History YMMV / EmpressTheresa

* TheScrappy: Theresa herself is easily one of the biggest criticisms of the novel. This primarily due to being a huge example of A DesignatedHero, who despite routinely screwing up the world in significant ways, but is treated by the story as practically [[CharacterShilling The Second Coming of Christ.]] Her Personality that ranges from [[FlatCharacter Rather Bland]] to Flat out JerkAss dosen't help matters.

* TheScrappy: Theresa herself is easily one of the biggest criticisms of the novel. This primarily due to being a huge example of A DesignatedHero, who despite routinely screwing up the world in significant ways, is treated by the story as practically [[CharacterShilling The Second Coming of Christ.]] Her Personality that ranges from [[FlatCharacter Rather Bland]] to Flat out Jerkass dosen't help matters.

* TheScrappy:
** Theresa herself is easily one of the biggest criticisms of the novel. This primarily due to being a huge example of A DesginatedHero who routinely screws up the world in significant ways, but is treated by the story as [[CharacterShilling The Second Coming.]]

* ClicheStorm: The plot can be summarized as follows: "A beautiful, virtuous young girl becomes TheChosenOne, finds love with an intense, manly physicist, is rejected by everyone, but can't be killed, and saves the world multiple times."

* OvershadowedByControversy: Discussions of this book will almost inevitably heavily involve the real-life antics of its author, Norman Boutin, particularly the online drama he was/is involved in. Norman is fairly infamous amongst reviewers and websites that mention the book, as he has a well known habit of responding to nearly any negative criticism to the book in a variety of hostile ways (quoting the Bible, outright attacking the character of critics, dismissing their reviews and them as people, or just straight quoting his own characters as if it is a TakeThat moment to his detractors). This has led to a large troll community dedicated to constantly bothering him and even a wiki where numerous analysis of the book and Norman himself have been done. The comments section of the Amazon listing, of a couple forums, and the comments section of the aforementioned wiki are filled with comments that, even if they aren't Norman and are trolls pretending, come off the same way: dismissive, pretentious responses seemingly designed to insult everybody who doesn't hold the book as the greatest piece of literature ever written. Because Norman treats a scathing and curse-filled review the same as a polite analysis, he seemingly ends up upsetting everybody no matter how they said what they said; all that matters is "they're wrong for not liking it".

** She cannot be a Admiral of the US Navy, as said branch wears white caps with black jackets.

!!YMMV items in ''Literature/EmpressTheresa'' include the following:

** Some have suggested that Theresa is actually mentally ill and the whole story is really a product of her delusions. They tend to back up this theory by pointing out that her claims that thousands of assassins are getting her when they never show up and how she’s TheChosenOne are classic examples of schizophrenic delusions (persecution/paranoia and gradnuer, to be specific). Theresa also mentions having a schizophrenic relative, and people who have schizophrenic family members are much more likely to develop schizophrenia than the general population.

** Some have suggested that Theresa is actually mentally ill and the whole story is really a product of her delusions. They tend to back up this theory by pointing out that her claims that thousands of assassins are getting her when they never show up and how she’s TheChosenOne are classic examples of schizophrenic delusions. Theresa also mentions having a schizophrenic relative, and people who have schizophrenic family members are much more likely to develop schizophrenia than the general population.
** Several have suggested that Hal is either the Holy Spirit or Lucifer (for the whole [[LightIsNotGood light bringer]] thing).

* CriticalResearchFailure: It could be argued the various examples of ArtisticLicense are this. Additionally, the cover shows Theresa wearing a US Military uniform... however, said uniform is wrong regardless of what branch it's from -- aside from listing her as a 5-star general (a rank which is all but officially retired, and all of the holders of said rank are currently deceased) for the following reasons[[note]]she can't be a member of the Marine Corps, since not only does said branch not currently have a rank of 5-Star General, but it's never had a 5-Star General in it's entire history[[/note]]:

