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are love triangles getting boring?
i don't know if i'd say that they were boring per say but i think that they are a bit expected. it's one of those things though that you know is interesting to a YA audience which is why i'm assuming authors keep writing them in. what i really enjoy though is when we get the story that has a love triangle that's a bit less balanced than all the others. sadly i think that the one in this series is very expected but there have been quite a few that have left me wondering a bit. (shatter me for example, that's a GREAT one)
Agreed on the balance thing. Most love triangles look like this:Bachelor(ette) 1:
Childhood friend
Sweet
Comfortable
Boring
Hides feelings for thirteen years
Bachelor(ette) 2:
New
Dangerous
Mysterious
Exciting
Comes right out and says they love you
They'll look completely different too. I guess that's natural. What you can't get from one you want from the other.
A love triangle in a book is not per definition bad, but in most books today they are indeed predictable and boring. The real journey in the book is constantly interrupted by the girl/boy thinking about who she/he should choose.
Matched love triangle was boring, yes!But love triangles as a whole can be very good, so long as they are executed well. Just depends on the writer and the story.
Eef wrote: "A love triangle in a book is not per definition bad, but in most books today they are indeed predictable and boring. The real journey in the book is constantly interrupted by the girl/boy thinking ..."I'm curious to what you mean by "books today". Are you comparing contemporary to classic literature? Keep in mind that the only books that stay in print for a century are the ones everyone likes. All the rest have been forgotten.
Tina J wrote: "Matched love triangle was boring, yes!But love triangles as a whole can be very good, so long as they are executed well. Just depends on the writer and the story."
Exactly
@Erika I just meant the YA books from the last years:)
Lately I had started thinking they were getting old but as I was looking for something new to read I found myself looking for a love triangle. I think the way its played makes it or breaks it. Matched was obvious who she was going for. But in the Hunger Games she started out liking Gale and ended up falling in love with Peeta. Twilight is irrelevant by the fact that she never liked Jacob as more than a friend she relied on him but whom ever had hopes for them being together obviously didn't read the book right.
hellllll to the noooooo
Erica wrote: "Am I the only one who thinks discussing books with someone who can only reference Twilight is a bit like discussing politics with someone who can only reference Hitler? Popular for a while, yes, bu..."Sad, isn't it? There really are not a lot of options. Although I have read a couple of YA books with the one girl and two guys theme, I don't remember the majority of them actually MAKING the theme work. The only books I can really think of right now that actually pulled it off is The Reckoning by Kelly Armstrong and The Host by Stephenie Meyers.
Yes, I know that Stephenie Meyers is not a popular author here in Goodreads but I liked The Host because the love triangle had an interesting twist to it unlike most others.
If a book can make an overdone, cliched theme great, then that book is gold in my eyes.
Yes, they are. After Twilight, Matched, and Hunger Games, I am bored with love triangles.
It depends on which book...in Matched they started to bore me but in The Hunger Games or The Mortal Instruments and series like that then they are intresting
Yes. I hate loved triangles and try to avoid them in books as much as I can, I have read so many with them in and they always turn out the same that I actually do get bored with them now.
Mmh, i think it depends on what type of mood your in. If your craving a romance/whatever read then love triangles are the way to go. Its classic, yeah, but it does depend on the characters to. It all depends on the story line whether the love triangle is interesting or not, i think. For me, a hopeless Romantic, i never get tired of Love triangles haha.<3
I don't think there are more love triangles lately. You know that thing where you buy a unique shirt and then everyone else suddenly owns a similar one? They didn't rush out and buy it because of you. You see what you look for. A few popular books have love triangles so we're starting to call them out.
Honestly, Matched, doesn't have much of a love triangle. She is obviously going with Ky. Anyways back to the question, love triangles are exiting to put in the plot to cause tension, as long as there isn't an obvious winner from the start. If the plot itself is great, it won't need a love triangle.
Love triangles do get boring to me, yes. I mean, we all know what's going to happen. The girl will choose the one she really loves which is always pretty obvious through the writing.
Yes. Love triangles are getting boring. I don't care who you pick! Just pick one of them. They both love you, they're both too perfect. Pick the one you love or be a rebel and pick the one that comes along half-way through the book to spoil your love and try to win your heart. They're. Both. The. Same!
Ahem. Love triangles are boring. Some completely cover the plot until the main thing that's being focused on is the love interests and who he/she (more commonly a she) will pick. While other's are the plot.
Ahem. Love triangles are boring. Some completely cover the plot until the main thing that's being focused on is the love interests and who he/she (more commonly a she) will pick. While other's are the plot.
To me Match doesn't really have a love triangle because Cassia doesn't really like Xander like as boyfriend, she likes him as a friend or brother. But when Ky comes she falls in love with him not with Xander. Xander loves Cassia but she never returns her feeling to him because of Ky. But most love triangles aren't boring some are really interesting.
