THINGS I HATE IN BOOKS
Вставка
- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Book Depository Affiliate:
www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid...
2ND CHANNEL // / jessegeorgevlogs
IG // / jessethereader
FB // / jessethereader
GR // / jessethereader
TR // / jessethereader
SC // jessethereader
Thanks for all your support!
I hate the "I'm breaking up with you because I love you" trope and the "everything falls apart because of miscommunication" trope
Omg, you are so right!! These are SO annoying. 😒
jewel DiSalvo yes!! It always frustrates me to no end when that happened! Like, can’t you just communicate with each other?!
why did i immediately think of shrek
Oh YES those tropes irk me so damn much like, TALK THINGS OUT PEEPS.
Omg i hate that i am braking up with u bcoz i love u so much. I despise it like seriously who does that?like in twillight when edward breaks up bella bcoz he loves her and then patches up again. I am like if u really loved her so much then but sid you leave her in the first place
My biggest bookish pet peeve is female main characters that need a guy to help them understand how “truly beautiful” they are.
Thats why we have our badass Izzy, Ginny, Hermione and other girls that kick ass.
Aman Khatar Really ? No Annabeth ? No Katniss ? I think that they deserve it to stand on that list . I like Izzy and Ginny but I think that Annabeth and Katniss are more badass
@@hassegees4839 I love Annabeth and Katniss I was just giving a few examples what about Tris from divergent and Cassie from the 5th wave?
@@hassegees4839 I also said and other girls
@@Garfield7410 Don't forget Lila Bard from a Darker Shade of Magic
'I'm Just PLAIN, BORING, and COMPLETELY ORDINARY LOOKING girl. No one gonna want me.'
SURPRISE! 3 Male characters try to kiss her in the next chapter.
That's kotlc with Sophie, Dex, Keefe, and Fitz.
Claire Adelaide So true! She thinks she's boring and plain, but somehow 3/4 guys have a crush on her. How and why?!
The accuaracy
Hahahahaha as someone ugly and boring i know that it’s so unrealistic (for example alina in s&b she was like "I’m so ugly no one likes me" and then boom darkling, mal, nikolai and nikolais brother fall for her ) that shit is so ughhh I’m talking from experience it’s really not how it gonna be.
like what in the wattpad 😭
'She let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding.'
Nik OH MY GOD NO
OH. MY. GAWSH. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
EVERY BOOK. EVERY. BOOK. EVERY👏BOOK👏HAS👏THAT👏SENTENCE👏👏👏👏
The worst
UGH I HATE THIS LINE SO MUCH! Seriously though, why is it in every single book?! 😒
"hate is a very strong word" *like twenty seconds later* I DESPISE this"
I was thinking the same thing 😂
safer apocalypse hate is strong word...
So let's give it steroids and name it "despise"
me what I hate about book is everything I don't read and im athletic
safer apocalypse I always tell people “don’t hate, just despise with a burning passion”
@@hanphilnoffz8827 Why are you watching a video about books then?
I hate it when the main character is convinced she's 'plain' yet she's actually beautiful and everybody knows except her
ChristianBookReview I'd like it if a female lead didn't comment on her looks. No mention at all of them other than from other characters and for the love interest to love her for her personality. And yes I wish Hollywood would represent their characters correctly!
Kitty Collins everyone says that to get attention
Idk But i like skittle nah
Yeah same, this is a good one :)
Kitty Collins OH MY GOD YES
This may not be a popular opinion, but I'm really getting sick of the "bad boy" character. I much prefer a sweet, thoughtful love interest to one who smirks, is totally ripped, and makes rude jokes. Not to mention the female main character ALWAYS falls for him. 😒
Yeah, same, there are so many other personalities, and yet the world just gets hung up on that one. I was surprised he didn't mention it.
And when there's a love triangle including both types 😒
Me thinks of Petta
@@elblack4980 Peeta? From Hunger Games? That's who I was writing about lol
69 likes..
One thing that bothers me about female main characters in fantasy (and other genres) is that they never mention their period. It's a weird pet peeve, but it's just soooo unrealistic if they try to survive or are travelling or wathever for months and they never mention their period. I mean...how do they survive in the jungle without tampons? Just a little unrealistic.
Another thing is typos, they irritate me so much!
true throne of glass is the only fantasy book I've ever read that has a main character which gets her peroid and also struggles with cramps
Tamora Pierce had a lot of mentions of periods in her books.
You should read "The Gift" by Alison Croggon. There is a chapter where the main character has her first period and its funny but at the same time really well played. And throughout the rest of the book she states that she needed to bring pain medicine and how her cycle was aligned with the moon cycle. I really enjoyed the book.
