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Post by finaledition on Jan 29, 2023 2:21:47 GMT
Psych thrillers. Like the kind that has some convoluted twist you never see coming because it is so far out of the realm of reality. Or one that is so bizarre that it is wrapped up by some dream or alter reality. I pretty much steer clear of that trope or I would likely have a broken kindle from throwing it against a wall.
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Post by littlemama on Jan 29, 2023 2:56:45 GMT
Any book that has: Magick Faery Time travel romance Vampires Those are the first that come to mind I used to turn my nose up at both time travel and historical romance but once I finally gave in to my friend’s insistence to read Outlanderi couldn’t believe how good this series was. I have read the first Outlander book and it was decent. I think the time travel/staying in another time thing makes me anxious. 😂
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Post by kate on Jan 29, 2023 3:05:21 GMT
I don't like psychological thrillers at all. I don't like serial killer stories, or anything that's likely to keep me up at night. I also don't like the fantasy/sci-fi stuff that littlemama listed. I also really don't like the modern romance novels where the love interest is either a billionaire or a cowboy. Actually, I don't like modern romances much at all. Two of my most lowbrow guilty pleasures are cozy mysteries (yes, including the ones where the neighborhood baker solves the mystery before her LEO significant other does!) and historical romances. That said, I like them with complex characters and delicious writing... And while I love electric attraction between love interests, I do NOT want long, drawn-out explicit scenes. I do a lot of my reading on the subway, and I don't need some creep (or, worse yet, parent from my school!) reading over my shoulder. *shudder* I do enjoy a good WWII novel, too - but, again, it had better be well done. So, what do I NOT like? Any book where the 20- or 30-something protagonist figures out the Meaning of Life and can now move through the world with hard-won Wisdom while looking back indulgently on the follies of Youth. ![](http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r481/2peasrefugees/Smilies/handovereyes.gif) I will include "autobiographies" of 30-yr-olds in this category, with possible exceptions for retired athletes or other people who are finished with the period of life for which they're famous. I love what I call "slice of life" books - autobiographies of a sanitation worker, or a candy maker, or an animal trainer.
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Post by smasonnc on Jan 29, 2023 3:21:58 GMT
The richest, most handsome billionaire falls in love with a world-famous, hot-as-a-match surgeon but something keeps them apart until the final chapter...in other words, any book by Danielle Steele or Barbara Taylor Bradford.
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Post by peasapie on Jan 29, 2023 8:04:52 GMT
Rags to riches, especially when the poor girl is saved by the rich dude.
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Post by peabay on Jan 29, 2023 13:39:39 GMT
Everything is tied up in a neat bow until the last chapter when, in a crazy depressing twist, the kid/the mom/the dog dies. (Yes, I'm looking at you, Jodi Picoult.)
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Post by auntkelly on Jan 29, 2023 14:00:49 GMT
I generally don’t like time travel books, although 11.22.63 by Stephen King is one of my favorite books.
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Post by maryannscraps on Jan 29, 2023 14:43:33 GMT
Any book that has: Magick Faery Time travel romance Vampires Those are the first that come to mind Add in sci-fi and you’ve covered all my favorites.
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Post by Gem Girl on Jan 29, 2023 19:44:48 GMT
I think that anybody who cops out with an "it was all just a dream" ending should have to retire his typewriter.
But, in the finding new things to read arena, my small city has 2 (small and smaller) libraries. When I'd gone through most of my usual preferences, I decided to read as many biographies as I could in one summer, in whatever order they appeared on the shelf. It really broadened my viewpoint.
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 29, 2023 19:50:55 GMT
Woman moves away from some bad situation -- loss of job, someone's death, break up, etc. -- moves to small town, meets Cute Guy, they connect and fall in love. The End. ugh ah...Hallmark movies
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Post by Lurkingpea on Jan 29, 2023 20:40:45 GMT
Hallmark movie like plots. Also 50 Shades being considered romantic.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jan 29, 2023 21:37:52 GMT
I started reading The Hotel Nantucket and it’s supposed to be set in current times. In the book someone is talking to a teenager and they say things like “she’s the bomb.” There’s no way a teenager now would talk like that, so I guess inaccurate slang is my dislike. It really took me out of the novel for a bit because I was so hung up on a teenager saying “the bomb” in 2021.
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 30, 2023 0:06:51 GMT
Does the dog die? I'm out.
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Post by HelenaJole on Jan 30, 2023 3:55:31 GMT
King Arthur mythos being incorporated into stories usually annoys me. Couldn't really say why.
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Jan 30, 2023 8:48:23 GMT
Romance i.e. Barbara C, M & B etc. Have never read one, never will. Stephen King is my favourite author, love Agatha Christie too.
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Post by huskergal on Jan 30, 2023 16:35:52 GMT
I get tired of stereotypes. I don't care what genre it is.
