Genres (Reflection 6)

Over the years, I have wanted to shy away from the science fiction genre and focus more on the romantic or fantasy world. I just think that as I grew up, science fiction has too much of a futuristic feel and there is no point in reading about the future when you live in the present. Time travels and robots just don’t catch my eye anymore. I would much rather curl up on the couch and read a book about to individuals who fall in love! They are a lot more realistic and easier to relate to. I prefer to read books that I can relate to and science fiction is not something you can have that connection with. I wouldn’t say labeling each book into a genre is necessary, but it is definitely helpful!  If you read one story about magic realism and really enjoyed it, you could easily type in that magic realism genre and find a million other books you would most likely delight in. In contrast, a genre labels the book and if you didn’t enjoy a novel, you could exclude all other books in that genre just because you didn’t like one.