YESSS! I am reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan and literally the first book, nobody mentions a period. I'm like "helloo! You live in a village with no modern medicine or real women products! How do you deal with a period?!" It drives me nuts.
When I first read The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong, I was surprised. Literally the first chapter is about the main character starting her period and it's this big thing and I'm like "girl, same." It's refreshing when characters are relatable. Periods also happen every month? How can a girl skip talking about it?
Charlotte Ottevaere IKR!!! I thought I was the only one that noticed that I've read about 4 books where girls do mention it and most of them were by the same author🙄
Some of my bookish pet peeves are cover changes mid-series, bad love triangles, insta-love and the I'm not like other girls trope.
Cassie Hall YES!!
Cassie Hall I hate cover change because I feel like I have to buy the new ones
Totally agree!
HATE LOVE TRIANGLES
Rachel Hernandez totally agree. The only one I’ve ever seen done well is The Infernal Devices.
'Love triangle'
*eye starts twitching*
Starlit Unicorn for me, I don't like love triangle resolution. I don't feel like there's ever a good way for them to end. Either both love interests are likable, in which case I just hate the main character for dragging them both along because they deserve so much better. Or, one love interest is obviously better than the other, in which case I just want the main character too forget about the loser and go be happy. In cases where the main character picks the "wrong one" it seems really wrong that this amazing person got their heart broken, and it gives the main couple's happiness a bitter edge.
I hope that helps, just my personal opinions, others probably feel differently.
Starlit Unicorn its cliché and overused. It doesn't give the story something interesting and makes it very common. It's the same thing over again: should I chose him/her or him/her? It gets really repetitive and adds nothing interesting. That's my opinion anyway
Starlit Unicorn Glad to help! I'm a writer as well, so I get how important it is to know why certain tropes are unpopular. Good luck with whatever you're writing!
Starlit Unicorn that's not a problem! Thanks for your kind reply. Most people get but hurt. Good luck with writing!
I personally like the Percy Jackson/Rachel Dare/Annabeth Chase Love Triangle because it’s not as noticeable. Percy doesn’t even ever really like Rachel.
I feel like I must be the only person ever that never cares or remembers what the characters look like? Like they could give me a detailed description of the protagonist and I'll still probably make up my own image of them (Obviously that doesn't mean that we dont need representation of different shapes and sizes-- WE DO. I just never remember what the characters look like lol)
Katie B. I know how you feel. For example Sansa Stark is described to have brown hair a million times, but in my head she is just blonde.
lol or i'll read it and i'll be like 'nah i don't like that' and i'll create my own idea of what they look like.
I do the exact same! That's one reason why I enjoy books that don't usually describe what the character looks like. I literally just create this picture of someone by hearing their name and they have a face.
The worst for me is when they put a face on the cover of the book........... I hate it. I love creating my own character and when they put an actual face (on the cover) to the main character, it ruins everything. Because then I can't see anything but the face on the cover and I'd rather my brain do it than the covers.
Same!!
At least Sansa's hair is tied to her identity in a meaningful way (i.e. she and all of Ned Stark's "true" children looking more Tully than Stark) and then later having auburn hair as an identifier she needs to disguise to stay safe.
I hate the "girl waits till her guy best friend (that she is in love with) has a girlfriend before she confesses her love to him" thing
I hate it when the main characters think there ugly and plain when their described like models. Like seriously?!?! Also I hate when they have to have their boyfriend tell them they're beautiful or else they won't believe it.
Genesis Pichardo PREACH! 👏
YAAS I feel the same way
Exactly this.. lol
Genesis Pichardo Yes. That is so annoying.
Genesis Pichardo yeah, that is making me cringe AF and can almost makes me down rate the entire book just for it!
“Different body types being represented in media!” SAY IN LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK JESSE
Safiyyah Alli yes! Hearing you girl! I would point that when characters have different body type it is point out has a negative things or being a big deal instead of just being normal, like if you are not standard you cannot be happy, it sends a wrong message to young readers.
Safiyyah Alli hell yeahhhh
Safiyyah Alli YESSS!!!!!!!
I don’t like books where the entire plot takes place in one or two days. I understand that sometimes it’s hard to make a plot last over months without it dragging on, but sometimes I’m reading a book that’s filled with so much action and the author expects me to believe all of that happened in two days. At least give it a week or two at most.
