• WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    I know it’s not a popular take, but I don’t like Poe or Hawthorne. I always felt like their shallow exploration of death/edgy topics really only appealed to the immature or unintelligent reader.

    I can see their work on a shelf between The Nightmare Before Christmas and a Dashboard Confessional CD- maybe a Jr High textbook as well.

    I wouldn’t use them as an example.

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      27 days ago

      It’s unpopular because instead of just saying you don’t like them or personally think they lack depth you go straight to insulting their readers and fans.

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        25 days ago

        I don’t like them, but they’re also bad and unintelligent. Those are objective. Sorry if someone not liking a vapid old guys who can’t write their way out of a paper bag makes you feel attacked.