What I Like in a Good Book

Hi! I am still on my holiday at the moment. It has been so so busy, you wouldn't believe it!

This post was inspired by a post I saw on a great YA book blog called Read, Breathe, Relax. It's really good.

So... What do you like in a good book? I'm going to list the different things I like in books and maybe give examples of books I have found these in:

- A smart, strong protagonist/main character. As you may know, I dislike dumb minded characters a lot. I like a witty, brave character with a strong personality, such as characters like Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior and Hermione Granger.

-A smidge of romance. I don't really like a lot of romance, but I like a little bit. It adds a lot to a story, and I don't think that many people realise this. I donit really fancy whole books based on romance. There have been rare exceptions. A dash of sweet romance is just the ticket. An example of a book that has this element is Ruby Red.

-An non-boring, fantastic plot. Who doesn't want an epic plot in their book? I mean, that is what gets a book published and read! I also like plots that are mysterious and also modern. Examples of this element include The Hunger Games & Divergent trilogies.

-I like a book with some sort of competition. I like to have a) a character that I really like in b) a competition of some sort. Like the Hunger Games or the Kings Champion in Throne of Glass. ( TOG is a really good book by the way. I am quite enjoying it.) I just like the competitiveness and
something about competitions.... I just like them.

-A nice cover. It doesn't nescessarily have to be anything glitzy and glamorous. It can be simple like some of the Paper Towns covers. I like spooky ones like the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children novels. I like pretty ones like Shatter Me (I haven't read that by the way. It was just using it because I know it's pretty. It's the one with the eye on the front, bty).

-Books with a first person POV. For some reason I prefer this more than books with a second or third person POV. I think I just like seeing a character developing and reading their thoughts and emotions, rather than someone telling me. A great example of a first person point of view is in The Fault in Our Stars. It makes perfect sense that the story would be told from Hazel's POV. Another example is of a book called Wonder by R J. Palacio. It comes from lots of people's POVs- the main character's, his sister and his sister's boyfriend.

-Books that fall into the historical fiction genre. I love this book genre so much. I love exploring different time periods, especially in the 80s, 60s, 40s, and 1800s. A great book that I have read is A Spy in the House by Y.S Lee. It is set in the late 1850s. I have reviewed it in this blog.

So there you go! This is what I look for in a book. I also love happy endings, but I don't like it being really cliche so everyone has a happy ending. I mean, some characters have to,like, die or something, don't they?

Thanks for reading if you have,

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