Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and the meme moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. This week's Top Ten Tuesday asks bloggers to list their favorite tropes. I decided to add some of my least favorite tropes as well. The following tropes are in no particular order.
FAVORITE TROPES
1. Strong female lead | Who doesn't love a strong, confident female who knows what she wants and who isn't afraid to speak her mind. I enjoy reading about females who overcome stereotypes and take a stand to say "hey, here I am and I can do anything a man can do." Females who break gender stereotypes are often books I love to read.
2. Male point of view | Frankly a lot of YA voices these days are in the POV of females. However, I would love to read more authentic male voices.
3. Paranormal and Magic | I am a huge sucker for reading books about witches, vampires, werewolves and anything that falls under the realm of the paranormal. Often, magic are involved with the parnomal and I love reading books that incorporate magic.
4. Coming-of-age | I am a a big fan of coming-of-age novels. They are relatable and usually nostalgic.
5. Boarding Schools | Any book with a boarding school is an instant add to my TBR. I am quite fascinated how young adults residing at the same location where they receive their education.
LEAST FAVORITE TROPES
1. Love Triangle | Most of the time I do not like reading about love triangles in my books except for a couple of cases. I only approve of the love triangle in the To All the Boys I've Loved Before trilogy and in The Infernal Devices trilogy.
2. Insta-love | I feel like this trope is in so many YA books and it's unrealistic. People don't fall in love that quickly without getting to know the person.
3. The Chosen One | How many times do you read a book and the main character ends up being some type of chosen one that saves the day? Yeah, I know I like Harry Potter, but I rather keep my Chosen Ones rather limited.
4. Cheating in Relationships | I know cheating does happen in some relationships, but it's very hard for me to read a book when a character cheat on another.
What are some of your favorite and least favorite tropes in the books you read?
I really haven't read any boarding school stories, but I feel like that's a favorite plot of mine as well. Insta-love can be ok, but it's never ideal, and as you and someone else's post points out, it's VERY unrealistic. That's not love. Fun list, Nicole! :)
ReplyDeleteI am pretty much obsessed with boarding school books. Sometimes they are hard to find. I definitely agree with you that it's very unrealistic when it comes to insta-love. It's a crush or maybe lust but definitely not love.
DeleteI agree with wanting more male voices in YA, albeit in a way that I can see quickly regretting because I have always loved the fact that YA is such a girl-centric space...but then again, I quite often find myself thinking of a specific kind of story where I'd like a male perspective, and I end up spending like three hours googling keywords to find one; I'll think of 3 female variations off the top of my head, but the other way around = me as Chandler Bing going "WHERE are ALL the MEN??"
ReplyDeleteReading a male perspective is actually one of my all time favorite things when reading a novel. I am not sure it's because I want to read from another gender's POV or because male voices are hardly in YA in a first person POV.
DeleteI enjoy paranormal themes, too.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
I am glad you enjoy the paranormal theme as well. Thank you for visiting.
DeleteYes, strong female leads are a great trope.
ReplyDeleteMy TTT
Yes! I see a lot of people like the strong female leads. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteLove strong females. And most love triangles aren't done well. But I agree that The Infernal Devices love triangle turned out amazing.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you that most love triangle aren't done well. Thanks for visiting.
DeleteLove triangles. Ugh. I don't like those at all. Same with cheating. Insta-love, I don't always mind. It depends on how it's written. Nice lists today!
ReplyDeleteFor some odd reason, a lot of books have love triangles and the insta-love tropes. I don't know why but I assume some people do like both tropes in books. Thank you for stopping by.
DeleteLove that you split them up into likes vs dislikes! I definitely agree with quite a few of these. I have a weakness for boarding school tropes, too. They are a favourite.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I couldn't think of a bunch of likes so I decided to split them up. YES to the boarding school trope! I am always on the lookout for more books with boarding schools.
Delete