Friday, 2 December 2011

Follow Friday, Dec. 2, 2011

It's another edition of Follow Friday, as hosted by Parajunkee.com and http://www.alisoncanread.com. This week their featured blogs are Lalane's Fiction Book Reviews and Lauren Gets Literal. Be sure to hop over to these fine blogs and take a look.

Today's question is one to get us up and hoppin' for sure. What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to books?

1. Prologues. I can't stand picking up a book I haven't read before and thumbing to the first page to get that first delicious taste, only to discover I have to get through a bunch of preliminary stuff before I can start reading the actual story. I went on about this in an earlier post.....

2. Stories that spend too much time on the point of view of the evil, insane bad guy. To take one quick example, I was much more interested in the point of view of Clarisse Starling than Hannibal Lecter....
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12 comments:

  1. Rywn2 December 2011 at 11:44

    I'm not sure I've ever seen someone complain about prologues before! Though I have to say, prologues that are actually a snippet of the critical moment also drive be to distraction. Why get me all built about about something that's about to happen, then make me spend the next 200 pages leading up to it?

    Rywn

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  2. Michael J. McCann2 December 2011 at 12:23

    Very good point, Rywn. Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Unknown2 December 2011 at 12:24

    Prologues can be tricky. Some of them are quite long and leave me more confused than if we'd just started directly with the story.

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/12/follow-friday.html

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  4. Michael J. McCann2 December 2011 at 12:39

    Yes, I agree Valentina. And I like the point you make on your blog about instant love relationships. m

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  5. Em2 December 2011 at 13:21

    I agree with you and sometimes the book doesn't even warrant needing it.

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  6. Kristin Aragon2 December 2011 at 13:38

    You make two very good points. Sometimes it is interesting to know what is going on behind the villain's eyes...other times, not so much.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog.

    My Follow Friday.

    ~Kristin

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  7. Michael J. McCann2 December 2011 at 16:13

    Em and Kristin, I appreciate the comments! m

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  8. Lan2 December 2011 at 16:25

    Urgh! You're completely right Michael. I didn't mind prologues once upon a time but now I much prefer for details to be revealed throughout the story.

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  9. Shanan, The Book Addict2 December 2011 at 20:28

    I have been frustrated with some prologues...if you need that info to make the story why not just start the story there then?

    Shanan
    http://www.thebookaddictnet.blogspot.com

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  10. Rebecca4 December 2011 at 08:09

    I'm back and forth with prologues. I have read some that had nothing to do with the rest of the book. great answer.

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  11. Jennifer4 December 2011 at 12:01

    Totally agree with your thoughts on prologues. I find it a tad annoying. I understand they hold great info but Dang! I want the story already. LOL
    Following.

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  12. Unknown5 December 2011 at 18:20

    You're right - enough with the prologues - just get into the action!

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