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Originally Posted by Sirtel
The thing that always annoys me in fiction is characters falling in love at first sight, be it in romance novels or in any other genre. I know it happens in real life, but in fiction it just seems like lazy writing, like the author didn't want to bother with developing the relationship. It doesn't matter if the characters falling in love are straight or gay or bi, it's always equally irritating.
In movies it's less annoying than in books, but somewhat still.
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I like mysteries so at one time I tried a few romantic suspense books. Maybe I just happened to pick the wrong ones (can't remember what authors I read, it's been a while) but the characters always met under stressful circumstances, resisted each other briefly, got together, and by the end of the book were engaged or married, and the total time period that had passed in the book was only two or three weeks. Probably about the same amount of time it took me to realize romantic suspense was not for me!