#like I get both sides I get annoyed at like. people on booktok who act like depiction equals endorsement but that’s not a booktok thing

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my controversial opinion is that I don’t understand the vitriolic hate for “booktok” it’s just an umbrella term for videos and creators on tiktok that talk about books. I know people find it odd to call certain books “booktok books” but it’s basically just “books that are popular on this broad online community who like books”. obviously there’s annoying people and bad opinions and hype for books that aren’t great, but also I have gotten a lot of really good recs for books off of booktok that I wouldn’t have found otherwise because there’s a really wide array of people with a wide array of tastes on there. IDK!!! it’s just nowhere near the worst side of the internet