I have done a couple of ‘Trope Thursday’ posts and all of them have been about tropes I love. Either in general, or lists of books that fit those tropes. Today I thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the tropes I dislike. There are a couple I really hate, but I do think I could also fill multiple lists with tropes I simply do not like. Today I wanted to talk about some of the ones I like the least, so let’s jump in!

Miscommunication

This trope is the easiest way of creating conflict for a couple. It’s also really unnecessary most of the time. If miscommunication is the only reason there is a ‘problem’ for the couple, I think there just wasn’t really a story. There are some books where the miscommunication makes sense and it is well done, but not often haha. Because it can be done well, this isn’t my all time least favorite trope, but I think it is used way too much.

Love Triangle

There have been soooooo many (YA) novels with love triangles. And not even true love triangle, because I might actually like those, but just two love interests for our main character. Usually it’s pretty clear what the choice is going to be and I just don’t really see the point of these. It seems like it’s a part of a checklist that needs to be included in a ‘successful’ story but I could do without them.

Losing/Giving Up All Their Powers

I really hate this trope. Usually the character is unusually strong and might have hinted throughout the story that they don’t love having these powers. In the end they have to give up or they lose their powers in order to achieve the overall goal they have been working towards. I do not like this trope one bit and I don’t think I’ve ever read a book where this was done in a way that still satisfied me. If I never read a book with this trope ever again I would be very happy haha.

Coming Back to Life

This might be my all time least favorite trope. One of the main characters dies at the end of a battle or something similar, but then is brought back to life in some way. Usually it makes somewhat sense that it would work, but I just think it’s a cheap way out. If you don’t plan on keeping the character dead, then just don’t have them die. It feels like they want us to experience the feelings, but don’t actually want to kill off the character. So let me say it again, just don’t let them die in that case. Or do the hard thing and keep them dead haha. I always feel cheated when this happens at the end of a book and I really dislike this trope.

These are 4 of my least favorite book tropes. Especially the last two are some of my most hated tropes haha. What do you think of these tropes? Do they ruin a book for you? Or do you still enjoy the book if the rest of it was good? Let me know down below!