@bookswithcam: Things in books that give me THE ICK #BookTok #BookRecommendations #bookicks #fantasybooks #bookopinions

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ravenkeg
Raven📚✍️ :
Big one for me is when characters don't act the age they say they are supposed to be.
2026-09-11 14:01:42
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lily__flower
LilyFlower :
I was reading a Greek mythology fantasy book and the FMC was in the underworld talking to hades and she randomly tells him “I saw a hack on TikTok on how to open a pomegranate” I wanted to throw my book across the room.
2026-09-10 13:29:38
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klahanee
Klahanee 🎻🏹🪶 Legolas’s bf :
My book is isekai and the main character is a teenager from 2026 and now in a fantasy world. She has to explain who Jesus Christ is, what the bible is, and what christianity is on like five different occasions and ends up teaching a king to play dungeons and dragons because she made a reference to rolling a dice for charisma 😭
2026-09-08 22:41:15
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missred900
missred :
"boneless" and "my folds".. EXCUSE THE YUCK OUT OF ME??
2026-09-09 17:36:49
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jennad0910
jenna ✨ :
if we’re in a fantasy book in a fantasy world, please don’t mention past US presidents
2026-09-09 21:01:47
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kenzieharman1415
kenzie :
i hate the “i choked down the bile” like what???? why are we saying it like that??? SO ICK
2026-09-08 22:02:45
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dmgalley
Donna💙wickedgoodtarot :
I’m tired reading “I released a breath I didn’t know I was holding”. Granted I read a lot but they need to come up with another line for this.
2026-09-08 19:10:46
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magberrypie
mickee :
Random pop culture references. Why was I reading a mafia book and dua lipa came on in the club?? Took me out if the story for a hot minute
2026-09-09 15:18:19
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earth2breee
earth2breee🌞 :
The modern language in fantasy throws me off so much same for in tv shows/movies
2026-09-08 17:17:02
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heatherlorraine90
heatherpalmer838 :
cringey pet names that do not fit with the story. My biggest issue I have is when the fantasy world doesnt reflect the location description times...like the characters having cell phones but the city is still in medieval cobblestone road times....I will DNF a book so hard!!
2026-09-08 18:41:05
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rhomy999
Rhomy :
Any singing in a book immediately gives me the ick. Like, people in real life do not normally randomly start singing out of nowhere
2026-09-08 21:29:11
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somethingtobe
somethingtobe :
I disagree about the slang. Fantasy isn’t always old time or a separate language. Idc about that as long as it’s not ridiculous terms only the Gen Z uses. The signing sends me. It’s why I haven’t read Off Campus. The things I’ve seen from the show of her singing on the box while he’s on ice is so cringy I think it would ruin it for me lol
2026-09-08 18:16:57
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cassdamm
CassDamm :
I hate weird nicknames. Like no, you do not need to call that grown man song it’s every other sentence.
2026-09-09 14:47:38
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silver.harvest1
📖 Silver Harvest | Author ✍️ :
Honestly I read a book about performers and the writing the song bits were great because it's just a character talking to themselves and figuring out their feelings. Them performing the song and the FULL LYRICS being put in the book... ick
2026-09-08 20:14:16
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msaunders07
ℳ𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓃 :
Hate modern settings for fantasy (CC). Like why am I reading about fairy’s on dating apps?!
2026-09-09 16:25:32
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cpl_trogdor
cpl_trogdor :
slightly off topic, I really like the modern day Romeo and Juliet with original dialogue
2026-09-10 11:00:02
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giftofgab42
giftofgab✨🫶🏻📚🎀 :
Actually that first one gave me the ick thinking about it.. in fact I now know if someone sang to me it would gross me out 😆
2026-09-09 21:28:26
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thasdf777
Thasdf :
I read a romantasy and the mmc started referring to the fmc as “my female.” I almost reconsidered my position on book burning
2026-09-08 20:42:48
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hannahmelting32
Meltingqueen33 :
Yes to the modern language. But not just in fantasy, in period pieces as well.
2026-09-09 15:34:52
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readriotruminate
ReadRiotRuminate :
I’m a bit on the fence about modern phrasing. Like not all fantasy is medieval and needs to read that way, but if something is very 2020’s specific it does pull me out of the story. Like in fourth wing, I think it’s the first chapter Violet says, “double standards for the win.” That pulled me out of it a bit, even though it’s a more modern setting than say game of thrones.
2026-09-09 19:38:28
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buggie_bess
buggie_bess :
When the MMC has a ponytail 🫩
2026-09-08 20:41:41
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mariewes
Marie Wes 📚🫦 :
Lmao! 🤣 I was so grossed out by Alex 😂
2026-09-08 21:38:06
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sterlddogd8
KrispyCritter1010 :
Can not stand during a spicy scene in a book the author giving the character some complicated issues she’s/he’s thinking and going over in her / his mind… like yeah no I’m pretty such they aren’t thing THAT much about that stuff while in the throws of a passionate moment that has been building for 17 chapters!!!!! I skip over that it’s distracting and out of place and not realistic. That and I can NOT stand misunderstand tropes!!!! So over done and frustrating
2026-09-09 23:42:49
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wufflespuffs
Wuffles Puffs :
What do you do if you're friends in real life just jump out singing do you run away 😭😅
2026-09-09 19:47:44
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writersramble
WritersRamble :
For me it’s when their name is too fkn stupid
2026-09-10 02:07:16
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