Let's talk about tropes!

pekt
2026-03-19T06:02:03Z

I have a friend who recently started reading fiction books for the first time since he was a teenager. It's been great recommending him some books, and he is currently exploring different genres to find ones he likes with a goal of one book a month this year. I was chatting with him about his reading today and this got me thinking about the books I enjoy and associated tropes of different genres.

This made me think it might be fun seeing what my fellows tilders think about tropes in books.

Do you have any tropes in books that you love?

On the flip side, do you have any tropes that you can't stand?

Are there any novels that execute these tropes well/poorly?

Do you find yourself enjoying tropes being subverted?

Anything else trope related you want to chat about!

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