Alabaster or café au lait skin. Porcelain skin. Aqua eyes like pools of water. Green eyes like a cat. Blue eyes that you can swim in. Long red hair. Raven black hair. Perfect body.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jan 30, 2023 16:43:54 GMT
Woman moves away from some bad situation -- loss of job, someone's death, break up, etc. -- moves to small town, meets Cute Guy, they connect and fall in love. The End. ugh You've just outlined the plot of 80% of movies on the Hallmark channel. I'll agree that it doesn't make for a fascinating read. HA HA HA. I was going to say the SAME thing. Hallmark movies are rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. Does it stop me from watching them? Nope! DH used to tease me for watching them (I miss that and it's probably why I really haven't watched any since he passed). He'd say "Oh no! A misunderstanding, however will they make their way back to each other" or something like that. It started as a simple comment but when he realized it applies to every.single.movie, he was off and running.
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Post by Anita on Jan 30, 2023 17:18:13 GMT
Everything is tied up in a neat bow until the last chapter when, in a crazy depressing twist, the kid/the mom/the dog dies. (Yes, I'm looking at you, Jodi Picoult.) Right? I'm so tired of her twist endings that I refuse to read more of her. Which depresses me because she's a good writer. I always say that, get sucked in again, and get mad at myself all over again when I reach another twist Picoult ending. Just write a good story!
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Post by casii on Jan 30, 2023 17:21:43 GMT
Most Hallmark movie type storylines, most romance.
Especially romance where the woman leaves behind the high powered job in the city to find true love in a town with one stop light, one cafe, a main street full of boarded up storefronts that they plan to gentrify and a man in plaid whose family owns the Christmas tree farm (bespoke toy store, candy business, book store, you name it).
But most especially the twist ending where the love interest dies or you find out the entire book was a flashback after the love interest or worse, a child, dies. Nicholas Sparks, I hate you.
I also can't get into fantasy.
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Post by tmarschall on Jan 30, 2023 18:31:01 GMT
At this point it's probably easier to list what I do like. I'm a prolific reader. I've gone thru different times in my life where I loved schmaltzy romances, legal thriller/courtroom dramas or biographies. I read for escape, so while I do appreciate non-fiction or how -to's, I am in a mostly all fiction phase. I ideally want a good story with quirky interesting characters, sometimes who find they have more things in common than they thought or move past first impressions or stereotypes. I'm also not mad at stories about characters with family dysfunction. Not killing each other dysfunction, but maybe conflict or estrangement. It doesn't have to be tied up with a bow, but I do enjoy it when things get better. Throw in a food theme or redoing an old inn and I'm pretty good. I also have a handful of authors I usually read new releases if no matter what -- Paretsky, Jonathan Kellerman, etc.
No vampires, Sci fi, romance, supernatural, Colleen Hoover or the modern rom-coms. Overall I'm thrilled there's something out there for everyone though...reading has been my favorite activity for most of my life.
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Post by epeanymous on Jan 30, 2023 18:46:18 GMT
Aw, man. I love cozy mysteries! Give me a cat in a bookshop next to a bakery in an idyllic seaside or mountain town and a stupid killing of some real estate developer everyone hates.
My one thing is mysteries that have a supernatural explanation (unless that is VERY CLEAR from the premise of the book). Please no telepathy, astral projection, ghosts, time travel, or anything like that.
I am also 100% done with sad-sack self-destructive male protagonists who cheat on their wives/girlfriends or whatever.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jan 30, 2023 18:46:23 GMT
Romance i.e. Barbara C, M & B etc. Have never read one, never will. Stephen King is my favourite author, love Agatha Christie too. I had to laugh a little bit because I’m wondering how you know you don’t like them if you’re never read them? 🤷🏻♀️ As someone knocking on 60’s door, YA is a hard genre for me, but I’ve still read some that I thoroughly enjoyed. I never say never because I’ve read the gamut. I’m in a book club and don’t always enjoy the chosen book. But I at least give it a few chapter before I proclaim it “not for me.” It has introduced me to books I never would have picked up to read that I ended up really enjoying. Actually, our last book I hate read because i ended up disliking almost all the characters (French Braid by Anne Tyler for anyone wondering).
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 30, 2023 19:07:36 GMT
I will immediately discard any book where the synopsis indicates it has to do with a modern day woman connecting with someone in the past through found letters or unraveling a mystery of some kind. Really, any book where the action goes back and forth from the present day to the misty past of people long dead. I have no good reason for this. I just don’t like it. What common literary trope will make you reject a book? I kind of love books where it goes back and forth from past to present IF done right. I absolutely loved Cutting for Stone.
Mine is more of a genre; romance! I guess the trope part is people in their 20's full of angst not able to convey how they feel. They read situations wrong throughout the ENTIRE book. FFS, have a conversation!
