Alex Sarll answers “Does anybody know how to contact Goodreads...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about The 13 Clocks:

Does anybody know how to contact Goodreads directly, to complain about a (this) book's blurb? I am deeply put off by its assumption that the world is inhabited only by straight men ("Everybody has always wanted to love a Princess. Everybody has always wanted to be a Prince"). It makes me not want to read this book, which is unfair to the book's author.

Alex Sarll I don't know if the blurb has been altered since this question was asked, but if not, the question misquotes it:
"There are only a few reasons why ever…moreI don't know if the blurb has been altered since this question was asked, but if not, the question misquotes it:
"There are only a few reasons why everybody has always wanted to read this kind of story: if you have always wanted to love a Princess; if you always wanted to be a Prince; if you always wanted the wicked Duke to be punished; or if you always wanted to live happily ever after."

The final 'or' is crucial. "Everybody" need only emphasise with any one of the four wants. The third and fourth make no assumptions whatsoever about the romantic proclivity of the person in question, and even the second would appeal to as many queer girls I know as straight boys.(less)

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