Nicolas flamel series has 6 books and only a week!!!! Is covered. I was so triggered!!
the only time i’ve seen it done well is in the sun is also a star
Unless the book is about an event that takes place in one or two days
I hate when parents neglect to inform the children of their history and shenanigans ensue. *shiver and gag.*
charity yoder in my book, there's something like that but instead of parents, it's the entire tribe. And it's not like they truly want to keep it away but they learn at a certain age. And it's not like my main will never know, because it's in ancient writings and her father's journals, but it was stolen from the people who massacred her people so she travels to their land to get it back. Is this okay?
Rachel E. wow lol it’s a cool idea
(You be getting this notification a year later lol)
@@rachele.3229 very cool idea!
I just HATE when a character describes himself through is reflection on a mirror. Especially when this character is a girl who describes herself as ugly with ugly weird eyes and ugly straight hair and everything but every male in the book are like "woaaaa she's so gorgeous". Meh.
Twenty Yon Océane YES THANK YOU
I know right?! So annoying. 😒
Twenty Yon Océane true! So annoying
Twenty Yon Océane SAAAAME
And we have a winner KATY from the lux series......
I dislike love triangles as well. I think authors need to focus less on sexual tension, and start writing emotional tension
Exactly!!!
"Hey, check out this Love triangle"
"GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!"
"But it's Jem, Will and Tessa!"
"Ok, bring it back"
Lmao same
Periodt.
I absolutely HATE it when clearly, everything could be solved and good if the character just got right to the point of explaining something and then they lag on and on with useless stuff not actually getting to the point with would fix their problems and causing a lot of unnecessary drama.
(More like a fanfiction thing)
-if the person is EVER sick, they're pregnant
-“oh my god, i'm too young to have a baby“ continues to have baby
-no one considers abortion or has even heatd of it (pro life and all, but you can't tell me they aren't thinking about it for at least a split second. Also, nobody mentions it)
-mc is the daughter of /insert canon character/ (can be good if it's well done)
-“omg, mc is sooo powerfull, she could punch darth vader in the face, kick thanos off his chair, outwit the doctor, correct sherlock, and kill voldemort all while painting her toenails!!
I love that Magnus is an exception to your gay men and glitter rule. I freaking love him.
@@emilyhennessey8294 i swear was about to say the same
@@emilyhennessey8294 I know. And that's not his only personality trait. He has so much going on for him. He honestly cares so much about his friends. Like, remember when he was ready to sacrifice himself to his father to get the gang out of edom? He is just so amazing, I just can't...
Not specific to books...but I hate it when the author tries too hard in portraying their main character as strong and powerful...when they’re not.
S. L. Yes I totally agree, like if you're a wimp just own it lol
jewel DiSalvo 😂 hahahahahaha
"Cough cough" , the first trone of glass book.
"The main girl character has more chemistry with the best friend then the main guy character" *sees the collection of Shadowhunters books behind him* Holy shit if that isn't some irony
When authors try way too hard to refrain from using he/she/they. This is mostly in fanfictions, but I see it in published books too. I cannot tell you how many times I've read a Merlin fanfiction that uses "the raven-haired boy" instead of "he" or "Merlin." It's just not necessary.
I love your username
@Stranger Things Fan and I love yours!
"they" is not a gender.
@@gracielapeneff9672 Have you ever heard of non-binary people? Educate yourself. It's 2020. Also, what about if they were speaking of a group of people? " *They* walked through the park" for example. Think before you correct
@@gracielapeneff9672 They is for people who don't conform to either gender or conform a little bit to both. Or maybe they just want to be referred to as they.
Jesse: *brings up SJM*
me: *reaches for the popcorn*
InkandDragons lol same
Lol 😂
YES
Me reaches up for tea 🍵
Repeated phrase. City of fallen angels. Froze, frozen and ice metaphors. I ended up smacks the book into my face many times.
Something else that annoys me is when a character suddenly knows how to fight with no training whatsoever. Do you know how long it takes to learn high level defence. Ages. Trust me.
Sold My Soul To The Wrong Demon Yeah same. Like when a character learns maybe one type of punch or something and another character who actually knows how to fight decides they're fine to go take part in some minor battle or something
Okay this one is really weird but when I first read Clockwork Angel I got so mad because of how many times Jem shrugged I dont even know if it was actually written that much but it still annoyed me so much!!!!!
Sold My Soul To The Wrong Demon exactly !!!!! Like they've gotten their powers and BAM they are gods
Clary. God! she called Isabelle. why couldn't she just wait for her!!!!!!!
I tought of Annebeth while reading your comment ( that’s because on of the last chapters from moA )
"Hunky, perfect, WAY too good looking character"
Soooo its Edward Cullen?
I feel like most of the time love triangles are only there because:
1. The Main Character is annoyingly indecisive
2. Add more to the non existent plot
3. To annoy the reader
You can say "I love you" immediately if you're Ted Mosby
and marry that person right after if you are Ross from friends
Best comment.