Really, I have tried and tried. I'm okay with smut, but I don't want 50 shades. I want a good story, not an immature couple. Humor would be awesome. Imperfection a bonus. Why are these based around people with three figure incomes, dream jobs, but they just can't get their shit together when it comes to love?
Yes, I'm still annoyed with that light romance book I read to get away from reality. Setting was great. One of the main couples were ridiculous!
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Post by jenna on Jan 30, 2023 19:19:59 GMT
"good girl/bad boy he treats me badly because he loves me" "it's okay because I can FIX him"
No. That's abuse. Full stop. (looking at you jamie mcguire)
A LOT of ~risque~ romance novels are like this, especially new adult/college aged ones. And then they get made into movies and I'm still over here waiting for my favorite super terribly written shitty series to be made into something 😂
I also don't like sex filled books in general because so many read cringy as hell. "I felt him in my core", ummmm you should see a doctor STAT if that's the case.
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Post by Just T on Jan 30, 2023 19:26:34 GMT
The only thing I really do not like at all is explicit violence and explicit descriptions of sexual assault.
I really don't like romance novels, but romance in a novel is okay. LOL For some reason, while I love cheesy Hallmark movies, I don't like the same kind of book. Not sure why.
I also am not into science fiction.
I actually like cozy mysteries sometimes. A few years ago, I started the Maisie Dobbs series, and I think they are sweet, but I don't want to read stuff like that all the time.
I really love historical fiction set in the WWII era and some of them, are my favorite books. I like historical fiction in general.
I used to love Stephen King, but the last thing I read by him completely traumatized me, and I haven't read anything by him since. A friend gave the book The Outsider to me as a birthday gift because she knows I like his books, but man, that book...I could barely get through it because of the horrible descriptions of sexual assault against children. It was awful.
I also like books that jump back and forth in time, if they are done well. One of my favorite authors right now is Susan Meissner, especially A Fall of Marigolds. Every book I have read of hers weaves a story set in modern times with one from decades ago.
I am not a fan of Jodi Piccoult. I swore after I read My Sister's Keeper that I would never buy another book of hers, and I haven't. LOL The only time I have read one is if someone gives it to me.
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Post by Gem Girl on Jan 30, 2023 19:39:10 GMT
You've just outlined the plot of 80% of movies on the Hallmark channel. I'll agree that it doesn't make for a fascinating read. HA HA HA. I was going to say the SAME thing. Hallmark movies are rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. Does it stop me from watching them? Nope! DH used to tease me for watching them (I miss that and it's probably why I really haven't watched any since he passed). He'd say "Oh no! A misunderstanding, however will they make their way back to each other" or something like that. It started as a simple comment but when he realized it applies to every.single.movie, he was off and running. Aw, you like what you like, ain't wrong or right! ![:smile:](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) And, I'm sorry for your loss.
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Post by Gem Girl on Jan 30, 2023 19:43:56 GMT
"good girl/bad boy he treats me badly because he loves me" "it's okay because I can FIX him" No. That's abuse. Full stop. (looking at you jamie mcguire) A LOT of ~risque~ romance novels are like this, especially new adult/college aged ones. And then they get made into movies and I'm still over here waiting for my favorite super terribly written shitty series to be made into something 😂 I also don't like sex filled books in general because so many read cringy as hell. "I felt him in my core", ummmm you should see a doctor STAT if that's the case.LOL!
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jan 30, 2023 21:18:16 GMT
Where the main female character is a flake, but everyone loves her, and the gorgeous guy falls for her instantly. I just cannot stand women made out to be completely clueless about life. I don't expect them to be an expert on everything, but please have some working brain cells. I see this so often when they have to start over and suddenly know nothing. Like yes, you are going to need a permit or two to operate a food truck. Yes, these events have rules you need to follow. Being or playing clueless is not cute or a redeeming quality in any way.
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Post by Gem Girl on Jan 30, 2023 23:31:04 GMT
Where the main female character is a flake, but everyone loves her, and the gorgeous guy falls for her instantly. I just cannot stand women made out to be completely clueless about life. I don't expect them to be an expert on everything, but please have some working brain cells. I see this so often when they have to start over and suddenly know nothing. Like yes, you are going to need a permit or two to operate a food truck. Yes, these events have rules you need to follow. Being or playing clueless is not cute or a redeeming quality in any way. If she's theoretically just been too sheltered to have any way of knowing how things work in the real world, it's one thing. Playing clueless is idiotic, as is any man who would find that endearing. Any guys I've considered worth knowing like smart, fully functioning adults. Just my take.
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Post by mimima on Jan 31, 2023 3:31:54 GMT
I'm not a fan of love triangles. Or adultry. Or any combination therein.
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