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Now, on to this week’s question
Q: What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can’t deal with bad editing?
Bad editing and faulty grammar and spelling is a deal breaker for me in a book. Another huge pet peeve of mine is when an author uses another language in their writing, and then get everything wrong. It really shouldn’t be that difficult to hire an editor, or to get someone who speaks fluently French/Spanish/German to take a look at things and get them right!
What about you? What is your deal breaker?
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I couldn’t agree more.. I really love it when a girl is swooned in a different language, but if they’re not getting it right then what’s the point?!
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Ashley
#BookNerd
Thanks for stopping by Ashley 🙂 It really doesn’t make me swoon if the hero is calling the heroine a guy in the way he’s calling her ‘honey’ *grin*
I couldn’t agree more.. I really love it when a girl is swooned in a different language, but if they’re not getting it right then what’s the point?!
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Ashley
#BookNerd
Great answer Lexxie! I agree bad editing can be a drag, especially if there’s so much bad grammar that it hinders your enjoyment of the story altogether. Thanks for sharing 🙂 here’s my FFF
Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows
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Great answer Lexxie! I agree bad editing can be a drag, especially if there’s so much bad grammar that it hinders your enjoyment of the story altogether. Thanks for sharing 🙂 here’s my FFF
Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows
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I don’t speak another language, so I have never encountered another language in a book that was obviously wrong. But i can’t help but wonder why an author would bother if they don’t know the language. That seems like the most idiotic mistake a writer could make. Wow.
Great answer.
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Megan @ Love, Literature, Art, and Reason
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I don’t speak another language, so I have never encountered another language in a book that was obviously wrong. But i can’t help but wonder why an author would bother if they don’t know the language. That seems like the most idiotic mistake a writer could make. Wow.
Great answer.
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Megan @ Love, Literature, Art, and Reason
Yeah the language thing would be annoying. Great answer! Old follower. 😀 My FFs are at Musings on Fantasia and LKHill. Happy Friday! 😀
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Yeah the language thing would be annoying. Great answer! Old follower. 😀 My FFs are at Musings on Fantasia and LKHill. Happy Friday! 😀
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Bad editing is totally annoying; I have to say I like when I find sentences in other languages – of course if they are written wrong there’s no point. I’m currently studying languages so finding sentences in other languages and understand them is really exciting – especially when I find Italian/latin quotes in english books! LOL
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Sara @ Sara In Bookland
🙂 imagine when your Italian / Latin is good enough to see that the author actually has no idea… then, I just don’t get why do it at all, you know?
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Bad editing is totally annoying; I have to say I like when I find sentences in other languages – of course if they are written wrong there’s no point. I’m currently studying languages so finding sentences in other languages and understand them is really exciting – especially when I find Italian/latin quotes in english books! LOL
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Sara @ Sara In Bookland
Good answer. Well noted.
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Good answer. Well noted.
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I can get over bad editing if the story is good enough.
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Sometimes, I wish I could as well… but I just can’t enjoy it that way. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
I can get over bad editing if the story is good enough.
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Sometimes, I wish I could as well… but I just can’t enjoy it that way. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
I can live with bad editing to a certain degree there has only been once where I wanted to throw the book out the window due to bad editing.
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-Amanda P
Paranormal Romance
Thanks for stopping by Amanda 🙂 I usually finish a book even if the editing is bad, but I have trouble giving it a good rating and a positive review.
I can live with bad editing to a certain degree there has only been once where I wanted to throw the book out the window due to bad editing.
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-Amanda P
Paranormal Romance
Thanks for stopping by Amanda 🙂 I usually finish a book even if the editing is bad, but I have trouble giving it a good rating and a positive review.
I generally think it’s annoying when someone pretends to know something and gets it wrong – whether it’s another language or the facts about a particular town etc
Alison, you’re right! I most often catch those kinds of mistakes in languages, though. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
I generally think it’s annoying when someone pretends to know something and gets it wrong – whether it’s another language or the facts about a particular town etc
Totally agree with the part about messing up different languages – and double the annoyance if the characters are supposed to understand the language!
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Katie @ Fiction Predictions
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Totally agree with the part about messing up different languages – and double the annoyance if the characters are supposed to understand the language!
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Katie @ Fiction Predictions
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