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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.
D.C. I am a novelist. I get bad reviews. Everyone does. I do not stalk people. I do not complain publicly. I occasionally complain privately. I do not get …moreI am a novelist. I get bad reviews. Everyone does. I do not stalk people. I do not complain publicly. I occasionally complain privately. I do not get obsessive over them, since there are so many other things on the planet that it's more productive to obsess over.

The thing about bad reviews is that they feel very personal, but 999 times out of a thousand, they are not personal at all. Professionals understand this.

I am a professional. I am also an adult. I could also add that my nineteen-year-old understands all of this.

Novelists are often on very close terms with darkness. This does not make behavior that was either criminal or very close to it even slightly sympathetic or defensible.(less)
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