Good one! Or if you are Anna from Frozen.
You can always make a Play Book and never have to worry about falling in love until you do with your best bro's ex.
Georgia Low what is the reference?
99% of love triangles: Character meets a person who they instantly falls in love with but oh no, their opposite sex best friend for many years is in love with them too! Who will they end up with? (It's always the one they instantly fell in love with.)
Alma S YUUUUUPPPP
SIMON!!!! ISABELLE!!!!!!
Clary Jace and Simon
"Their heart beat so loudly they feared the love interest/villain could hear it."
My least favorite trope (in y/a books specifically) is the "short, petite, doesnt think shes beautiful but everyone else does" character😩 I also really hate the "bad boy who's misunderstood and has a sad past" trope
I highly dislike it when the main character is just realizing how 'magical' they are. Unless its explained like a random magical girl type thing, but I mean they suddenly find out that their parents have been hiding this huge secret. Here is why: most of the time, the main character just accepts it. There is no realistic reaction 99.9% of the time. If I found out that my parents were hiding that I was some secret supernatural being or powerful, I would be freaking out and questioning why I had never noticed before, not accepting it immediately. Also, I don't care for OP characters.
When Jesse and Emma post at the same time 😱 I am so happy 😇
Me too 😍
Fizza Cheema i thought the same :)
I get why Jesse stands where the mortal instruments are😂
"Missing parents"
"Love triangle"
"picks the guy she just met rather than the best friend"
*roll eyes*
Book that starts off with what you assume is a love triangle but actually turns into a healthy poly relationship. Let's explore that.
OH DAMN
healthy poly relationship? no such thing as that.
Have u read the dark artifices? Keiran, Mark, and Christina
@nithya kalepalli KIERARKTINA FOR LIFE!!! 💖💖
@@knightcauliflower When I saw this comment I was going to mention Mark, Christina and Kiern but you bet me to it 😂
I don't know why but I hate reading dreams in books. Sometimes it's not so bad... especially when they are quick. but I hate when people tell me their dreams in real life, especially in extreme detail, so those feelings always creep up when I'm reading dreams.
Same!!!! OMG, i thought I was just weird!
I know!! I also have a problem with dream sequences. They're very rarely interesting and I'm always like, gee, get on with the story already!
I hate dreams and flashbacks in books, like when they're written as a scene rather than a recollection *shudder*
Me too!
Oh my goodness and then the author gets off topic and I'm just here like, "ugh... can we get back what's actually happening..."
Lol, for Sarah J. Maas I thought you were going to say "Their eyes were lined with silver" to indicate someone tearing up. No one cries in those books, their eyes are just "lined with silver." Good luck unseeing that now :P
I actually love love triangles when they are done well. So much drama!
She also says "armed to the teeth" so much
No one's eyes line with silver we all turn into Kim kardashian when she ugly cries.
Yes! They're always armed to the teeth while baring their teeth at each other XD
Hahaha, so true! No one ever looks unnatractive while crying in books XD
A World of Words When I agree with that but there are a few rare books where there are ugly crying. The one that comes to mind(probably cuz I just finish reading it) is Without Merit by Colleen Hoover. She says in the book that she know she looks ugly while crying
Can we take a moment and respect Harry Potter once again:
An extremely refreshing lack of conventional beauty
He fell in love with Ginny BECAUSE she became strong a confident in her own time, his love didn't CAUSE her to become brave and intelligent out of no where.....also she weaved Harry falling in love with her so slowly into the story that it just felt right when it finally came along-insta love was just not even a thing at all (ok except with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley but "when you know, you know")
The Hermione/Ron/Lavender "love triangle" was done so subtly and briefly that I wouldn't even really call it a love triangle, it was just the characters maturing into who they were meant to be with
Also I hate when characters just automatically either have "straight As" or a "B average" and that just defines them as a human for the rest of the series and then they never bring up school again, HP and Ron literally uniquely struggled through their course work in every single book and that's real life ok
Also Harry is hardcore angsty teen in book 5 but then you find out that he literally was being influenced by voldemort's soul and it wasn't just for the aesthetic.....
Anyway I have lots more to say but you see my point long live JK Rowling and her perfection
Hey, I know I'm really late, but I wanted to say something
First of all, I completely respect your opinion. I'm not trying to force moments on yours or anything.
I love Harry Potter and all, but there's definitely some aspects I don't really like.
1.) There isn't much diversity. There's like barely any black people in the school. I've only seen like two in the movies. I think there could be a bit more.
