forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books
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@Pickles group

If there's POV switches that are useless, or it suddenly shows up in the last book of a series (cough allegiant cough) it's either just bad writing, or a main character dies.

@Starfast group

I like POV switches when they’re used to explore different subplots or when the characters are separated in some way.

That's how they should be used imo. And I'm with you on your second point as well. If your characters are all in the same place, experiencing the same things then what's even the point?

(cough allegiant cough) it's either just bad writing, or a main character dies.

Allegiant was both of these things tbh. Like literally there were times where halfway through a chapter I'd realize that I wasn't reading about the character I thought I was because both narrators have the exact same voice.

@Pickles group

I like POV switches when they’re used to explore different subplots or when the characters are separated in some way.

That's how they should be used imo. And I'm with you on your second point as well. If your characters are all in the same place, experiencing the same things then what's even the point?

That's why I don't like when authors go back and do scenes from the other character's perspective. We already know what happened, it's fairly obvious what was going on in the other person's head, and the story's already over, so it adds nothing.

@Pickles group

(cough allegiant cough) it's either just bad writing, or a main character dies.

Allegiant was both of these things tbh. Like literally there were times where halfway through a chapter I'd realize that I wasn't reading about the character I thought I was because both narrators have the exact same voice.

Yes!! Just because the last hunger games book sucked doesn't mean that the last book in YOUR dystopian trilogy had to. Stuff actually happened in Mockingjay, it was just unmemorable and bad. The entirety of Allegiant could've been an epilogue. And the ending could've been completely written from Tris's perspective with maybe an epilogue or last chapter from Tobias's perspective.

@Althalosian-is-the-father book

I like POV switches when they’re used to explore different subplots or when the characters are separated in some way.

That's how they should be used imo. And I'm with you on your second point as well. If your characters are all in the same place, experiencing the same things then what's even the point?

(cough allegiant cough) it's either just bad writing, or a main character dies.

Allegiant was both of these things tbh. Like literally there were times where halfway through a chapter I'd realize that I wasn't reading about the character I thought I was because both narrators have the exact same voice.

All this.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

@SupernaturalSyGuyIsTIred group

Characters that do nothing but wine throughout the entire story….

I think you meant to say whine. I myself wouldn't mind a character that continuously wined.

Lol Yeah, that's what I meant. My phone removed a letter for some strange reason!

I mean, I have a character who uses constant underage drinking and partying as a coping mechanism to deal with their feelings of inadequacy and failure??? Does that count?

I meant to type 'whine'….

@Consider-PB_and_the_Jellies

Here’s something I wanna yell about the last dragon chronically are good books but they totally could have ended it at book 4 or 3. And even then BOOK 7 IS SUDDENLY FIRST PERSON. Like all the others books even Book 6 was in third person.

@Pickles group

I hate when there's a series with an overarching mystery, and then the mystery gets solved, and you think, oh now the series is over and everything's been resolved, but NO there's still ten more books and a NEW mystery that's even worse than the first one

@Kinarymo

(the perfect counter to that is a series with one big mystery in the background, and the character spends the whole story solving smaller mysteries, some of which are related to the main one)

@Pickles group

(but when your main cast is stupid af, yet smarter than the police and spend the books trying to figure out who's sending them text messages and figuring out who to date, and then solve everything only to start something else for the second half of the series, it really sucks)

@Kinarymo

(its a Mysteries series, only the detective has a lot of issues, like germophobia, OCD and many many others - yet hes real good. I promise u its really good and very well done. Totally worth watching)

@Consider-PB_and_the_Jellies

(but when your main cast is stupid af, yet smarter than the police and spend the books trying to figure out who's sending them text messages and figuring out who to date, and then solve everything only to start something else for the second half of the series, it really sucks)

(I know what you r talking about cuz’ I hate those books)

@Pickles group

WAIT
ARE YOU BLESSED WITH NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE CHRISTINA/TOBIAS EPILOGUE?!

That it exists or something else?

It exists and it's awful.

Yes that's why I mentioned it

@HighPockets group

WAIT
ARE YOU BLESSED WITH NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE CHRISTINA/TOBIAS EPILOGUE?!

That it exists or something else?

It exists and it's awful.

Yes that's why I mentioned it

Have you read it?

@Pickles group

WAIT
ARE YOU BLESSED WITH NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE CHRISTINA/TOBIAS EPILOGUE?!

That it exists or something else?

It exists and it's awful.

Yes that's why I mentioned it

Have you read it?

…… I thought that was obvious

@HighPockets group

WAIT
ARE YOU BLESSED WITH NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE CHRISTINA/TOBIAS EPILOGUE?!

That it exists or something else?

It exists and it's awful.

Yes that's why I mentioned it

Have you read it?

…… I thought that was obvious

I wish I hadn't read it.