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Truth be told, I only started to really see the larger broadcast of the different genres as I became a book blogger.. and yep, there’s definately still confusion for some of them!
Romance / erotica
So.. I thought every love story WAS romance.. but turns out it isn’t! 😳 I’ve recently found out that the relationship needs to be the plot line AND have a happy ending to be a ‘true romance’.
And erotica- now I do know the difference between erotica and smut, what i’m still confused about is how not all romances that contain some spicy inside isn’t eroticas??
Mystery / thriller
For the longest time I thought those two were interchangeable 😅.. is it one of those “every thriller is a mystery but not every mystery is thriller” kinda thing? Because they sure comes together a load of times!
YA / Adult
Okay, *theorically* that’s not a genre. BUT what even is the split? At first I thought the age of the MC- but that’s not it.
It is kinda like other medias? E for everyone = MG, PG13 = YA & R = adult? But then- teenagers do need safe and healthy depictions of sex in novels.. so where do we draw the line?? 🤔
As I started labelling my book reviews with the genres of the book, you can guess that’s kinda tricking me 😅 I’ll just settle for what Storygraph gives me.. which isn’t the same as GR sometimes!
And that’s only within the genres I like to read, there’s probably a few others that I don’t know very well.
Is there genres that still confuses you, Or that used to in the past?
Interesting post! YA is definitely a genre; I’m not a YA anymore but it’s one of my favourite genres! Mystery / Thriller can be a bit confusing. I personally would consider Thrillers a bit more “scary” but idk haha!
Yes that’s what im thinking.. otherwise I have no idea what the division would be 😅