Delightful. A sharp, affectionate peek inside the cozy, supportive community of writers and readers that drives multibillion-dollar romance book publishing. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Everyone enjoys a happy ending, right? But isn’t it funny how no one complains that, say, every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ends with him triumphing, and every crime novel ends with the mystery solved and the killer caught, yet the H.E.A.s — the “happily ever after”s — of romance fiction are looked down upon? Anyone who loves romance books already knows the snobbish disparaging the genre is subjected to, and those contrary examples — Arnie and mysteries — come straight from writers and readers in the delightful Love Between the Covers, the first feature from documentarian Laurie Kahn. These are women who are proud of the fiction they love...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Everyone enjoys a happy ending, right? But isn’t it funny how no one complains that, say, every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ends with him triumphing, and every crime novel ends with the mystery solved and the killer caught, yet the H.E.A.s — the “happily ever after”s — of romance fiction are looked down upon? Anyone who loves romance books already knows the snobbish disparaging the genre is subjected to, and those contrary examples — Arnie and mysteries — come straight from writers and readers in the delightful Love Between the Covers, the first feature from documentarian Laurie Kahn. These are women who are proud of the fiction they love...
- 7/13/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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