Uncle B’s Guide To Deciphering Book Descriptions and Blurbs
They tell you that you must never judge a book by its cover, but people are such visual creatures, that cover will call out to you… I am a huge fan of the Blind Date With A Book idea, imagine books just wrapped up in a brown paper package tied up with string; these are a few of my favourite things…
I thought this idea was neat you just pick a book based on its description.
Now the thing about a book’s description (trust me on this and you can ask any author you want, writing that tiny book description is so much harder than writing the actual book) it has a secret language similar to how realtors and estate agents will describe a house for sale as cozy instead of cramped or charming instead of derelict and when they say unique they mean no one else wants it…
From personal observation these are some terms I have come to understand and expect:
•Fantasy – set in a surreal world
•Epic Fantasy – Magic and possibly dragons
•Sci-fi – magic but steeped in scientific terms
•Magical Tale – There is no magic magic in that one its probably a tear jerker.
•Moving – similar to magical
•Enchanting – there could be fairies but most likely a human interest story
•Romantic – break up and makeup and break up some more
•Fascinating – its like watching paint drip, something to pass time
•Thriller – someone about to die and time running out
•Suspense – no idea what will happen next, turn to next page
•Mystery – Somebody died now find out who and why
•Fast Paced – reads like a long blog post
•Gripping – cant believe somebody actually wrote a book about this, usually relating to a thriller
•Riveting – cant believe somebody actually wrote a book about this, usually relating to a mystery
•Chilling – cant believe somebody actualy wrote a book about this, usualy relating to horror or crime
•Spine Chilling – see chilling
•Crime Fiction – Elementary my dear Watson
•True Crime – Elementary my dear Watson, this really happened
•Horror – now you cant sleep cause the thing from the book will come from you
•Historical Fiction– There is somebody called Thomas in it
•Classic – authors died a decades ago and everyone read it or pretends to have
•Debut – Incase they make it to best seller this is where it started
•Adventure – its probaby for the young and young at heart
•Apocalyptic – World ends or almost ended
•Post-Apocalyptic – after the world ended
• Non-Fiction – It really happened to me
•Powerful – cant believe this is not fiction usually in relation to Non-fiction
•Inspiring – probably Non-Fiction
I am curious if you drawn any such observations… add more if you have them
~B
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