Lately, probably because my brain has been frazzled (that’s a different story though;), my reading pool has been pretty narrowed down. I really do need to explore new authors.

But another thing I tend to do is to go back and re-read, because lazy brain. It’s easier, and enjoyable to revisit a story that I’m already familiar with. (it’s also the reason my ex hated watching movies with me lol:)

BUT- this is what almost always happens. And this has nothing– I repeat nothing– to do with the author or their quality of writing. For example, I admire Brandon Sanderson. I think he has a brilliant and creative mind. His ability to construct unique universes and magic systems is unparalleled.

NOW- with that out of the way… I’ll delve into one of my pet-peeves in writing. I don’t really have a label for it. It’s kind of the “but what about…” (always beware the three dots. They never bode well:)

In this instance, I’ll use his book Tress. It is part of the cosmere universe. A very novel and interesting premise. Instead of water-based oceans, their oceans are comprised of spores. Spores that become very dangerous when exposed to water.

My first reading of the book was breathless. A fairly straight-through captivated audience. My second-read, though.. I started thinking about.. “But what about…”

So- if these spores are very reactive to water, turning into massive and potentially dangerous, life-threatening vines… Are there not places in the spore-oceans where there would be groves of vines? And would there not be the equivalent of mangroves, where spores have begun to grow, and managed to hit the ground where there is a modicum of water?

Wouldn’t there be dangerous tangles of vines floating(do they float?) in the seas, that could snare unwary sailors?

Wouldn’t there be massive vine-trees that managed to take root at the ocean’s floor somehow– sucking moisture out of the air in order to survive?

I still love the story– and will likely read it again for a third and fourth time. Hopefully, I don’t walk away with more “what about…” points.. I think there were others.. But these are the ones that have stuck with me:) I kind of wish he would write more, or do a revised version that could take all of these bizarre possibilities into account:)

At the least– it makes me be more aware of these kinds of ramifications with my own world-builing:)

Do you have a bookish pet-peeve? What is it? share in the comments;)