we genuinely need to get rid of booktok this is horrific 😭
@sanktjosten the obsession people have with tropes is insane because what happened to plots ? ive seen so many romances described with just Only one bed ! “Who hurt you” ! Enemies to lovers ! okay and what is the story about 😭
@iwwvs @sanktjosten imo it’s not fun when it’s marketed as a trope. it’s fun when you’re knee deep in tension and the villian suddenly goes “who did this to you?” if you know it’s coming it takes away the buildup
@iwwvs @sanktjosten Ehh I like to find out tropes before a book just because there’s some tropes I do not like. It’s better than reading the book and finding out there’s a trope you don’t like mid read. The plot is in the blurb.
@iwwvs @sanktjosten My son explained this. Apparently, HS english classes have devolved into spotting and describing tropes in fiction.
@iwwvs @sanktjosten Right?? So now we have « books » with no real story just a bunch of tropes stitched together very poorly might I add that makes up a semblance of a story
@iwwvs @sanktjosten see I feel like tropes are better when they’re in like fanfic and specifically oneshots, not so much in published books because I’m paying for the plot and character development
@iwwvs @sanktjosten Like gimme a blurb please 😭
@iwwvs @sanktjosten I got sick of blatantly reading the same tropes a while ago.
@iwwvs @sanktjosten plots are just tropes you haven't noticed yet. dun dun dun
@iwwvs @sanktjosten I don't think she even knows what a trope is.