Q: What writing device or trick most irritates you when reading a book? For example, if an author employs an omnipotent narrator that is sometimes considered bad form.
A: Insta-Love. I kind of hate it. It might work in some books but mostly it's just annoying. Even in one of those "we shared past lives" books. Ugh!
Epilogues. Man, do I hate them! I seriously feel bad when I read them. Especially with a last book in a series... like it's really the final end and the author will never ever go back to it. Like, epilogues where the characters are "grown up". I really don't want to know that at all. I like to keep at least some mystery there.
Changing POVs. Again, in some books it might work but most of the time it confuses the hell out of me. I like books where it's just one POV. And if the books has to have several, please no more than two! *coughcoughHouseofNight*
Cliffhangers. They will be the death of me! I especially hate it when there's this huge cliffhanger and then you have to wait a whole freakin' year for the next book. No, please, just shoot me in the head then!
Love Triangles. I have a love/hate relationship with them. In some books they do work but lately in every YA book there is one, so it's definitely getting old. Especially since most every book you can guess which guy the heroine will end up with. So if there's a best friend guy and mysterious new guy, you know it's most likely the MC will not end up with the best friend. This really sucks.
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