People have been sharing their unhinged literary opinions, and these 23 are all something to write home about
13.
Jane Austen would've been a vicious sh¡tposter on social media.
— Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) (@carrielomax.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
14.
When Jeeves first arrives at Bertie Wooster's home he says he was "sent by the agency". He never says WHAT agency. It's not a staffing agency, it's a secret govt dept that exists to preserve the status quo by preventing the critically daft upper class from shenaniganing themselves to the guillotine
— Robin in the woods (@robinjohnson.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
15.
I say this as someone who wants to re-read it as an adult to see if my tune changes but
A Catcher in The Rye is ass, hated that shit as a teenager, boring as shit and anyone that likes Holden Caufield at face value* is a walking red flag
— Douglas Reyes-Ceroñ (@dreyesceron.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
16.
If a book hasn't grabbed you by about 70 pages just stop reading it
There's too many books on the world to waste time on ones you don't like/get.
It doesn't mean the books shite though, just it's not for you— GTreig (@gtreig.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
17.
Ghostwriting is lying.
— A-damned Goul Lord (@authorgaylord.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
18.
Iago is the first men's rights advocate in literature and the reason Coleridge couldn't discern a motive for him was because he actually liked women, not because there isn't one.
— Jane Casey (@janecasey.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
19.
Harry Potter didn't, in the end, encourage people to read, it just encouraged them to read Harry Potter.
— Rick Burin (@rickburin.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
20.
For every man who you say doesn't read women's books, there's a female teacher who physically took books out of his hands and told him "That's for girls, you don't want that".
(We have to grow up and be better than them, but a lot of you expect current 9yo boys to have more agency than women.)
— Jack – Oi, Shiny! (@oishinythings.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
21.
More people should write in books they own. Annotations are a gift.
— Naomi Kritzer (@naomikritzer.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
22.
If a book really sucks, it's ok to throw it in the recycle bin instead of donating it
People are probably gonna yell at me for this one but I don't care–there's some truly shoddy stuff out there that should be vigilante taken out of circulation bit by bit
— Kate Violette (@kateviolette.com) October 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
23.
Dialogue should be within speech marks – I’m reading a story not grappling with a sudoku.
— Justin Myers (@theguyliner.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Like we said – they’re not all unhinged.
All your unhinged literary opinions are so comprehensively hinged that I'm starting to suspect some of you aren't obeying the prompt
— The Tell-Tale Brian Phillips (@brianphillips.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Then there’s this.
I actually liked the book Jack Torrance had been writing out at the Overlook Hotel. I thought it was pretty neat
— josh (oldfriend99) (@oldfriend99.bsky.social) October 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
And finally …
Damn, Shabana Mahmood saw the prompt. www.gov.uk/government/n…
— Rick Burin (@rickburin.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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This child’s literary misunderstanding has gone viral all over again because it’s so good
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