It was a checklist of warning signs disguised as ‘every woman’s dream.’ Why adapt this now, of all things?” “The ‘hero’ Travis is a callous, manipulative, and abusive bully…Travis gets violent and jealous at the drop of a hat, is prone to randomly smashing things, and punches a man for touching Abby’s arm…Look, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool romance lover and I totally get the appeal of a classic alpha romance, but this wasn’t that. “I’ve read a lot of misogynistic garbage and this was the absolute worst one,” wrote Donaldson. Setting her views aside, critics also say that McGuire just isn’t a good writer, and that there are many better romance novels out there, written by less problematic authors, that are more deserving of a big-budget adaptation. The Mary Sue, has a great round-up of McGuire’s sordid views that you can read here, all of which contributed to her agent’s decision to drop her back in August 2020. Indeed, author Jamie McGuire has come under fire online for her conservative views, ranging from supporting the US Capitol rioters on January 6, 2021, to equating the treatment of anti-vaxxers to the treatment of slaves. Donaldson also wrote about Beautiful Disaster for Pajiba, saying, “She’s a big stonking racist!” “Oh goody, one of the most staggeringly misogynistic ‘romance’ novels I’ve ever read, written by an anti-vaxxer MAGA-loving racist who supported the Capitol attack, is getting a movie, because fuck everything, right?” tweeted writer Kayleigh Donaldson when the adaptation was first announced in October 2021. “Y’all know the book this is adapted from was written by a Nazi right?” tweeted quoting the trailer. I unfortunately will be tuning into this shit show /Wa9RIZI9wI However, the honeymoon period was short-lived the discourse immediately caught up to inform me that Beautiful Disaster, in theaters today, is bad news. We’ve got one (or both? Is this a Parent Trap situation?) of the Sprouse twins as some kind of underground boxer, a bet that forces our lovers into close proximity, and some questionably aggressive sex scenes.
I am a big fan of trashy romance and, from trailer, the film adaptation of Beautiful Disaster appears to be just that.
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