I tried to have a rule for a while where I rejected any novel that mentioned the weather on the first page, but soon I had nothing left to read.
Occasionally I have an allergy to fiction written in the present tense.
I've also rejected historical fiction where the sources are too obvious. Gore Vidal's Julian - cool, because I've never wanted to slog through Libanius. Gore Vidal's Creation - goddammit, dude, if you're just going to paraphrase Herodotus I'll reread Herodotus instead.
I tried to have a rule for a while where I rejected any novel that mentioned the weather on the first page, but soon I had nothing left to read.
Occasionally I have an allergy to fiction written in the present tense.
I've also rejected historical fiction where the sources are too obvious. Gore Vidal's Julian - cool, because I've never wanted to slog through Libanius. Gore Vidal's Creation - goddammit, dude, if you're just going to paraphrase Herodotus I'll reread Herodotus instead.