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Obvious padding. I don't need to be told every time that "Joshua, in his broadcloth pants and straw hat, walked to the barn to start his morning chores."
I read part of one book where the author described the characters clothing in every scene. It was Amish fiction...the men and women's clothes don't change from day to day. The book should have been a 70 page novella.
Obvious lack of research, especially medical. A recent book had a doctor in 1899 giving antibiotic injections. This book was also Amish fiction, and a married couple in the book agree out to go against their Bishop, and continue to see their daughter who had left the Amish life. While current day this would happen, it would not have happened in 1899.
Herky jerky writing. "I am sorry for your loss. If you need me please send your grandfather to my office. I will come to you. I will step out now so Becca can help you change."
Changes in POV and tense that is not part of the overall book setting. Stealth religious proselytizing. I read Christian fiction, and expect, in those books, to hear about beliefs. But when a book isn't classified as such, and you're half-way through, and all of a sudden you're being preached at.
On the same hand, stealth erotica. Books in the Religious Fiction category that turn in to erotica a third of the way in.
Re-releasing a book under a new title.
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