forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @HighPockets group

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Good for Prince Gabriel.

It was very bad for him actually

Ah yes. Consequences.

Good for Prince Gabriel.

It was very bad for him actually

Ah yes. Consequences.

Ew, consequences.

One thing that annoys me is when adult/authoritative characters are always wrong, dumb, or overlooking something, and the kid protagonists actually do have the morally right view of everything despite their youth. This may seem, like, inspiring, to kids but it's really kinda unrealistic and gets old quickly

Especially in mysteries and stuff. I get that it's no fun if the mystery gets solved by the cops in 3 pages, but there's a finer line that could be walked.

The cops are dumb sometimes. It doesn't always take a really short amount of time for them to figure stuff out anyways. I'd kind of like to see a book where it's just the cops trying to figure stuff out

I especially hate it when the plot in a mystery novel is interrupted for something that’s totally unrelated to the plot

The cops are dumb sometimes. It doesn't always take a really short amount of time for them to figure stuff out anyways. I'd kind of like to see a book where it's just the cops trying to figure stuff out

Yeah, but I'm talking about when it's like, a murder at a high school and no adults do anything so the Super Special Teen Protagonists can solve it.

Yeah, but I'm talking about when it's like, a murder at a high school and no adults do anything so the Super Special Teen Protagonists can solve it.

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They only start trying to do stuff near the end

I totally agree. It's really annoying when these little kids with no experience suddenly become genius prodigies for the sake of the story.

Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

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Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

Facts

Unless it's Benedict Society because that rocks. But they are already gifted.

100% agree

flashback to sixth grade when I memorized the green plaid poem for language arts

"For one thing, plaid's hideous…" I wish I could do it. Something about cooked up by a man who must have been mad.

But you forgot that the title was possibly the best part.

I accidentally memorized most of The Walrus And The Carpenter.

Why I Find Green Plaid So Annoying, And What I Intend to Do About It: An Explanation of My Heroic Actions

But you forgot that the title was possibly the best part.

I don't remember the title

I accidentally memorized most of The Walrus And The Carpenter.

Nice.

I freaking love Constance.

Why I Find Green Plaid So Annoying, And What I Intend to Do About It: An Explanation of My Heroic Actions

Ah, yes

When you're reading a retelling and their take on a character is like…unrecognizably out-of-character.

Is this about Clerval?

When you're reading a retelling and their take on a character is like…unrecognizably out-of-character.

what book?