forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @HighPockets group

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Along with the "if you break up with me I'm going to do this bad thing" and the other person is like alright because we need to tell kids that that's not okay and that's not how you deal with it

Do you mean: EDWARD FUCKING CULLEN?

On the topic of titles and symbolism/random words, titles that go A/The Status/Verb/Location of Noun and Noun.
Ex. A Court of Thorns and Roses, House of Sea and Sorrows, Children of Blood and Bone, Girls of Paper and Fire, etc.
I just feel like when ACOTAR got published and sold well that naming style skyrocketed. It worked the first few times, but now it just seems kinda attention-grabby.

I noticed that a lot too. It's weird to think that there are book fads.
Like when twilight skyrocketed it felt like all the other books in the world were suddenly about vampires.

Even with ACOTAR, the first book was the only title that really fit. Feyre's in a new dangerous and enchanted place, hence A Court of Thorns and Roses. But in ACOMAF, the mist doesn't make sense? The fury I can see, but not the mist. And ACOWAR spelling out war is clever ig, but the 'wings' part doesn't really fit, especially since 'ruin' is an abstract noun. And ACOFAS has the frost, but the starlight part seems kinda cliche.

I'm just not a huge fan of long titles in general I guess (the only solid title I have is Iron And Ash for a fae story, and the sequel might end up being called Frost and Flame. The only other semi-solid title for a book is Dust To Dust and that won't stay if the plot changes like I suspect it will).

oof all my titles are pretty long. or have longer words in them. I can't stand stores with just a one word title. It's not enough

The only people allowed to do 1 word titles are William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, and V.E. Schwab. And even then, it's "The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" or "Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus" as the full-full titles.

Along with the "if you break up with me I'm going to do this bad thing" and the other person is like alright because we need to tell kids that that's not okay and that's not how you deal with it

Do you mean: EDWARD FUCKING CULLEN?

"You can't date me but if you don't date me I'll suck your blood out"

On the topic of titles and symbolism/random words, titles that go A/The Status/Verb/Location of Noun and Noun.
Ex. A Court of Thorns and Roses, House of Sea and Sorrows, Children of Blood and Bone, Girls of Paper and Fire, etc.
I just feel like when ACOTAR got published and sold well that naming style skyrocketed. It worked the first few times, but now it just seems kinda attention-grabby.

I noticed that a lot too. It's weird to think that there are book fads.
Like when twilight skyrocketed it felt like all the other books in the world were suddenly about vampires.

Even with ACOTAR, the first book was the only title that really fit. Feyre's in a new dangerous and enchanted place, hence A Court of Thorns and Roses. But in ACOMAF, the mist doesn't make sense? The fury I can see, but not the mist. And ACOWAR spelling out war is clever ig, but the 'wings' part doesn't really fit, especially since 'ruin' is an abstract noun. And ACOFAS has the frost, but the starlight part seems kinda cliche.

I'm just not a huge fan of long titles in general I guess (the only solid title I have is Iron And Ash for a fae story, and the sequel might end up being called Frost and Flame. The only other semi-solid title for a book is Dust To Dust and that won't stay if the plot changes like I suspect it will).

oof all my titles are pretty long. or have longer words in them. I can't stand stores with just a one word title. It's not enough

The only people allowed to do 1 word titles are William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, and V.E. Schwab. And even then, it's "The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" or "Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus" as the full-full titles.

theater snaps

Agreed. But let's not forget our boy Bram or Edgar Allen Poe.

Along with the "if you break up with me I'm going to do this bad thing" and the other person is like alright because we need to tell kids that that's not okay and that's not how you deal with it

Do you mean: EDWARD FUCKING CULLEN?

"You can't date me but if you don't date me I'll suck your blood out"

"You can't date me, but you certainly can't date the native boy because I'm a closet racist and I know what's best for you."

