I’m not talking about authors that have done or contributed to bad things through their work or opinions. Authors that have done nothing, but are still unreasonable hated, and why you think that.
For me Kuang. She gets put into the academic category and is hated on for her writing style, some valid criticism (of course) but every author has that. I see so much animosity for her all over the internet, which I believe is unjust.
by Logical-Ad-5669
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Kuang is not hated. People hate ‘babel’ for being repetitive, preachy, and not having a reason to be a fantasy/alt history aside from trend chasing. People are less critical of some of her other work, such as ‘yellowface,’ and afaik do not say she’s a bad person on an individual moral/ethical level, just bad at her job.
Kuang’s writing is obnoxious, condescending, and unnuanced. Her books deserve the criticism they get, and no, not every author has as extensive of valid criticism against them.
“Hated on for her writing style” when it’s valid criticism..? Why can’t we as readers dislike an author’s work or execution of their ideas? Why is it “unreasonable hatred”?
Doesn’t N. K. Jemisin get hate for being “Woke” or something. I’ve only read Broken Earth series and really enjoyed it. Then I ran into people that loved to hate on her.
Some people just get too personal with their critique. When they don’t like somebody’s writing, instead of saying, “This is bad writing,” they say, “I hate this author.” It’s worse when the writing is objectively passable to good, but they say “I hate this author” because they don’t like that particular style of writing or genre.
We should be more specific when we write critical reviews, otherwise we sound like petty bullies instead of picky readers.