NOPE! Ending: a book ending that made you go NOPE either in denial, rage or simply because the ending was crappy.
Satan’s Gambit by Brian Moses. Trilogy had been going swell and then the author decided to go all tv show Supernatural and totally got the story off track with bad theology, even for a fantasy book.
NOPE! Protagonist: a main character you dislike and drives you crazy.
Ott from The Night of the Swarm by Robert Redick. I abandoned the book and will never read another by this author because of this character.
NOPE! Pairing: a “ship” you don’t support.
Ross Poldark and Demelza. He’s still in love with his old flame and she’s like 15.
NOPE! Plot twist: a twist you didn’t see coming and didn’t like.
The 47th Samurai. When the main character Bob Lee Swagger becomes an Insta-Samurai and defeats a guy who has been practicing his whole life. It was bogus.
NOPE! Genre: a genre you will never read.
I would normally choose “Romance”, but I have read a couple, including Venetia, so it is kind of hard to say “Never”.
NOPE! Book format: book formatting you hate and avoid buying until it comes out in a different edition.
Mass market paperback. With my diabetic eyes, Reading on my Kindle Oasis is about the only way I roll now.
NOPE! Death: a character death that still haunts you.
Alyss, the wife of Will Treaty from the Ranger’s Apprentice series. It did not need to be.
NOPE! Book: a book that shouldn’t have existed.
Flashman. The vilest book I have read in a very long time!
And that is enough for me. There are a bunch more questions below that you can choose to use if you feel like doing this tag, but I’m all Nope’d out. Cheers!
NOPE! Trope: a trope that makes you go NOPE.
NOPE! Recommendation: a book recommendation that is constantly pushed at you, that you simply refuse to read.
NOPE! Cliche: a cliche or writing pet peeve that always makes you roll your eyes.
NOPE! Love interest: the love interest that’s not worthy of being one.
NOPE! Villain: a villain you would hate to cross.
NOPE! Author: an author you had a bad experience reading for and have decided to quit.
Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road 
So much negativity! I love it!
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Exactly. I’ve read a lot of books and since I’m not doing my “Surviving a Bad Book” series of posts any more I need another outlet to be all cranky about 😀
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Who invented the NOPE tag?
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Probably some genius. I always get rid of the “link back to” portion of the tag AND the “follow all these arbitrary rules” section as well.
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I nope to most of these by default. Not even having read most of them🤭
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Yeah, I wish I could have not read many of them myself 😀
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Too much noping isn’t good for you, nopes should be used sparingly so as not to be on a downer.
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And that’s why I left all those other questions unanswered. See, I was being positively positive, hehehehehe 😉
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Haha good to see the literary world bringing you so much joy. I admire how you manage to read so many different genres.
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One of the dangers of reading so much is that you’re sure to hit bad books. And after 22 years I’ve got a pretty big database, so just by the numbers I’d HAVE to have some bad books 😀
The genre thing is pretty deliberate. I like to be as well-read as I can and to try a good selection from many genres so if someone starts talking about it I at least have some idea what they’re talking about. I don’t want to be an expert in all genres but I DO want to be familiar. So trying out new genres, series and authors. And of course, that leads back into the first point 😀
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A book that is out of my wheelhouse a bit is Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. I do plan of giving a read soon though.
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I have read a couple of the Stephen Hunter ‘Bob Lee Swagger books. I really liked the first one, but then they go downhill. BLS as a samurai? ridiculous. No thanks.
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And I had that same exact experience as you. First one was fantastic and when I saw it was a long series I had high hopes. But the further I read, the worse it got.
I think I read one or two more after Samurai and I really wish I hadn’t 😦
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Oh, neat! The kind of tag that lets you vent all your pent-up bookish frustrations! 😉
I will certainly borrow it one of these days… Thanks for sharing!
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Yeah, sometimes the negative just needs to be vented…
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Is it just me or is there a bunch of prompts towards the end that you didn’t answer? 😮
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There are bunch I didn’t get to. I’d had enough by the time I’d gotten to the point where I ended. I can only do so much work on a tag post 😀
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“bad theology, even for a fantasy book”
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THAT takes major talent…..
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And the phrase is so pithy, yet says it all.
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Ahh Venetia … those were good times! Probably the best buddy read I’ve ever done. 🙂
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Definitely a different phase in my bookish life.
Hahahaa. I was definitely more social then 😀
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Oof Poldark. I started the show and got through a few episodes, but then… drifted away.
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Me too. I watched until Poldark tried to get involved with the married woman who was his former love interest. Then I was done.
By the by, on a completely off top subject. Have you thought about changing your gravatar link so it points to your blogspot blog instead of your empty WP one? I’ve had several clickthroughs on your avatar since you started commenting and it seems a waste for them to not know you’re only active on Blogger.
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Yeah I should probably do that. To be honest I was going to have a WP blog at one point and I think I left it that way so it would point to the right blog (the thinking being at the time that I’d delete the Blogger one)- but then I never did that and forgot lol. Thanks for letting me know!
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No worries. Not trying to tell you how to blog but I noticed several click throughs and I know it can be frustrating to click on what you think is going to be a new blogger to follow only to find a dead website.
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I’ve not read the 47th Samurai, but seeing as how it uses the cheap Hollywood trope of ‘rookie turns insta-warrior and defeats an actual warrior’ I thinknI’ll give it a miss. Anything like that always gets a big nope from me
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He’s actually a world class sniper. So I guess the author thought “well, if he’s good at one thing, why not another?”. Except skills don’t translate that way 😀
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Makes sense. I’m good at writing so I’m probably pretty good tightrope walking😂
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Exactly!
So sell lots of tickets to you walking over Niagra Falls 😀
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Just strolled by a book sale recently and realized there are some books that looks promising. The problem with these books are severely dirty or damaged condition which makes holding them rather an unpleasant experience.
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Yeah, physically dirty books are a huge no-no for me. If you have to wear gloves to hold the book, it’s not worth it is my motto 😀
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