forum Things You Want MORE Of In Books
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@Yamatsu

Romance of the Three Kingdoms! Or you could play Dynasty Warriors, it's the same thing, right? Just don't pursue Lu Bu!

@Trix

I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned before but I specifically want healthier parent-children relationships. I understand that no character can be perfect. (And giving them dead/missing/drunk/neglectful/pressuring/disappointed/violent/poor/controlling/generally abusive parents is a really easy way to give them the vital tragic backstory they need XD)
…but I honestly miss good relationships between a parental figure and a kid.

@evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

Books where the main character's interests are shown, not told.
Bonus points if you can tell that the author enjoys them too.
I suggest With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo for this, the main character is a chef and loves to cook and we see it throughout the story!

@Starfast group

Bonus points if you can tell that the author enjoys them too.

I'm also going to recommend Onyx and Ivory by Mindee Arnett. The author lives on a horse farm and it really shows in her writing. It's also just a really great fantasy, so I recommend it for that reason as well.

@Trix

Where the main character doesn't get the guy/girl that they like

YES I KNOW. It's one of the most unrealistic things about fiction.

Ooooh yes

@evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

……I kinda want more books that are just fun. No huge overarching plots, no massive betrayals, just fun.
Obviously I don't want every book to be like this but I feel like every book nowadays is getting stretched into massive series even when it could've just been one or two books, or have to have some plot-shaking BETRAYAL or epic fight to the death and it's getting kinda redundant. Like…the stakes don't always need to be so insanely high. The fate of the world shouldn't always lie on your character's shoulders, maybe scale it back to the fate of their town.

@Moriarty

Or that there is no such thing as familial love! This ticks me off because there’s a dude I love very much, but in this society everyone would assume we are gay! Not to mention the numerous girls I love that I have absolutely no romantic interest in!

I know that this is a really old post, but man I just gotta say I agree with you 10000000% percent. We need more stories that demonstrate how you can can love someone without being IN love with them. Also I did edit the quote some (just so people know, I changed one word, but it essentially means the same thing).
But like, I love my best friend so, so much, but I'm absolutely straight. There's another friend I have, who's a guy, and I love him, too– but I have legit zero romantic interest in the guy. Like none. There are other friends I love too, who I'm not IN love with, but love is too broad of a term nowadays, which is why some older languages had more than one word for the different kinds of love.

@evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

One thing that I personally like is when there's a (usually dead) character who's idolized by everyone, but it's revealed that they weren't as pure and good as initially thought.

@Yamatsu

One thing that I personally like is when there's a (usually dead) character who's idolized by everyone, but it's revealed that they weren't as pure and good as initially thought.

A great example of this is Sir Daniel Fortesque from the game MediEvil. He's hailed as a hero that helped win a massive war against the dark forces, but he was actually just really good at telling stories about how great he was and was actually the first guy to die. However, they won, so he was hailed as a hero and a statue was made in his honor. Once he came back to life (necromancy, dark forces are back, yadda yadda), he realized he lost his jaw, meaning that he couldn't talk. Everyone sees him as a hero and he can't even say otherwise!