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A Goodreads user asked this question about How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #3.5):
Why does everyone love Cardan and glorify his (frankly abusive) relationship with Jude? There is definitely a difference between 'bad boys' and 'assholes', and Cardan falls into the latter for me. He's interesting, but why in the world would you have the hots for him?
Yulee I hate him more than Jude supposedly did in the first book. If I could assassinate his immortal ass I would. Cardan Greenbriar just gives me the major…moreI hate him more than Jude supposedly did in the first book. If I could assassinate his immortal ass I would. Cardan Greenbriar just gives me the major icks. He reminds me of all the guys who used "not knowing how to deal with their feelings" as a justification to be assholes in class. Except, as a plus, Cardan is a racist =D Everyone's dream man. His childhood trauma is no excuse to treat people around him so shitty and certainly not enough for the fandom to tolerate him, much less glorify him. And don't you dare start talking about how 'fAe lOvE iS DiFfErEnT' and how 'Jude fought back'. Fought back how? By kissing him the first time he mentioned his attraction to her? She's a pathetic excuse of a character and he's a narcissistic son of a bitch who, like most male leads in YA,
1. Needs a therapist, not a girlfriend,
and
2. Gets a personality transplant the moment he meets "THE ONE", who is our special heroine.
Stop. Just stop, guys. I don't gaf about his cheekbones. We can find less toxic men; the ones without racism, abusive tendencies, alcohol addictions, and tails. But I guess it was my fault that I never found any because I was looking in the wrong place; YA fiction. (less)
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