2.) I know this is really picky, but basilisk fangs are supposed to destroy a horcrux, right? And Harry has a horcrux inside of him. In the chamber of secrets, he gets stabbed with a basilisk fang, and it doesn't destroy the horcrux. What?
3.) This is a personal one. I personally prefer some other books to Harry Potter because Harry Potter is just so popular. I prefer to read books that, yes, are popular and are good, but not as popular as Harry Potter.
I'm sorry if I offended you with any of these points. And sorry I'm very late
@@blurryhds The answer for point no. 2 was something along the lines that the item that was a horcrux had to be completely destroyed. Harry's horcrux wasn't destroyed because he didn't die.
@@khushbooprasad6519 ooohh okay
Unpopular opinion right here: I love heaps of books, but I just don’t like Harry Potter. Mainly because I am a Christian and it has heaps of witchcraft in it, but also because of how much people talk about it. It gets sooo annoying! Sorry but yeah...
@@igglepiggle8447 yeah almost exactly the same for me. I do love it and all, it's a really good book series, but sometimes I just get a bit sick of it being so popular. And so may people talk about it. If it was a slightly more out of the way book series, I would probably love it more, but it's because it's so popular
Yeah, love at first sight? I don't believe in it. EXTREMELY annoying in books... but even worse in real life!
I feel like the MI characters, usually Clary, black out like 58 times every book. And she ends half the chapters with someone either passing out or falling asleep.
I also hate the phrase "he/she looked up through their lashes" like how is that physically possible ??? Cassie Clare explain ???
Emily G they never get headaches after being knocked out either. Not that actually tamper with their life.
Side note: I can't help but think of Jason Grace.
why does this remind me of Jason Grace lol
"Looked up through their lashes" has always irritated me! I get it, the character is being cute/coy, whatever.
You're right, too! I just tried it. I can't even see my lashes to look through them. Rolling ones eyes that far up in your head really just makes a person look possessed.
I LOVE to read and I LOVE books ... so how is it that they grate on all my nerves sometimes? 😀
Looking up through lashes usually looks like something like this: The character sitting down so that they have to look up at someone, their head slightly lowered and tilted because the character being unable to hold direct eye contact makes them look shy and coy.
Funny, I haven't really seen that one. But I feel like the falling asleep/blacking out is just when authors didn't really plot it out too well and they don't know what should come next and they just have to do something to move on.
I can't stand love triangles
I love love triangles (if their written well with all the feels.)
SAME! I've read a lot of them... The only love triangle I actually liked was the one in the Kane Chronicles!
I like love triangles when written well also three ways I enjoy three ways
Same🙄😶
Repeats sentences or phrases: Stephanie Meyer in all of Twilight: HE CHUCKLED
These were some good ones, but personally I'm really getting tired of the trope where there's a really pretty female main character who just has really low self esteem so whenever some random guy comes along who becomes a prospective love interest tells her that she's beautiful, she can't even take a compliment so she can't believe he thinks that of her so she just falls in love with him for it, sometimes even regardless of what his personality is like. So if that trope was gone out of books forever I'd really be okay with it! 👌
reminds me of Tris and four
Rebeca A if you want like the opposite of this read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Yessss why can't they have confidence like our girl izzy
I am so early and I also hate when characters fall in love in like the first 50 pages after never knowing each other, like come on!
I know, right? I just can't stand insta-love. 😒
SAME
When authors put a gay character mainly for the purpose of being gay and sassy. Not all gay people behave that way. Also, I've read books where after like 2 books into the series the main character feels the need to repeat that someone is gay like 50 times, and says she's all about being differen't. Can't we treat being gay normal in books? (usually YA)
Agent69 Totally agree, that’s why I really fell in love with The Raven Cycle (that’s a spoiler-free spoiler, i guess?)
Or when they put a person of colour as a minor character just to have a person of colour on the book (looking at you Five Feet Apart)
“I wish I could show you the book I was thinking about” he says standing in front of the mortal instruments series
“but being able to say I love you in two days?”
*slides dark sunglasses on*
“.....can’t relate”
me: OOOOOO DAMN HE WAS RIGHT THAT’S SOME HELLA SHADE
YES! The parent never being around trope is just so ANNOYING! Like, I remember reading Miss Mayhem and there is a part where Harper disappears and doesn’t comes home all night. ALL NIGHT. AND HER PARENTS DO NOTHING! My mother would literally be calling in the police, army and SWAT teams to look for me. And I am a 25 year old adult.
And maybe I’m a little too hard on my authors, but I can’t stand seeing typos while I’m reading! There should always be tons of proof reading BEFORE the book is printed!!
