TikTok Loves Book 'Tropes' and Authors Feel Pressure to Use Them

On TikTok, readers often describe books by their tropes, or recurring narrative devices. For authors, the focus on tropes can feel limiting.

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Love Tropes

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BookTok, Explained - by Chels - The Loose Cravat

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disliked tropes - Lemon8 Search

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