* OvershadowedByControversy: Discussions of this book will almost inevitably heavily involve Norman's various real-life antics, particularly the online drama he was/is involved in. The author himself, Norman Boutin, is fairly infamous amongst reviewers and websites that mention the book as he has a well known habit of responding to nearly any negative criticism to the book in a variety of hostile ways (quoting the Bible, outright attacking the character of people, dismissing their reviews and them as people, or just straight quoting his own characters as if it is a TakeThat moment to his detractors). This has led to a large troll community dedicated to constantly bothering him, and even a wiki where numerous analysis of the book and Norman himself have been done. The comments section of the Amazon listing, of a couple forums, and the comments section of the aforementioned wiki are filled with comments that, even if they aren't Norman and are trolls pretending, come off the same way: dismissive pretentious responses seemingly designed to insult everybody who doesn't hold the book as the greatest piece of literature ever written. Because Norman treats a scathing and curse-filled review the same as a polite analysis; he seemingly ends up upsetting everybody no matter how they said what they said, all that matters is "they're wrong for not liking it".
* SciFiGhetto: Despite the fact that this is a story of a girl who becomes the host for an alien being that grants her superpowers, and involves such scenarios as the wind stopping, the Earth's axis being messed with to create infinite summer and the entire world being put into a 600 year long stasis, the author is very adamant that this is not science fiction as he for some reason seems to hold it and fantasy in utter contempt. As such the work is listed as "contemporary women" on Amazon.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Theresa in spades. Everything she does massively screws up the Earth, she ruins the careers of a lawyer and a politician because they did things she didn’t like and barely puts in a 6 hour schedule for ''saving the world.'' Despite this, the book treats her as perfect in every way.
* VanillaProtagonist: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Theresa is supposed to be this and TheEveryMan according to WordOfGod. Unfortunately, it's very hard for Theresa to become sympathetic.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Discussions of this book will almost inevitably heavily involve Norman's various real-life antics, particularly the online drama he was/is involved in. The author himself, Norman Boutin, is fairly infamous amongst reviewers and websites that mention the book as he has a well known habit of responding to nearly any negative criticism to the book in a variety of hostile ways (quoting the Bible, outright attacking the character of people, dismissing their reviews and them as people, or just straight quoting his own characters as if it is a TakeThat moment to his detractors). This has led to a large troll community dedicated to constantly bothering him, and even a wiki where numerous analysis of the book and Norman himself have been done. The comments section of the Amazon listing, of a couple forums, and the comments section of the aforementioned wiki are filled with comments that, even if they aren't Norman and are trolls pretending, come off the same way: dismissive pretentious responses seemingly designed to insult everybody who doesn't hold the book as the greatest piece of literature ever written. Because Norman treats a scathing and curse-filled review the same as a polite analysis; he seemingly ends up upsetting everybody no matter how they said what they said, all that matters is 'they're wrong for not liking it'.

* CriticalResearchFailure: It could be argued the various examples of ArtisticLicense are this. Additionally, the cover shows Theresa wearing a US Military uniform...however, said uniform is wrong regardless of what branch it's from - aside from listing her as a 5-star general (a rank which is all but officially retired, and all of the holders of said rank are currently deceased) for the following reasons[[note]]she can't be a member of the Marine Corps, since not only does said branch not currently have a rank of 5-Star General, but it's never had a 5-Star General in it's entire history[[/note]]:

* OvershadowedByControversy: Discussions of this book will almost inevitably heavily involve Norman's various real-life antics, particularly the online drama he was/is involved in.
** The author himself, Norman Boutin, is fairly infamous amongst reviewers and websites that mention the book as he has a well known habit of responding to nearly any negative criticism to the book in a variety of hostile ways (quoting the Bible, outright attacking the character of people, dismissing their reviews and them as people, or just straight quoting his own characters as if it is a TakeThat moment to his detractors). This has led to a large troll community dedicated to constantly bothering him, and even a wiki where numerous analysis of the book and Norman himself have been done. The comments section of the Amazon listing, of a couple forums, and the comments section of the aforementioned wiki are filled with comments that, even if they aren't Norman and are trolls pretending, come off the same way: dismissive pretentious responses seemingly designed to insult everybody who doesn't hold the book as the greatest piece of literature ever written. Because Norman treats a scathing and curse-filled review the same as a polite analysis; he seemingly ends up upsetting everybody no matter how they said what they said, all that matters is 'they're wrong for not liking it'.