Yeah, that always irritates me! Especially because I know they've had to have gone through the manuscript thousands of times!
BeautifulBooks&Beans YES!
Especially the 'obvious' ones that SOMEONE should have caught - in beta reading, in the rewrites - SOMEONE. The one that comes to mind? "She turned and tapped on the window pain." What?? Since when do windows have pain? Is it in their stomachs? Their ears? Um. . .yeah. No. If you're a writer. . .you should know better than this! Granted, sometimes our fingers hammer out odd spellings, and we can confuse ourselves with when to use different spellings. But the info is all there online! True, a spell check would not catch this. But rewrites, rereads, beta readers, editors. . .SOMEONE should catch this sort of thing. lol
“Love within days? **Puts on Sunglasses** Can’t relate🙄”
-Jesse 20-something
😂
The trope when the female protagonist is a doormat character and always fall in love with the bad boy
I DESPISE instalove. It immediately gets at least a star knocked off for ish like that for me. I just can't. NO TOLERANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO FALL IN LOVE IN 4 MINUTES lol.
I agree with literally everything you said here XD.
YES! Thank you. Instalove is probably my most hated trophe, tbh. 😒
I started reading a werewolf novel on Wattpad, and the author tried to write this away by saying, "Oh, once the alpha claims a mate, the feelings follow really quickly." And then like a chapter later, "they complete each other," and "he's a better person when you're around," and "I think I'm ready to have sex with you even though I wasn't last chapter and there hasn't been any significant time jumps or events that changed this for me." Super annoying. Gave up on it.
VintageWonderland if the character is drugged that’s the only When Instalove works
You used to not believe in that stuff but my mom got divorced. She didn't date for like four years and she got reconnected with a boy that went to High school with her. She didn't know him well but they were just so close so fast. I'm seeing true love right before my eyes. In books, I have forgiven Insta love.
Some pet peeves I have: cover changes during the series, characters that come mid series and tell the main character they are meant to be together when there's a ship with the main character and his/her friend that was there since the beginning of the series and not being able to get the next book in the series after I finish a book
Emmaghost8 sounds a little like throne of glass 😂
trinity coll 😂
1:52 I think we all know what book he's talking about.
*SPOILER*
Mortal instruments :)
Simon and Clary?
I'm an aspiring writer/author... I'll keep this in my mind.
love shady Jesse
What I hate is when one character blames themselves for something they could not have foreseen. Like: Character A invites character B over for dinner. On their way to the house B gets into an accident and is severely injured or even killed. Then A will blame themselves forever for inviting that person over and I just CAN NOT STAND IT, does anyone use common sense in these books, ever? Don't you have enough issues without blaming yourself for something you by no means of interpretation had any control over?
Phelie315 but like that's human nature in real life things like that happen too. but i can totally see why that would be annoying to you.
maybe, but I hate when people do that in real life, too... XD
Phelie315 trueee if it goes on for too long I'm like get over it girll. maybe I'm way toooo impatient.
Honestly every character in the shadowhunter chronicles, that is one of my favorite series but every single character blames themselves at some point
Phelie315 i get what you mean and I see why it's annoying but when a person is so filled with grief and is upset they can't help but think they could have done more and that's just human nature. The person is so filled with emotion that they aren't using logic. I do see what you mean and yes it is annoying but it's also real
This video is actually very helpful for an aspiring young writer
Yeah! Correct, I am also working on my first novel AND this video plus the comments are so helpful for me. Thanks everybody...
Seems interesting.. I would love to read that book.
You know that nervous feeling You have inside about your first book, I am going through that..
@Morgan Jacobs It isn't scary but creative and inspiring, though..
@Morgan Jacobs Hey, do you wanna give me any tips as a writer?
@Morgan Jacobs Oh great, this IS the same thing I try to do, thinking and thinking about the fantasy prompts in my leisure time, that's what I do nowadays. And writing them down in the memo..
Sarah J Maas with the word 'growled'
She uses "snarled" a lot too
YES, instant love drives me crazyyyyy, like where’s the draaaaama and the moments where there’s sexual tension that drives everyone crazy cuase they usually hate eachother.😭
SJM is horrible with being repetitive. Ever read ACOMAF? "He snarled, she snarled, they snarled." "My mate, his mate, her mate." "I flipped a rude gesture, he flipped a rude gesture, she flipped a rude gesture." PLEASE MAKE IT STOP I CANNOT STAND THOSE BOOKS.
Get a life
She does use and reuse alot of the same phrases in the same books. As a writer, you're supposed to catch yourself from doing that.
