Clichés we currently hate in the literary world

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FknOmniShambles · 28/05/2024 22:12

I know this has been done before (she titted boobily down the stairs, etc!) but hey ho.
My current anti-fave is any book described as a "love letter to xyz." bleurgh.
Anyone else?

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MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 28/05/2024 22:31

Year six SAT descriptive language.

See, slurped, munched etc

EmpressaurusDeiGatti · 28/05/2024 22:21

The franchise or whatever it is where all the books are The [Something] Girls. The Factory Girls, The Postroom Girls, that sort of thing.

aliasname · 28/05/2024 22:19

The Littlest Cornish Chocolate Bakery and Teashoppe of Kabul

EmpressaurusDeiGatti · 28/05/2024 22:18

Books with the story question on the front cover. ‘Will Adelia find love?’, ‘Will Janet & John overcome their differences?’

98% of the time the answer is obviously yes, so it’s just irritating.

Echobelly · 28/05/2024 22:16

Books called 'The [Something] of [Something]'

Newsenmum · 28/05/2024 22:14

Oh and heaving tables, a pregnant woman always ‘with child’.

Newsenmum · 28/05/2024 22:14

Always mentioned but when they look in the mirror to describe their appearance. I always get so bored when they describe it all in one go.

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