Criticism
the 'core six' becoming more and more isolated from normal society and their ascent to fame just hasn't been very realistic (e.g. sudden paparazzi + general public recognition, lack of pr meetings + security, daisy's whole fashion career). [1]
the premise probably requires them to take creative liberty with all the drama/paparazzi stuff going on I guess? but I know some people found it very unrealistic and it bothered them, all of this stuff gets kind of worse in dlu too (especially the isolation from society, it was Bad) I mostly read for the characters and their journey so for me it was worth continuing. [1]
don’t remember the specifics either, but rose’s feminism has always come from a place of privilege (rich, white and cishet) and while a lot of that is common and faced by most/all women (and it was something I related to, and it’s what helped me through a lot as well) she failed to address or acknowledge the oppression faced by minorities/women of colour, especially those who aren’t cishet). and while rose’s privilege as a rich woman was addressed to some extent, I still don’t remember it being completely inclusionary of others. either way, in skop I know k&b tried to be more inclusive of minorities, especially with loren’s company, but it kind of came off as a white saviour trope and it made me uncomfortable reading about that. I’m also not comfortable reading about rose being praised as THE feminist when it’s literally all white feminism. it wasn't so much about anything specific in the books as much as it was about the whole thing overall throughout all books [2]