2006-08-27 09:58:04 · 21 answers · asked by JarJar Odd 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yeah, I have a pet peeve and a rant.
You are reading near the end of a good story and you know it's close to over but obviously you have about 15 more pages to go. You think it's going to be the 'happy ever after' part or some suprise thing or even tying up loose threads....
....and then the next page is the Last Page!!!
"read the first chapter of the next book by our wonderful author"
Argh!
Some books are so wonderful .... when I was near the end of The Time Traveler's Wife, I'd read a page then stop for awhile .. I just didn't want it to end!
2006-08-27 13:07:49 · answer #1 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the book is so poorly written by the same guy who won the Nobel for Literature the previous year, that neither the publisher nor the author CARES how it turns out--just so long as that Nobel is still polished and shiny.
That and finding books being repeated and rehashed over and over, and over, and over...
No originality whatsoever.
2006-08-28 00:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they spend the entire book chasing the bad guy or killing the monster - only for the damn thing to escape on the last page so the author can write a sequel.
I've got so I read the last page first just to make sure it doesn't happen.
2006-08-27 17:20:30 · answer #3 · answered by UKJess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing I hate most in books is when the story is the same as another book and when the author is too descriptive.
2006-08-27 17:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the story line is so simple that I can figure out who the killer is after the first 2 chapters of the book.
2006-08-29 12:29:56 · answer #5 · answered by kimmamarie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate it when a book has only a handful of characters focused on one thing. I love it when there is a world of characters who all interact with each in some way, but have problems of their own. I demand to be entertained.
2006-08-28 00:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repitition. Case in point: the writer of "The Pelican Brief". I know the guy's highly regarded, but I'd cringe every time he'd use the SAME phrase to describe something.... 'Darby wore a baggy sweatshirt and leggings... LIKE THE TYPICAL COLLEGE STUDENT,' 'Darby's hair was pulled back in a haphazard ponytail, LIKE THE TYPICAL COLLEGE STUDENT.' He must've used that phrase at least eight times throughout that book..... and he does it in his others.
It drove me nuts. So I stopped reading his stuff.
2006-08-27 17:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by A Designer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really hate when you can see that half of the book is written just to fill space. And I hate bad language when it repeats in every second line.
2006-08-27 17:07:17 · answer #8 · answered by HarMonia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much flowery description to make up for a lacking plot line.
I don't need to know what the patterns on the leaves look like, just tell me who the killer is!
2006-08-27 17:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by Peapod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When theres so much suspense leading up to the climax of the book when it isn't exactly all that climatic.
2006-08-27 17:05:33 · answer #10 · answered by Fanar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