Thread: Do you list every book you've read in Goodreads or other sites?
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Old 10-27-2024, 02:04 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by maddz View Post
I think for me when I do a re-read of something I last read 30 years ago, it's a toss-up whether the suck-fairy has visited or not... What I thought fresh and exciting before I was 30 is now tired and stale because the trope has been done to death since then and you can see the plot holes.
I've found that amusing at times when I realize the older book I am reading is, as far as I know, the original source for the trope.

I also find amusing the way that quite a few authors are bandwagon jumpers so you get one decent book and then a flood of imitators. See the number of magical academy books since Harry Potter as a horrible example.

As for plot holes? I tend not to let them bother me unless they are bad enough to drag me out of the story. I find deus ex machina to be much more annoying.
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