10 Book Tropes I Can't Stand
In this video, I'll be talking about 10 tropes/plot devices that tend to drive me nuts in books. While all my videos are simply my opinion, this one really gets into my own feelings on particular writing devices within stories. Note: I realized after recording that I said book 3 when actually referring to book 4 of the Epic Order of the Seven. Timestamps are below, and a list of books mentioned is provided, along with whether or not I spoil them in this video. Chapters: Intro: 0:00 Underutilized Plotlines: 1:10 Weird Worldbuilding: 3:09 Excessive Injuries: 5:31 Memory Loss: 7:38 Know-It-All Villains: 9:23 Child/Teen Antagonist: 10:35 Late-Series Changes: 11:58 Romance for EVERYONE: 14:09 Time Travel Shenanigans: 15:43 Unnecessarily Long Series: 17:13 Conclusion: 20:01 List of Books/Authors: "The Fireborn Epic", by Gillian Bronte Adams "The Land of Stories", by Chris Colfer SPOILER "The Hunger Games", by Suzanne Collins SPOILER "Epic Order of the Seven", by Jenny L. Cote "The Lost Books", by Ted Dekker SPOILER "Mouseheart", by Lisa Fiedler SPOILER "The Weaver Trilogy", by Lindsay A. Franklin "The Missing", by Margaret Peterson Haddix SPOILER "Redwall", by Brian Jacques "The Mistmantle Chronicles", by M. I. McAllister SPOILER "The Unwanteds", by Lisa McMann SPOILER "Keeper of the Lost Cities", by Shannon Messenger SPOILER "Silverwing", by Kenneth Oppel "The Wingfeather Saga", by Andrew Peterson "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", by Rick Riordan SPOILER "The Heroes of Olympus", by Rick Riordan SPOILER "The Mysterious Benedict Society", by Trenton Lee Stewart SPOILER "The Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien SPOILER "Infinity Ring", by various authors SPOILER #booktube #books #booktuber #booktubers #tropes #bookrecommendations #writingtips #writingskills #writingtechniques #booktropes #percyjackson #percyjacksonandtheolympians #rickriordan #heroesofolympus #lordoftherings #jrrtolkien #tolkien #hungergames #suzannecollins #thelordoftherings #thehungergames #chriscolfer #keeperofthelostcities #shannonmessenger #silverwing #thewingfeathersaga #wingfeather #wingfeathersaga #andrewpeterson
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