I think so. Not necessarily because of this book. But I feel like every book has the same plotline. I have a whole bunch of unique plots in my head, but I fail as a writer so they all flop. But there seems to be a 'tried and true' method for teen romances, but it's getting to be overused and not as interesting.
I think that there more mainstream know. Yeah some can get boring because there predictable. i have never encountered a love triangle with two girls and a guy having to choose. I think that would be interesting. There okay as long as there creative.
love triangles? boring? teeell me about it.
I think in general I hate love triangles, not because they're boring, but because they're stupid. "I can't chose between the boys I love." . However the term "love triange" can be vague so there are times *cough* The infernal Decives *cough* that are really good. I think matched was just boring in general. Like for instance when someone gets paired with someone unwillingly that is considered a love triangle. Or by accident. *cough* City of Fallen Angels . However any kind of romance is annoying when it is the biggest concern.
Formulaic, Pointless, Distracting? you bet they're boring! You could consider originality, people...
I grew weary of them some time ago.
They're so predictable, but there are more annoying things. If you've read the House of Night series by P.C. Cast, you'll know that there's practically a love pentagon. I hate love triangles, especially when the guy you like doesn't end up with the girl. And honestly, I'm always like JUST PICK ONE ALREADY! I read a book once (not naming it in fear of spoilers) where the whole love triangle thing started in the third and final book, and it I was like "Are you kidding me?!"
YA books would be so much better without love triangles. All romances should be like Tris's and Tobias's in Divergent.
It's a common theme, yes, but I'm more concerned if they are written well or not. I'm betting it's not that easy to write a really good one, even if it is common. A good one can throw in different twists, wit, good writing, etc. and it becomes a really great book. Some are boring, cheesy, cliche, superficial, etc. and I can't even finish the book. I don't even mind predictable as long as it's written well.
i'm not really a fan of matched but i'm giving it a chance again. I will try to read crossed asap.
Yep. Mostly because they're predictable. Usually by the time both guys are introduced it's pretty obvious who the girl will end up with. And a lot of times (like in Matched) it's no contest, since she doesn't want to date Xander anyway. She just wants to be his friend, so this love triangle is ready to collapse.
I picked up this book specifically because I wanted a romance, however I am sick of romance in other books. Like for once I want to find a vampire, werewolve, alternative future, angel, or any book that doesn't focus on the relationship with the main character. So I am kind of tired of love in general but especially love triangles.
Yes. I don't mind the occasional romance, but seriously, love triangles? Getting old. Let's make a love trapezoid instead!! :D
I hate love triangles because it's hard for me to take the character who has two people in love with him/her seriously. In a lot of cases, the main character starts out in love with one person, and the second shows up and he/she becomes conflicted. It makes it hard to believe that he/she loved the first guy at all, AND makes it hard to believe their new feelings are real as well.
YES. I hate when the book concentrates too much on the love triangle, and when the person chooses who to be with at the END of the series.
Yes. I dont like reading this kind of books because sometimes I prefer the other guy that she doesn't want.
love hexagon! yes!
no, just this one is.
I say YAY to some love triangles and NAY to others... some are interesting and others(mostly associated with Twilight)are getting seriously old... I don't have anything against the Twilight series it's just getting old that most people are using the series as a reference to every love triangle... just my opinion.
Love triangles are totally getting boring...And they are totally unrealistic. Two years ago I would have loved a good love triangle, but now my perspective has sort of changed. For one thing the whole love triangle thing has become a YA-fantasy cliche.
Its usually just a monologue about how hard it is to choose between two hot guys who are both equally "perfect", and by the end of the series you're sitting there thinking what the hell just happened.
And honestly it doesn't exactly appeal to my cynical mindset.
love triangles are:boring
unoriginal
waste of creative space
meaningless
amateurish
no value addition to the plot
decelerates story pace
unimaginative
improbable
irritating
No, i don't think so. I personally love reading about them but I also like having a variety
YES, I'm so over the love triangle thing ugh!
Love triangles are getting boring. It seems to be the same plot in every new romance. And the thing is, you already know who you they're going to end up with, and you naturally have a favorite between the two. So you spend all this time hating the one character and then loving the second. We need to come up with something new.
Love triangles are commonly used in lots of romance books. Its easy to predict who the girl will fall for. It happens in lots of romance books i read :/
Heck yeah! They're so overused lately that they're just annoying.
All the love triangles are getting boring and they don't seem realistic. You just can't love two people at the same time. It's impossible. Also, have you ever seen love triangles in real life? I didn't.
Love triangles don't personally annoy me- if they're written well. I'm not pro- love triangle, I'm indifferent. But I really hated the matched one because you knew what was going to happen and it didn't keep you excited, and what sucks is, the love triangle was basically the whole book. My friend was reading it in norwiegan, and loved it. I read it in English and thought, meh.
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It's not the first major love triangle. It's just the only one you can discuss with people on the streets.
Really, there aren't a lot of options. You can have one love interest, multiple, or none. That encompasses approximately 1/3 of the literature world.