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Through my first few years on goodreads (2013-2016) I noticed the pattern of Clare/Maas/Riordan constantly winning and Debut author also being always predictable, and then multiple times a book would go through first two rounds BEFORE the release date, and just constant disbalance between "Votes Casted" and "Number of Ratings" in many categories not limited to YA/Debut, When Harry Potter's SCRIPT won "Best Fantasy' (wth like twice as many votes as raitngs back then, too), I was like "alright, i'm really out of here, so tired of y'all"

Idiot Sandwich wrote: "Through my first few years on goodreads (2013-2016) I noticed the pattern of Clare/Maas/Riordan constantly winning and Debut author also being always predictable, and then multiple times a book wou..."

I specifically remember some weird feminist Instagram poetry book having that, more votes than ratings on the site. It was basically just people feeling it "looks good" if a book about YAS KWEEN won.

Just look at this year's fantasy selection. I can see one book that is not some feeling-y stuff for college girls who feel so oppressed.

Derpa wrote: "Idiot Sandwich wrote: "Through my first few years on goodreads (2013-2016) I noticed the pattern of Clare/Maas/Riordan constantly winning and Debut author also being always predictable, and then mu..."

well, in defence of whatever's currently shown - it's just the first round with "write-in" option, real selection will be seen in the second round
In either way, I won't be voting (not that I've read any Adult Fantasy books that were released this year), because in my eyes it would give validity to the award and I'd get upset over some stupid book winning again
isn't worth it, more or less i try to pretend Goodreads Choice Awards don't exist

Wait, what, forget what I've said. There's no Write in? There was always a write-in in the first round! I guess they changed it from 3 rounds to two, and I've noticed it was announced later than usually (hence my complaint about books being released in mid-late November going through the final round that would usually start in December)

My prediction then is Maas #1, Armentrout #2 for Fantasy
What's funny is that last year Armentrout's book from the same series won Romance AND it had three rounds
My guess is that at that point even goodreads realized how broken their system was and didn't like a novel belonging in a newly-defined "Romantic Fantasy" genre winning in Romance over books taking place in our world