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A Goodreads user asked this question about No One Else Can Have You (No One Else Can Have You, #1):
To all here who are "outraged" by Hale's behavior - go write a f*ing book for the next 3 years of your life. Then come read your reviews. Note: I am NOT a novelist. But I am a writer, and part of the job is to explore the dark sh*t that everyone else glosses over. It literally is the job. Whether you like what she did or not, she's hit on something human, and all the debate just demonstrates the validity of her piece.
Kelly Sierra I'm a human. What I do know, as an English certified teacher (you can look it up, I am just a serial number to the education department), and as an BA…moreI'm a human. What I do know, as an English certified teacher (you can look it up, I am just a serial number to the education department), and as an BA graduate in English is that sometimes, even the most beloved classics or books do necessarily entrap all those that read them. It happens. My significant other and I fight about who is better all the time, Hemmingway or Faulkner, he won't even give Faulkner the time of day yet and he already has an opinion. It's frustrating, but in the end that is his opinion. There is no need to go an extra step and try to figure out how to take him down. If a goodreads reader didn't like what I felt for a book, I don't need to go on a mission to find out where they live or work for that matter. Opinions are different, and here's some advice: If you are planning to create a product (i.e. movies, books, electronics, etc) for the masses, there is a great chance that not everyone is going to love it. This is okay, and I understand it might be a bit hurtful for the person creating said product, because so much of them went into creating it. I always respectfully dislike something because I know that it takes a lot from someone to make a product, a book in this instance, and put it out there to be ripped apart or loved. This still does not give anyone the right to go a step further.(less)
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