what are your icks in books?

[Zee]

Angelica wrote: "My ick is when they start bringing real world into the story.. mentioning Snapchat, Instagram, etc. 😖"

FR, I'm reading to get AWAY from that lmao

[squeakers]

mar wrote: "covers with shirtless men on them 🤮"

this is so true i cant even

[squeakers]

Charlotte wrote: "Iselin wrote: "When it’s made modern and apps like TikTok is added in. I also hate messy books. Like they have to make sense throughout the whole book"

LITERALLY. Oh my god the second they mention..."

THIS TOO LMAO
it doesn't bother me a lot, but like
it sets me off and I have to reel back and process what's going on
like I came here to escape realism and you're intertwining it here😭

[Carly]

♡♍️Tabitha♍️♡ wrote: "mine is rape or assault to further the story for no reason
like when the author just through it in there"

this is an ick on another level. I call it suffering porn. It's just... ick.

[Carly]

Iselin wrote: "When it’s made modern and apps like TikTok is added in. I also hate messy books. Like they have to make sense throughout the whole book"

I agree. It ages the story almost instantly. None of the slang stays current for more than a few months. It is almost dated by the time it's released.

[Brittany]

Any book with”All Vibes No Plot” I just can’t do it 🤷🏽‍♀️

[Joseph]

I can't do annoying love triangles.

[Hayls]

Cheating, and corny writing in a non romance novel

[Caroline]

Too many characters to keep track of.

[abz]

cringe dirty talk

[abz]

bad cringey jokes

[abz]

real people on covers especially when they practically naked

[Sue]

David wrote: "mentiong modern things like instagram or tik tok like ew"

why????

[Sue]

week MFL
SA or Rape done by the MMC to the MFL and she forgives him
sex between first degree relatives
you know which books am talking about :(

[[deleted user]]

"She put her hair up into a messy bun"

[mamie]

shirtless men/real people on the covers

[christina]

when he says "trust me"

[Mana_reads]

Mine is when one of the main characters wants to act way, too tough. Like they don’t need anyone because they can do it on their own. They don’t need someone to love them,… I just can’t 😖

[Syr]

age gap romance 🥶

[amy .⋆｡୭]

miscommunication "trope"
3rd act breakup
shirtless men & real people on the cover
modern apps like instagram, tiktok being mentioned
unpeel-able stickers on the cover ESP the netflix ones like yes we get it
fleeting backstory like r^pe on female characters just for the sake of "character depth"

[Zoé❤️]

Love triangle….cause if you have to choose between me and someone else, choose them!!

[Samah]

"genz" slangs