Jess Willard I love Sarah SO MUCH but in the ACOTAR books she’s super repetitive
Please define the acronyms cuz I can't remember books by that.
she actually keeps repeating the phrase "darkness between the stars" but im not annoyed though i just noticed
My pet peeve is probably when the editor misses typos and I find them
The book that's right behind him is the one where the girl falls in love with a random guy rather than her guy best friend.
I hate , Hate, hate ,hate love triangles With burning passion !!🙅🙅🙅😤😤
The only one that I liked was in the infernal devices trilogy but it's by Cassandra Claire , she can pull off anything .
Most of the YA writers these days shove in love triangles to create unnecessary drama. Hardly any of the writers write love triangles that are worth reading. Most of the time it is obvious who the girl will end up with, and it seems like the second guy is only introduced to make the first guy look good .
( I gave the example of a love triangle with one girl and two guys , just became this kind is awfully common.I'm not saying that Love triangles with one guy and two girls don't exist) Besides all this it seems like the writer's twisted attempt of trying to banish the main characters insecurities and no to mention writers come up with this conveniently when they are running out of ideas .
Starlit Unicorn It felt nice getting all that frustration off chest !!😀
ToG be like- Aelin "swore she..."
Dorian "swore he..."
Chaol "swore he..."
WE GET IT, YOU FREAKIN BLIND
"Wowwww I didn't expect that!! ...No i did expect that"😂
"Velvet wrapped steel" STAHP. JUST STAHP.
I feel prophecies are over used and predictable. If they are written well they can add to the story, but whenever I see a prophecy I cringe a little.
If it's used as a vessel to guide the characters along, and not just as something the author kind of said happened at the beginning and then uses it as one last attempt to keep the story going when we've all forgotten about it, I think it's fine. One example I can bring up is the Warriors series by Erin Hunter, which I have a lot of issues with, but the prophecies were done very well.
Hi Jesse! I love your vids. Something I personally HATE in books is when the author falsely describes characters. Like when they try to make you think that eg. this person is ruthless and doesn't have emotions, but those things don't describe their actions and in reality they are this emotional sweet and kind person. It just comes off like they are trying to show that this peron is changing but we didn't see the process of them changing.
In Sarah J Maas' books you see a lot of 'he barked and he purred' as well. 😂
YES. EXACTLY
'I ran into a brick wall' end up being a person
Omg the repetitive writing thing is so true with Sarah J Maas, like “made flesh” and “hissed”. The other one is Cassie Clare’s “dripping with sarcasm” 😫😂
Add "my mate" and "brutal" to the SJM list of repetitive writing. I have to put the book down and let out my own breath every time those pop up.
I agree with my mate but brutal? I would not associate that word with SJM. I don't see that word as repetitive. Can you give me an example?
Don't have the books on me but it's a variety of "brutal fae strength" "brutal armies" "brutal smile" etc. It's mostly in the ACOMAF series and then in EoS and ToD. Might not be as often as my mate but it's there.
+SaniyaWalu oh I see. Well, that's definitely an often used word
Me: I don’t like love triangles in books either
Also Me: My favourite book has a love SQUARE
Marissa Chiu Does it happen to be keeper of the lost cities by Shanna Messenger?
“Being able to say I love you in two days.. *puts on shades* can’t relate” 😂😂😂 me either Jesse me either. That’s why i don’t watch shows that include love at first sight
She's not like other girls, she wears shoes without laces at a school dance.
I feel you on the heavy-handed “important message” bit. I️ certainly don’t mind characters having specific values and naturally living them, so you can just see what they stand for in an organic way. But it drives me bananas I feel like I’m being preached to by the author (and not the character) about their politics/ideology/whatever message they have. And makes me even more frustrated that the author does this and must think it’s subtle enough that we as readers won’t pick up on the fact that they’re giving us a values lecture.
The internal devices is my life that love triangle was breaking me and it still does!
Tabitha Spears the only love triangle I will allow!
True it still breaks my heart after few years after reading it.
I love sarah j maas books too, but w hers specifically i dont like how possessive the character ships are of each other. Like they are constantly dominating each other saying "you are mine" and making like they own the other person. Idk i dont find that romantic at all maybe its just me lol
At least it makes sense in universe, since half of the cast is some kind of semi-animalistic non-human...
*shrug*
I think it's a Fae thing, how they're all so territorial and possessive and stuff. But idk, just an idea
I don’t like love triangles either but i also really dislike when characters have unrealistic lives. Like teenagers just having a whole bunch of money and being able to travel or having perfect fighting skills or perfect magic skills right after learning about it😂
Jessica Urvizu THHHANNNNKKKKK YOU!
