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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
For instance, when I read someone raving about an author's "world-building" skills, I tend to assume that there's a lot of pointless, fill-ery info-dumping going on. I like to do the heavy lifting myself where "world-building" is concerned--thank you very much An author who tries to micromanage that experience tends to annoy me.
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Interesting. One of the reasons I like Brandon Sanderson's books so much is his detailed world-building. I guess he's not an author you're overly keen on?
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Conversely, someone who gripes about hating first-person narratives has just handed me a plum. 
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I don't mind first-person narratives - some of my favourite series are narrated in the first person (eg Kathy Reichs' "Temperance Brennan" series). What I strongly dislike are first-person
present tense narratives, which I always associate with "YA" books.