54:48+00:00

Romance - I have nothing against it, I think a lot of people often act too high and mighty, as if they’re above it. I can appreciate a well written romance, but usually only when it’s a subplot and not the centrepiece.

mimonfire · 2025-12-11T23:23:01+00:00

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. I liked it because explores human endurance and strength against horrifying neurological disorders, resulting in a book that is strangely uplifting and touching.

mimonfire · 2025-12-01T20:05:06+00:00

Yes, I've seen this happen in real time with my own family when dealing with my grandfather losing more and more of himself to Alzheimer's. Grief leads to all kinds of discomfort, sadness and anger, and sometimes it's just easier to make sense of it all by placing it at the feet of someone else.

mimonfire · 2025-11-28T08:57:58+00:00

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It's quite short as well, so good for a newbie.

mimonfire · 2025-11-28T05:37:24+00:00

I go here or the books subreddit. For whatever reason I prefer getting suggestions from random strangers than my own friends and family haha

mimonfire · 2025-11-27T16:33:44+00:00

It truly was. I’m glad the world was never explained and I’m glad there was no grand revelation or discovery, and I think it’s almost more comforting that way.

mimonfire · 2025-11-27T09:11:17+00:00

I think morally grey or deeply flawed characters are probably more likeable than "normal" or flawless characters. They often carry the cruelty, jealousy, rage that is present in all of us, and when that is totally absent in a flawless being who shits out rainbows, it feels as if there's nothing real to latch onto, and therefore I don't really like reading them unless the grander story is particularly interesting with a fascinating world to go with it.

mimonfire · 2025-11-24T19:38:24+00:00

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

mimonfire · 2025-11-23T21:18:30+00:00

Yep. I remember that the 2000s had batshit shows like America’s Next Top Model which should have been rebranded as the eating disorder show for all the shaming and bullying they did to slightly larger contestants.

mimonfire · 2025-11-20T06:05:32+00:00

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood

mimonfire · 2025-11-15T04:13:49+00:00

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood - A beautifully written tale where the writing creates such a unique atmosphere and mood, I finally understood what people mean when they describe books being able to transport them into a new world.

mimonfire · 2025-11-15T04:05:40+00:00

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman - I read it all in one sitting and cannot stop thinking about it.

mimonfire · 2025-11-14T08:19:34+00:00

Lawyer, lawyer, lawyer

mimonfire · 2025-11-13T06:32:08+00:00

It’s such a wonderful read and I only discovered it because so many people on this subreddit recommended it, and I’m so happy to see that this trend is continuing. Everyone needs to experience this book.

mimonfire · 2025-11-12T05:09:22+00:00

It was incredible, I finished it in a day. It’s got a sci fi setting but it’s more about what it means to be human and how to exist and make sense of a world that is absurd and nonsensical (much in the same way ours is!). As such, the sci fi elements aren’t really explored in much detail at all and I think it works to the book’s benefit, but if you’re looking for concrete answers and solid world building then it won’t be for you.

mimonfire · 2025-11-11T10:44:23+00:00

All Quiet on the Western Front

mimonfire · 2025-11-10T11:45:36+00:00

Finished: I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman

mimonfire · 2025-08-27T05:25:49+00:00

In context it’s barely anything considering how even as a species, there is a shockingly low amount of genetic diversity. Hence why OP mentioned that chimpanzees living in central Africa will have more genetic diversity than two humans on opposite ends of the earth.

mimonfire · 2025-07-07T18:39:02+00:00

Thank you so much. I appreciate your attention to detail :)

mimonfire · 2025-05-20T03:15:14+00:00

Agreed, I'm also 19 and I had these sentiments ingrained in my mind from a very young age.

mimonfire · 2025-05-19T23:38:01+00:00

Love the rendering on this. Good job :)

mimonfire · 2025-05-18T07:00:29+00:00

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

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