Is anyone else seriously getting sick of love triangles?

[Gloria]

Ah it's so nice to see other people who are sick of the love triangles! Yay! I hate how it promotes the theory that girls can't make up their minds and are wishy-washy. In some cases, it gives even worse impressions of the girls.

When I first ran across it here in book 2 it made me sad, as I had so loved book 1. By the end of it, I was feeling better about it because even though she's now in a true pickle, she's come to realize Will IS the one she has always loved. Just wished there hadn't been the need to go there in the first place. Enough stuff is going on to keep me satisfied as a reader. :P

[Amanda (Gale's Chosen One)]

I actually think that in a way love triangles are a bad influence on girls.
They have this main character who is torn between two amazing guys yet usually always messes with both and leaves one heartbroken. I think this can effect a girls self esteem. Half of the girls today have trouble finding one guy yet in just about every YA book the girl have two guys fighting over her and she almost always ends up turning into a somewhat weak and whingy character always worrying about guys. Not all love triangles are like this but most are.
I know when i finish reading a book with a love triangle i always feel slightly depressed- well not depressed but basically like shit.

[rai ♡]

Georgie wrote: "i was telling my parents about this conversation and they were saying that love triangles are probably best staying on the pages of books rather than them being in your life for real. do you think ..."

Yeah, they are. They're making it look like the only interesting stories are love triangles and that's not true. I mean, I love a good love triangle but I hate it when they end up getting ruined by the main character acting like a ho.

[Marie]

love triangles act as if the idea of finding ONE good guy is too easy...

not a love triangle lover. over it. one awesome guy is enough for me.

[rai ♡]

Marie wrote: "love triangles act as if the idea of finding ONE good guy is too easy...

not a love triangle lover. over it. one awesome guy is enough for me."

I'm not saying that I don't love one guy love stories, I do. In fact, one of my favorite stories like that is Warped by Maurissa Guibord.

[Brie]

Georgie wrote: "i also find it stupid how people choose teams. i.e.. Team jacob, team puck, team edward. whenever there is a love triangle, many YA readers choose between the one they prefer. i was talking to a gi..."

I think that's what authors are going for though. They want readers to care about their characters. I hope that no one actually reaches the point where they start referring to fictional characters as friends though that's a bit much lol. Then again I'm a total team picker:)

[rai ♡]

Brie wrote: "Georgie wrote: "i also find it stupid how people choose teams. i.e.. Team jacob, team puck, team edward. whenever there is a love triangle, many YA readers choose between the one they prefer. i was..."

Yeah, I think so too. They want us to fight over which boy should get the girl. Maybe us fighting helps them to make a decision of who should win in the end. I mean, they make money off of our fan craze over it either way.

[Victoria]

love triangles are so annoying. I wish there was more Shadowhunter action and less love action

[Dannielle]

I LOVE love triangles. It is another exciting element added to the book, which gives the reader more to think about. Not only are we forced to analyze both characters, but I almost feel like our love for one specific character over the other, makes us enjoy the book even more. I Just like the idea that two men are vying for your attention... who wouldn't want that? As long as the love triangles are well written it's a go for me. One on one relationships kind of get boring after a while.. and once again they must be written well for me to enjoy the romantic storyline.

[Sandy S]

The love triangle seems to be a pre-requisite for ALL Young Adult storylines and series.

Personally they raise my anxiety level and I am usually very unhappy while reading the book. And the BACK AND FORTH between the trio is...soooooo wrong.....and it usually involves 1 female and 2 males....and for some reason, the female is always 'shocked' when the 'other' male is upset......*snort*....who wouldn't be....lol

[rai ♡]

Sandy wrote: "The love triangle seems to be a pre-requisite for ALL Young Adult storylines and series.

Personally they raise my anxiety level and I am usually very unhappy while reading the book. And the BACK ..."

Yeah, I think that's the thing. Love triangles are in every young adult book today. If there were more books with less lovey dovey parts in them, people wouldn't complain as much. The balance of love triangles in YA books vs. books without love triangles would be more even.