While You Were Lobster Trapping | The Catch

Does contemporary romance have a trope problem? If you were to base your answer on The Catch by Amy Lea, then yes, I would say it's a problem.
✨Chapters✨
00:00 - Merry Meet!
02:08 - What is a Trope?
03:26 - The Catch
08:51 - The Tropification of Romance
10:55 - The Catch cont'd
16:33 - Final Thoughts / Rating
22:06 - Would you move to a fishing village for the love of your life?
📚Books Mentioned
The Catch by Amy Lea
Set On You by Amy Lea
Exes & O's by Amy Lea
📰Articles/Sources
Tropes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - janefriedman.com/tropes-the-g...
The Good, The Bad & The Overdone: Tropes in Fiction (And How to Use Them Effectively) - tauricox.com/2018/09/27/the-g...
150 Romance Novel Tropes - eviealexanderauthor.com/150-r...
Do romance novels rely way too heavily on tropes? - winterstjames.com/do-romance-...
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[@Witchy_Reads]

What are favorite/hated tropes? 😅

[@sondering_wanderer]

I made it to chapter 5. I couldn't make any further than that!

[@Witchy_Reads]

I very much feel like I took one for the team. 😅

[@YayCatMonster]

My gosh this book sounds like hard work and not in a good way at all. Definitely one to add to my skip list. Trope-wise, I really like enemies to lovers but I find that most of the time it is done so very badly (insta love, not really enemies, one dimensional characters, etc). Thank you for taking one for the team, so to speak, in reading this one!

[@Witchy_Reads]

The tropes were definitely A LOT, but the hardest thing to get through was the Character of Melanie. She was the WORST!
I also enjoy a well written enemies to lovers, specifically if it is rivals to lovers. I feel like a lot of times the trope is written with a toxic bent and that kills it for me really quick. Playful banter and competition is fine, but negging and bullying is another level that I do not vibe with.

[@vens_book_corner]

By 8 mins of this video I was considering buying this book just to burn it 😂

[@Witchy_Reads]

While I don't condone book burning, I understand this feeling all too well. 😆

[@vens_book_corner]

@@Witchy_Reads I don't generally, but that did sound like a literal bonfire of tropes lol