It is that time of the week for another Top Ten Tuesday. It is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010. This weeks topic is things in books that make you not want to read them. Some of these are things that may turn me off a book before I’ve even read it and some are things that will turn me off while reading a book.
Love triangles – just please stop.
When a blurb focuses alot on romance – romance heavy books just aren’t my thing.
Zombies – I’ve never seen the appeal of them. Also vampire, werewolves etc.
Horror – not a genre I enjoy.
People on the cover – I’m sorry but if there are people on a book cover I am probably going to pass it by completely.
When a book is compared to another book – I don’t think it does anyone any favours.
The mean girl – why do we have to pit women against each other for no reason other than that they are both women… I don’t get it and it puts me off a book every time.
Info dumps – yes I want to know about the world but I don’t want it dumped on me all at once.
Insta love – again just stop. It is not a thing.
Frequent and unclear changes in perspective – sometimes this can be changes between character perspective, sometimes switches in time but it makes things hard to follow.
There you have it – ten things that will make me not want to read a book. I have to admit that it took me quite some time to come up with all of these but I got there in the end :). Do you guys agree with me on any of these? Or do you think I’ve missed any? I hope you are having a wonderful day and I will see you next time.
Hi there ! I never normally do this but I had to comment and tell you how much I adore your blog! I just came across it now and I am so happy I have, it is so wonderful and you truly have a great blog. I am going to follow you so I can keep up to date with all of your latest posts. Keep up the great work!
Aw thank you so much! That means alot. Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond – for some reason your comment was hidden away in my spam folder. Again thank you so much for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it. I hope you are having a wonderful day.
Aww you are so welcome! You have a wonderful blog. Do you have Twitter or Instagram? I just made accounts and would love to follow you! And no problem at all, I have to rescue comments from there too! Can’t wait to see what you post next (:
Aw thanks! Yeah I do – my Twitter is @philippamary_94 and my Instagram is @philippamary94 – they should both be linked on the right hand side of my blog display!
Totally agree with you on the love triangles, girl hate, and insta-love! I have all three on my list because they often detract from what would otherwise be a good story. Nice post Pippa!
I agree on the mean girl thing! Slut Shaming is on my list, because I hate how characters, and this is even in YA where the characters can be so accepting of so many differences, but any female rival is a “slut”,or one dimensional, aka the “mean” girl. That’s just lazy writing.
Insta-love, mean girls and horror – all things I dislike in books! And I feel the same way about zombies, I mean I love watching The Walking Dead but I don’t think I’d ever pick up a book that features zombies!
oh my god, Every. Single. One. I thought I was the only one who couldn’t stand zombies I’m so happy I’m not alone 😂
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Glad I’m not the only one with these! Yeah so many people seem to love zombies but I really don’t see it! 🙂
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Hi there ! I never normally do this but I had to comment and tell you how much I adore your blog! I just came across it now and I am so happy I have, it is so wonderful and you truly have a great blog. I am going to follow you so I can keep up to date with all of your latest posts. Keep up the great work!
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Aw thank you so much! That means alot. Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond – for some reason your comment was hidden away in my spam folder. Again thank you so much for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it. I hope you are having a wonderful day.
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Aww you are so welcome! You have a wonderful blog. Do you have Twitter or Instagram? I just made accounts and would love to follow you! And no problem at all, I have to rescue comments from there too! Can’t wait to see what you post next (:
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Aw thanks! Yeah I do – my Twitter is @philippamary_94 and my Instagram is @philippamary94 – they should both be linked on the right hand side of my blog display!
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Thank you 🙂
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I completely agree with you about zombies and horror. As soon as anyone mentions those, I am immediately turned off a book
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Yeah me too! They are definitely not my thing 🙂 glad I’m not the only one who thinks this way
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Totally agree with you on the love triangles, girl hate, and insta-love! I have all three on my list because they often detract from what would otherwise be a good story. Nice post Pippa!
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I imagine there probably going to be on quite a few lists this week! 🙂 Thank you
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Yes, I wouldn’t be surprised! They’ve just become so tired and overused. No problem, hope you’re having a good week!
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Very true! Hope you’re having a good week too! 🙂
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*Philippa! I’m so sorry, my phone keeps autocorrecting you name for some reason!
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I agree on the mean girl thing! Slut Shaming is on my list, because I hate how characters, and this is even in YA where the characters can be so accepting of so many differences, but any female rival is a “slut”,or one dimensional, aka the “mean” girl. That’s just lazy writing.
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I totally agree and I just don’t understand why authors feel it’s necessary to pit woman against each other. I just don’t understand it 🙂
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Great list! I’m having a really hard time coming up with mine but I totally agree with love triangles, insta-love and mean girls too!
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Thank you! I have to admit it took me a while to come up with all of them! 🙂
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I finally managed to come up with my list 🙂
https://bookmarkedbliss.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-book-turn-offs/#more-1569
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Good job – I’ll check it out! 🙂
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Instalove is the worst! Nothing is quicker to ruin a good book than that.
My TTT.
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Yes it is the worst! I really don’t understand why authors still do it.
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This is a good list. I have such a hard time with horror. *shivers*
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I don’t understand people wanting to be scared… I’ll continue to stay away 🙂
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Great list, a lot of these things bug me too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-104/
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Insta-love, mean girls and horror – all things I dislike in books! And I feel the same way about zombies, I mean I love watching The Walking Dead but I don’t think I’d ever pick up a book that features zombies!
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Glad I’m not the only one. Oh OK I’ve never seen that programme… I guess I saw it was zombies and dismissed it 😄
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