Lol yes same, they're like 'I have all the skills now, aren't I amazing?" and I'm like "Really? Yesterday you had no idea how to do any of those things!" 😁
Phoenix95 Productions “woah i have magic? I HAVE MASTERED THE ART OF MAGIC! KAPOW KAPOOM AVADA KEDAVRA!!!”
+Jessica Urvizu Yes exactly! 😁😂
In YA, I get so fed up with teen characters that are just into older music/classic rock. Like you rarely see any mention of modern music?? These authors know that most teens listen to newer music right???
Alex Clover, its a valid point to bring up, but I feel that authors avoid modern music in order to not "date" their book.
agathapater Yes but I mean, having stuff like iPhones, Twitter, texting, etc. is also going to date the book eventually... if they don’t want to date their book, they shouldn’t do anything like that, but many still do.
I know it's not realistic but I actually like it cause I can relate to it. Like I love music from the 80s cause it's what my parents grew me up on so I know like every song. And I actually think that most music from today is crap except from certain bands and artists(Ed Sheeran my love...and other artists I just don't want to put the list here). So I actually like it because that's what I'm like. But I can totally understand why you feel that way.
Meagan Power Oh yeah, I know that some people grew up with that stuff and really like it, but that’s definitely not the majority of teens, yet I feel like any time a YA book mentions music it’s always classics.
Alex Clover I never noticed that untill now but I do agree at least 85% 90% are not into old school music
*puts on sunglasses* “can’t relate” You’ve officially won me over XD subscribed
1:20 shadowhunters: the mortal instruments!!!
Dude, I was yelling, "PREACH!!!" the entire video. Lol. Love triangles has to be my #1 pet peeve. And repetitive writing is the #1 writing sin I commit myself. 😅
Haha yes same and yes as a fellow writer me too
Starlit Unicorn I think a lot of it has to do with bow overdone they are in YA at the moment. I do actually like love triangles when they're well done and they contribute to the plot in a significant way (think the Hunger Games where the boys represent Katniss' old life vs. her new life). But often the second love interest seems thrown in, a lazy attemptbat drama when there are SO many ways to create drama between two people.
Phoenix95 Productions I know, right? Whenever I edit, I'm like, "Stop repeating yourself, Margaret."
+MargaretTheWordN3rd Yes same, sometimes I repeat the word however too much or I put too many gasps or groans or things like that but think am definitely getting better at it! Am currently studying Creative Writing at university and am working on two scifi short stories for an assignment portfolio :)
*better at avoiding repeating things
“ He smiled and held the knife to my throat”
*4 months earlier*
Me: Bish what 😧
1:30 hmmmm sounds like “Tall Girl”
Things I hate in books :
WheN tHeY end!
The last minute falling in love with the friend!!!
When you talked about SJM being repetitive, the first thing I thought of was her use of the word “steel”...I’ll keep this PG by saying she’s ruined it for me forever 😂🙄😂
Meredith Glenn HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
AND “velvet”..... RUINED😂😂
The Throne of Glass one - I can't STAND the "armed to the teeth" phrase because she used it ALL THE TIME! But now I'm gonna notice the "loosed the breath" as well lol
I’m loving the fact that you have the whole city of bones series and I just binged the whole series
Why do I always agree with youuu! Great vid Jesse!! I always love that you never really "hate" anything, you're so positive and nice!
One that really drives me nuts in Sarah J Maas novels is the description of someone being “feral.” Like, what does that even mean? How can a human look feral? And why does every single person look feral at some point or another? Why did she use feral twice on the same page? IS FERAL THE NEW FAD?! 😂
I hate it when a couple or best friends or something break up because of an accident or miscommunication like JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER. This also happens in anime a lot
The only love triangle I'll accept is Jem, Tessa and Will. I think the main reason for it is the relationship between Jem and Will - they were so close and one of the thing I mostly notice in love triangles is the 2 people who like that one person are always super jealous of each other and hate each other. Both of them only wanted the best for Tessa and it was so wholesome and sweet.
I feel like Sarah J. Maas repeats herself a lot in her books
Maria P love her, but much truth
I never noticed it while reading any of her books, because i'm so emerged in the world that it feel real, so the writing just sort of floats. Maybe I should do a re-read and see if I notice it :D
Tower of Dawn was immense though
Deco_great i haven't read tower of dawn yet, so I can't have an opinion
Maria P I really dislike Sara j. Maas books.. way to repetative.
I AM SO WITH YOU ON THE LOVE TRIANGLES OMIGOSH AAAAAAAA
I could never get away with most of the things YA characters do because my parents would never let me go that long without contacting them!
Jesse: Next thing on my list is repetitive writing
Stephenie Meyer: ............. He chuckled