** The author himself, Norman Boutin, is fairly infamous amongst reviewers and websites that mention the book as he has a well known habit of responding to nearly any negative criticism to the book in a variety of hostile ways (quoting the Bible, outright attacking the character of people, dismissing their reviews and them as people, or just straight quoting his own characters as if it is a "TAKE THAT" moment to his detractors). This has led to a large troll community dedicated to constantly bothering him, and even a wiki where numerous analysis of the book and Norman himself have been done. The comments section of the Amazon listing, of a couple forums, and the comments section of the aforementioned wiki are filled with comments that, even if they aren't Norman and are trolls pretending, come off the same way: dismissive pretentious responses seemingly designed to insult everybody who doesn't hold the book as the greatest piece of literature ever written. Because Norman treats a scathing and curse-filled review the same as a polite analysis; he seemingly ends up upsetting everybody no matter how they said what they said, all that matters is 'they're wrong for not liking it'.

* CriticalResearchFailure: It could be argued the various examples of ArtisticLicense are this. Additionally, the cover shows a woman who is presumably Theresa wearing a US Military uniform...however, said uniform is wrong regardless of what branch it's from - aside from listing her as a 5-star general (a rank which is all but officially retired, and all of the holders of said rank are currently deceased) for the following reasons[[note]]she can't be a member of the Marine Corps, since not only does said branch not currently have a rank of 5-Star General, but it's never had a 5-Star General in it's entire history[[/note]]:

* CriticalResearchFailure: In spades. Additionally, the cover shows a woman who is presumably Theresa wearing a US Military uniform...however, said uniform is wrong regardless of what branch it's from - aside from listing her as a 5-star general (a rank which is all but officially retired, and all of the holders of said rank are currently deceased) for the following reasons[[note]]she can't be a member of the Marine Corps, since not only does said branch not currently have a rank of 5-Star General, but it's never had a 5-Star General in it's entire history[[/note]]:

* CriticalResearchFailure: The cover shows a woman who is presumably Theresa wearing a US Military uniform...however, said uniform is wrong regardless of what branch it's from - aside from listing her as a 5-star general (a rank which is all but officially retired, and all of the holders of said rank are currently deceased) for the following reasons[[note]]she can't be a member of the Marine Corps, since not only does said branch not currently have a rank of 5-Star General, but it's never had a 5-Star General in it's entire history[[/note]]:

* Also, a bulk of the examples of ArtisticLicense are probably this.

** If she is supposed to be a general in the US Air Force, said outfit is missing a pair of pilot wings.
** If she is supposed to be a general in the US Army, then the US tags are drawn incorrectly, and in addition, there should be a brass disc present on the uniform below the US tags, and more ribbons should be present.

* SciFiGhetto: Despite the fact that this is a story of a girl who becomes the host for an alien being that grants her superpowers, the author is very adamant that this is not science fiction as he for some reason seems to hold it and fantasy in utter contempt. As such the work is listed as "contemporary women" on Amazon.

* BileFascination: About half the reason why the book is so infamous.

** Some have suggested that Theresa is actually mentally ill and the whole story is really a product of her delusions. They tend to back up this theory by pointing out that Theresa mentions having a schizophrenic relative, and people who have schizophrenic family members are much more likely to develop schizophrenia than the general population.

* SciFiGhetto: The author is very adamant that this is not science fiction as he for some reason seems to hold it and fantasy in utter contempt. As such the work is listed as "contemporary women" on Amazon.

* ClicheStorm: Of the most egregious kind. The plot can be summarized as follows: "A beautiful, virtuous young girl becomes TheChosenOne, finds love with an intense, manly physicist, is rejected by everyone, but can't be killed, and saves the world multiple times."

* ClicheStorm: Of the lowest kind. The plot can be summarized as follows: "A beautiful, virtuous young girl becomes TheChosenOne, finds love with an intense, manly physicist, is rejected by everyone, but can't be killed, and saves the world multiple times."

* CriticalResearchFailure: The cover shows a woman who is presumably Theresa wearing a US Military uniform...however, said uniform is wrong regardless of what branch it's from - aside from listing her as a 5-star general (a rank which is all but officially retired, and all of the holders of said rank are currently deceased) for the following reasons:

** If she is supposed to be a general in the US Army, then the US tags are drawn incorrectly, and in addition, there should be a brass disc present on the uniform, and more ribbons should be present.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some have suggested that Theresa is actually mentally ill and the whole story is really a product of her delusions. They tend to back up this theory by pointing out that Theresa mentions having a schizophrenic relative, and people who have schizophrenic family members are much more likely to develop schizophrenia than the general population.