From my knowledge of scary true stories, the "if u break up with me i'll do bad stuff" thing is 100% manipulatory shit from someone with a screw loose. One more reason to break up with them, but not before calling the cops

Along with the "if you break up with me I'm going to do this bad thing" and the other person is like alright because we need to tell kids that that's not okay and that's not how you deal with it

Do you mean: EDWARD FUCKING CULLEN?

"You can't date me but if you don't date me I'll suck your blood out"

"You can't date me, but you certainly can't date the native boy because I'm a closet racist and I know what's best for you."

"My 'brother' fought on the side of the Confederates in the Civil War, but I'm 100% totally not racist."

On the topic of titles and symbolism/random words, titles that go A/The Status/Verb/Location of Noun and Noun.
Ex. A Court of Thorns and Roses, House of Sea and Sorrows, Children of Blood and Bone, Girls of Paper and Fire, etc.
I just feel like when ACOTAR got published and sold well that naming style skyrocketed. It worked the first few times, but now it just seems kinda attention-grabby.

I noticed that a lot too. It's weird to think that there are book fads.
Like when twilight skyrocketed it felt like all the other books in the world were suddenly about vampires.

Even with ACOTAR, the first book was the only title that really fit. Feyre's in a new dangerous and enchanted place, hence A Court of Thorns and Roses. But in ACOMAF, the mist doesn't make sense? The fury I can see, but not the mist. And ACOWAR spelling out war is clever ig, but the 'wings' part doesn't really fit, especially since 'ruin' is an abstract noun. And ACOFAS has the frost, but the starlight part seems kinda cliche.

I'm just not a huge fan of long titles in general I guess (the only solid title I have is Iron And Ash for a fae story, and the sequel might end up being called Frost and Flame. The only other semi-solid title for a book is Dust To Dust and that won't stay if the plot changes like I suspect it will).

oof all my titles are pretty long. or have longer words in them. I can't stand stores with just a one word title. It's not enough

The only people allowed to do 1 word titles are William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, and V.E. Schwab. And even then, it's "The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" or "Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus" as the full-full titles.

theater snaps

Agreed. But let's not forget our boy Bram or Edgar Allen Poe.

Oof I forgot about them!
I'm gonna read Dracula for Spookytober.

Excellent

Yeah, or sit down and actually say "listen, I know you love me, and I love you. But if you date me, you'll be a target for people who will try and hurt and/or kill you to get to me, and I don't want you to have to deal with that."
Say what you will about Harry and Ginny, but he actually sits down and explains to her why they need to break up in Deathly Hallows instead of doing the whole "No….you must stay away from me…I am Dark and Dangerous…" he's like "Hey, if we're together, Voldemort will kill you."

Was totally thinking of HP right before you said that. Best part of their relationship.

Agreed. But let's not forget our boy Bram or Edgar Allen Poe.

Oof I forgot about them!
I'm gonna read Dracula for Spookytober.

Can I just say that (spoiler for the end of Dracula)

Agreed. But let's not forget our boy Bram or Edgar Allen Poe.

Oof I forgot about them!
I'm gonna read Dracula for Spookytober.

Can I just say that (spoiler for the end of Dracula)

Spoiler - click to show.

Quincey’s death was super lame.

Agreed. But let's not forget our boy Bram or Edgar Allen Poe.

Oof I forgot about them!
I'm gonna read Dracula for Spookytober.

Can I just say that (spoiler for the end of Dracula)

Spoiler - click to show.

Quincey’s death was super lame.

You could say that Lol.

with his "big knife"

‘Merica!

with his "big knife"

Laughs in immaturity

Thank god someone got it… I thought I was being left in the dust of my own immature thoughts but was specifically talked about by Stoker so it's not really my fault.

To be fair, impaling a vampire with your own dick would be a very Texan thing to do.

You could say it's a… dick move

You could say it's a… dick move

Badumtssssh

wheeze

It`s a very hard question

D Y I N G

It may be a hard question, but you don't need to be a prick about it.