We all have preferences and things that bother one person, others may love. The one trope / characterization that destroys a book for me is ‘the overly angsty / self doubting character’.
Top of mind, the poppy war, the folk of the air, and book 5 of Harry Potter come to mind (though in HP, he’s more overconfident and it has negative repercussions and leads to the death of the only good thing going for Harry family wise, thus, I think worked out - just annoying as shit during).
Goodreads is not always a good place to suss out these things, so let me lean on r/fantasy’s experience. What books should I avoid?
And what tropes do you hate and seek to avoid?