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your book pet-peeves, e/lit/ists

share your hate

>> No.951044

smouldering gazes

deep-chested males

Abrupt endings that translate to HOPE YOU BUY THE SEQUEL

>> No.951063

detailed and poetic descriptions of the main character ON THE FIRST PAGE

angsty vampires

bad translation

>> No.951070

BABY FUCK,
BABY FUCK !!!!!
IT'SSS AWW-RIGHTTT !!

>> No.951077

Books written by women
Books with a strong and empowered female lead character who still manages to remain feminine despite her position of responsibility.
Basically any of the conventional Chick-lit conventions
Overly busy covers
Anything recommended by Oprah (the Road being a notable exception)

>> No.951358

Oh, you think the story is getting quite exciting don't you?
Well, here are two chapters full of sceenery descriptions or something arbitrary that serves no other purpose but to add to the page length and bore you.

>> No.951369
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>>951077

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>> No.951379

>>951077
Oprah recommended The Road?

>> No.951386

>>951379
She even invited Cormac McCarthy to her show.

>> No.951388

Those damn "venti" paperbacks. Why do our books need to be taller?

>> No.951399

Twenty year old books with new cover art re-released and merchandised in the "New Releases" section.

>> No.951420

These types of threads.
No, I'm not joking.

>> No.951431

>>951420
Are you sure? Coz, only, you sound like you're joking in my head when I read your post.

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>> No.951470

Introductions and prefaces that expect you to have already read the book they precede.

>> No.951472

>>951431
Nope. Not joking.

>> No.951486

Books featuring struggling but gifted writers as protagonists.
I'M LOOKING AT YOU STEPHEN KING

>> No.951503

Any variation of "he whispered silently" or "he said silently." That shit doesn't even make any sense.

Also, songs in stories. Fuck your shit Tolkien, I'm skipping over them.

>> No.951507

books that sneak in gay characters, wtf if i wanted to read about fags i'd go on /y/

>> No.951519

>>951507

cough*dumbledore*cough

>> No.951521

Books that are post-modern in the smug, self-congratulatory way usually dealing with some sort of historicist plot and a narrator who is so obviously unreliable. It's been done before.

>> No.951528

>>951077
But 100 Years of Solitude was recommended by Oprah. It was also fantastic.

>> No.951531

>>951038
The expression "pet peeve."

>> No.951533

>>951077
Several of Faulkner's novels are recommended by Oprah.

>> No.951568

>>951519

I think it's pretty obvious that Rowling realized it didn't fucking matter so she just humored the retarded press conference question by saying "yes, Dubledore is gay."

>> No.951648

When authors use big words in place a slightly smaller words just to make them selves appear smarter. Bonus points if the bigger word is wrong.

In the 7th Harry Potter: Pg 45: "... figures began to pop into sight as their Disillusionment Charms lifted." First of all it should be some form of the word illusion. Disillusionment means the illusion is taken away so how would the charm lifting make them visible when by it's name it should take away any illusion.

Hate it when authors don't know the words they write.

>> No.951699

>>951568

It wasn't at a pressconference and she wasn't asked if he was gay
FAIL
Originated at a special booksigning and reading night at Carnegie hall and the question she was asked was if Dumbledore had ever been in love with someone
That's when she replied she always thought of him as gay and goes on to answer that he was in love with Grindlewald etc. etc.

>> No.952202

When books with an initially good idea behind them turn into shallow, event driven, nonsensical drivel

>> No.952277

threads that consist of a bunch of aspie basement dwellers venting their stupid frustrations

>> No.952305

When the spines of paperbacks turn into a sort of weird C shape.
Characters that seem to have not one human thought.

>> No.952312

forgot to sage

>> No.952345

>>952312

>forgot to sage

I know you are a troll, but forgot to sage?
So you go back and post again?
/facepalm

>> No.952347

I can't believe that Dumbledore dies!!

>> No.952369

>>951648

I thought disillusionment was a synonym for disenchantment, i.e. losing faith/hope/whatever.

>> No.952385

when an author keeps repeating a single, unusual word to make people think hes smart

makes the rest of the book retarded

>> No.952388

oprah recommended anna karenina too

that poster is dumb

>> No.952402

Dumbledore!!! NOOOO!!!!!!

>> No.952421

The current trend for minimalist covers. ALL MY BOOKS ARE EITHER BLACK OR WHITE. I want a picture on the front.