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ina_sh t1_ixe8y0s wrote

Are they perhaps talking about metafictional books and metafictional elements in books? In other words, novels that know that they are novels and comment on that in the text? I personally enjoy those but can understand why others night find it annoying.

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Extension_Virus_835 OP t1_ixeet7b wrote

No they are typically speaking about opinions sometimes political but sometimes not. One of the most recent ones was in response to The Poppy Wars by R. F. Kuang in which someone commented that the authors commenting on racism in the fictional world was putting in their own opinions and said I quote “real fiction authors used to write without inserting their opinions on every page” which is the review that prompted my post here but certainly wasn’t the first time I have seen this criticism as of late.

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MerrickFM t1_ixer9kt wrote

> "real fiction authors used to write without inserting their opinions on every page"

Tell me you never developed critical literacy skills without telling me you never developed critical literacy skills.

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