Q: What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can't deal with bad editing?
One thing recently that bugged me, was switching perspectives in the story. If it is done well and consistently than I don't mind, but this story switched just twice to two different characters just so it could give a little backstory. It seems sloppy to me, and it would better serve the story to find a way to include that information with the one first person narrator.I do also hate bad writing. And poorly developed romances.
Ooh that's one of my pet peeves too! I rarely end up liking a book that switches POVs.
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Yep. I agree with you. Switching the POV's without telling the readers. And we don't even know whose talking! LOL. New follower via GFC!
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Yeah! That can be quite confusing. I think sticking to one POV is better.
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I agree with you.
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I'm with you in all of those. It really gets confusing if different POVs aren't done well.
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I'm a new follower . . your blog is gorgeous!!! Changing perspectives can be done well but often doesn't flow . . . my link is http://kvlovesbooks.blogspot.co.uk/ if you'd like to hop back xx
ReplyDeleteI like two POV's as long as that's how the book starts out.. I don't think I would like a book if it changed in the middle. Great Answer and happy Friday!
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Poorly developed romance: hate it! Great answer.
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Good answer, alternating POV's can easily go bad if they're not done right. I also hate poorly developed romances! Thanks for sharing, new follower via GFC :) Here's my FFF
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Agreed. When it's done well, it's great, but when it's not... ugh.
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I agree.
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I agree, changing povs can be good if it is done right and it flows well. If it's done badly it's a train wreck.
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luckily I haven't encountered books that just switch POVs once or twice, but I can imagine how annoying it would be!
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I hate poorly developed romances as well..and there are a LOT Of them unfortunately!
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I don't mind it when the POV changes, but I hate it when the POV switches mid-chapter, or worse, flips back and forth between heads with no break at all! Why would someone wright like that?
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Very true! I love multiple POV's if it is done correctly.
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I can totally understand that. I'm not a huge fan of alternating POVs - sometimes it works beautifully, though, so it isn't a deal breaker for me.
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Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yep. I agree. Switching POV's can be annoying sometimes. Old follower~
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I find it difficult to deal with too many point of views too, too many characters in just a few pages and plot roles. Also I don’t find bad edited books very attractive, and this can turn out to be a deal breaker in the end. Love triangles I can deal, but I’m getting tired of reading the same things in romance books...
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Switching perspectives dont bug me as much as poorly developed romance do it just like *facepalm* Awesome answers and thanks for stopping by my blog :D
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I'm a fan of switching POV when it's done right, but hate it when it's sloppy and lazy! And yes, poorly developed romance is the quickest way to turn me off a book :(
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