Bookaholics Anonymous discussion

For me, i haattee books with real ppl on the cover, dual povs and its such a struggle for me to get thru a book with 1st pov

nala 🖤 wrote: "For me, i haattee books with real ppl on the cover, dual povs and its such a struggle for me to get thru a book with 1st pov"

Oh my gosh, I also can't stand when people are on the cover! It's almost always an instant deal breaker for me. I though it was just me, haha :)

this question has made me realize that I'll pretty much read anything-- yikes --but if there's absolutely no romance, I'm probably not gonna be into it. I used to hate real people on the cover, but I picked one up from my library one time and it's one of my favorites now sooo

I tend to stray away from the super raunchy covers, why don't authors realize that if women are reading steamy romance books, they want it to be discrete?

I'm not into romance myself but it always makes me laugh when I see the shirtless covers for the books some of my friends read, I find this sooooo funny

I'll pretty much read anything but if I know beforehand that a book doesn't deal with a triggering subject in a respectful way then I'll avoid that book

Incest, or amount of disturbing content. It varies on the novel, but if there is incest that book is a no-go for me.

insta love, or when the protagonist makes something like, incredibly embarrassing.

boring title or boring story line

Big font. Maybe it’s because I wear glasses, but a huge font is just a big turn off for me. But then again, I probably miss so many good books because of that reason.

Anything can put me off a book, but I instantly hate books that features cheating

I mostly go to charity shops so it's those romance novels with regency era looking covers that aren't good at all.
I also can't pick up a book with a movie cover on it, I either won't read it or I'll find one that doesn't have real life actors on it. The only book I let go with that rule is Good omens but that's because the cover is cool even without the actors.

if the font is too small I probably won't read it

Characters. If the characters are depthless or just annoying, I won’t read it. And third person pov. Normally, I’ll try to give it a chance, but third person povs in the present tense are a no go. They’re few and far between, but I won’t touch those with a ten foot pole.

vampires. I won't apologize

real people in covers

Matilda wrote: "real people in covers"

Ew, I hate covers with real people on them too

The pregnancy trope, or too much spice. Like sure I read romance but I prefer to stick to YA

pregnancy trope

The cover FOR SURE makes the biggest difference 😳 I mean I try not to judge a book by its cover 😂 but it's hard not to !!!

the cover, man. i hate to admit it but i’m one of those people who judges a book by it’s cover 😭 by association i also buy books because of their covers, so i guess it checks out

If the cover has a shirtless man or anything cowboy related it’s not for me… yuck

Sadly I probably won’t read a book if I don’t find the cover at least a bit pretty/ interesting. I don’t know why

gay love story written by a woman or vice versa. like why write about something you have no way of experiencing????

anything to do with the word alpha

if it’s written by colleen hoover

Boring storyline, cheating trope (between the main couple, like why?), bad representation of almost anything really.

Boring storyline and abroken spine

books written in 2nd person

Anything in space 🥲

Oh easy. Real people on covers. Blonde love interest (with few exceptions, Aaron Warner, Aedion Ashryver, and Jacks being the main ones<3) Too much detail. Not enough detail. Miscommunication (on a major level) Cheating between the main couple. And if there's no sarcastic funny dark haired side character, I'm out of there faster than you can say I miss Kenji.

HUGE/Large print. Literally hurts my eyes so heck no. You know how many times I’ve had to pass on a book in my TBR because the font is so big? It’s sad 🥲

small text, if the storyline gives me the ick, shirtless men on covers (authors please STOP doing thisss) other than that I actually don't mind having real people on the cover because half of the time I don't have a vision in my head of what a character looks like so it's just their features but just a face with a black circle over it if that makes sense haha

when the main character is embarassing, real life covers are the worst, when theres a lot spice, when the 2 mc's are straight up bullying the other mc but its seen as "banter", insta love makes me lose interest, sad endings (the books r so good but so painful🥲), miscommunication trope, love triangle, pregnancy trope, when the storyline is smtg I couldve read on wattpad when I was 12, and the list goes on😀...

When it’s large print/bigger font. It hurts my eyes to read and I get to sad that I’m probably missing out on so many good books just because the font is a bit bigger😭

The name Colleen Hoover anywhere on the cover

@Martyna YESSSSSS