Mine are horror & nonfiction (which I’m counting as documentaries).
For horror, I’m a wimp when it comes to most scary movies, because 1. I hate jump scares 2. I hate seeing gruesome imagery on screen. Both of those things get a visceral reaction out of me that I know some people enjoy but I find unpleasant.
For documentaries, idk I just rarely find myself drawn to them and I often think “I’d like to read a book going into more depth on this topic instead”. I think I usually connect more with the subjects of the piece when I’m reading about them & their thoughts/experiences rather than if it’s a historian/expert narrating them over reenactments/stock footage.
Curious to know, what are genres you prefer reading over other forms of media?
by lilythefrogphd
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Couldn’t even hit the third one.
Historically, fantasy. Though I don’t really read it much these days, I read a ton of it over the last few decades.
But if it’s a movie or a TV show, I could never give less of a crap. Even if it’s a show or movie of a book/series I liked.
Interestingly, horror’s kind of the opposite for me, Stephen King notwithstanding. I love horror movies, but I’m not into horror books much at all. Even with King, it’s not the horror that interests me, it’s his characters.
I prefer romance in books rather than visual media. It’s a little hard for me to verbalize why but I prefer to be in the head of a character and understand why they like the other person. I also hate the gross kissing noises, icky