The fall of the classics: How the media’s obsession with smutty reads has ruined true literature and a generation of adaptations
By Sabahat Baig, October 16 2025—
BookTok and its need for “spicy” reads has contributed to the fall of the classics and the creation of salacious book-to-screen adaptations.
Although many popular book-to-screen adaptations have been quite successful — despite frequent … Read the rest