ITT: shit that pisses you off in books Ill start: When the book

Forewords
Chapter summaries

Books with really long chapters only split up by those triple asterik things. It means they should be new chapters or that the writer is shit at pacing.

>>9437283
Oftentimes it means there was supposed to be a line break, but that break fell at the end of a page where it would have been invisible.

t. proofreader

First line of the book is a very short declarative statement as if its supposed to be profound and attention grabbing.

>>9437307
Blame agents for that

>>9436223
literally, the only reason I haven't read life of pi is because my mom bought me an edition with the movie cover

books that are big enough pseud-bait to attract a movie adaptation really piss me off.

>>9436223
When poetry is too obfuscated for me to comprehend. Yes, I know in not as smart as I hoped I was.

>>9436223
books subtitled "Book (n) in the Chronicles of...", with a made-up map at the front, territories labeled in cursive, and a list of made-up words at the back that don't need explanation.

>>9436223
>When the book gets a movie adaptation and they use the movie art as the new book cover
I understand why they do this but it makes me irrationally fucking angry.

>>9437555
Also doesn't help that you're reading poetry the wrong way.

>>9437752

Why? In 99% of the cases, it looks better than whatever artsy postmodern doodle they originally used.

>>9437764
I don't know if I've ever seen a movie cover that I actually thought looked better than the original. Movie covers always look so fucking tacky.

>>9437298
How does one get that job?