Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish
I haven't done a Top Ten Tuesday in a while, but this topic caught my attention, so I decided to do it. I tend to be quite open in what I read, but there are a few things that will cause me to put the book down and give up on it altogether.
I haven't done a Top Ten Tuesday in a while, but this topic caught my attention, so I decided to do it. I tend to be quite open in what I read, but there are a few things that will cause me to put the book down and give up on it altogether.
1) Male POV/male protagonists: Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against guys, but if a female author is trying to portray the thoughts of a male character, I'm a bit hesitant. But if the author is a guy, then I would be fine with that. In my experience, most female authors fail in portraying male characters *cough* Ethan from Beautiful Creatures *cough*
2) The synopsis contains the word "mysterious guy/girl": More times than not, I've found that when this phrase is present in the synopsis, the author is just trying to cope out of character development. I mean, just as long as the person is mysterious there really is no point in developing that character, right? /sarcasm Example: Daniel Grigori from Fallen
3) When an author I don't like blurbs on the cover of the book.
4) One word: Werewolves. I find them gross and icky and not something I want to read about.
5) Character X moves to a new town because of recent tragedy: Come on. This is getting pretty old, and if authors think they are catching our attention by doing this, they are incorrect. And usually, if a book contains an unoriginal element like this, the rest of the book will probably be just as unoriginal.
6) Love triangles: Don't even get me started on this.
7) Set solely in high school: I already have to deal with the drama associated with high school every day. I don't find it very enjoyable to read about it in a book.
8) Dystopias set in the future but are actually romances: I cannot stress enough how much I hate these. It's like, I want a dystopia, but I end up with a book full of drama and little to no action and worldbuilding. *Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi*
9) Survival stories: Excluding The Hunger Games, I don't have a great history with survival stories. Namely, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Hatchet, and The Sign of the Beaver.
10) Characters are under 14: I know this is weird, but I don't like reading about characters that are much younger than me. Probably in a few years I would, if I wanted to go into the mind of a ten-year-old and relive my childhood.
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