Good Novels & Bad Novels Part 2

I found the original list for the exercise I mentioned yeaterday. Below are the things I left out.

Elements of Novels I Like

• Characters who are shamed in some way.
• Descriptions of beauty.
• Injustice.
• Growth, negative or positive.
• Fear.
• Realism.
• Emotion.
• Dialogue. At least one quoteable line.
• Flawed people.
• Societies in conflict.
• Parents and (adult) children.
• Complex family dynamics.
• Well-researched settings.
• Fairy tale motifs.
• War.

Elements of Novels I Don't Like

• More prose than dialogue.
• Characters with no doubts.
• Characters with unreasonable doubts.
• Borrowed settings and/or characters.
• Racist or sexist authors.
• Flaws in logic.
• Bad science.