stupidclichecharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingTragic/violentevents forno reasondisbelief istoosuspendedAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleunneededprologueuses aword/phraseway toomany timesSusdescriptionsof minorsobviouscheckov'sgunbadworldbuildingAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplerandompopculturereferencesplotholespoorlywrittenchildrencharactersall havethe samevoiceHomophobic/offensive togay peopleEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedPurpleprosetellingnotshowingreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationCharactersare one-dimensionaltoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspaceliterallyspreadingmisinformationcharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waybad mentalhealthrepresentationcharactersare justplainstupidpoorlywordedphrasesanticlimaticbuildup/revealTransphobic/offensive totrans peopleauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishPlot twistfor pureshockvalueIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasoncringeytitledropforcedsexualtensionObviousplottwistSexist/offensiveto womencharactershave toomuch plotarmorstilteddialoguesimplegood vs.evildynamicXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)plotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupnonsensicalliterarydevicesauthordid noresearchfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiescharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treenothinghappens4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorwritingis toovaguepacing isinconsistentheavyhandedexpositionpassageof time,who'sthat?stupidclichecharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingTragic/violentevents forno reasondisbelief istoosuspendedAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleunneededprologueuses aword/phraseway toomany timesSusdescriptionsof minorsobviouscheckov'sgunbadworldbuildingAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplerandompopculturereferencesplotholespoorlywrittenchildrencharactersall havethe samevoiceHomophobic/offensive togay peopleEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedPurpleprosetellingnotshowingreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationCharactersare one-dimensionaltoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspaceliterallyspreadingmisinformationcharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waybad mentalhealthrepresentationcharactersare justplainstupidpoorlywordedphrasesanticlimaticbuildup/revealTransphobic/offensive totrans peopleauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishPlot twistfor pureshockvalueIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasoncringeytitledropforcedsexualtensionObviousplottwistSexist/offensiveto womencharactershave toomuch plotarmorstilteddialoguesimplegood vs.evildynamicXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)plotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupnonsensicalliterarydevicesauthordid noresearchfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiescharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treenothinghappens4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorwritingis toovaguepacing isinconsistentheavyhandedexpositionpassageof time,who'sthat?

Bad Book Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. stupid cliche
  2. characters' personalities are always changing
  3. Tragic /violent events for no reason
  4. disbelief is too suspended
  5. Ableist/ offensive to disabled people
  6. unneeded prologue
  7. uses a word/phrase way too many times
  8. Sus descriptions of minors
  9. obvious checkov's gun
  10. bad worldbuilding
  11. Antisemetic/ offensive to jewish people
  12. random pop culture references
  13. plot holes
  14. poorly written children
  15. characters all have the same voice
  16. Homophobic/ offensive to gay people
  17. Everything said gets dumbed down and repeated
  18. Purple prose
  19. telling not showing
  20. readers are given too much unimportant information
  21. Characters are one-dimensional
  22. too many "important" events crammed into such short space
  23. literally spreading misinformation
  24. characters' trauma doesn't affect them in any way
  25. bad mental health representation
  26. characters are just plain stupid
  27. poorly worded phrases
  28. anticlimatic buildup/reveal
  29. Transphobic/ offensive to trans people
  30. author's poorly concealed fetish
  31. Plot twist for pure shock value
  32. Islamophobic/ offensive to muslims
  33. MCs are unbelievably hot for no reason
  34. cringey title drop
  35. forced sexual tension
  36. Obvious plot twist
  37. Sexist/ offensive to women
  38. characters have too much plot armor
  39. stilted dialogue
  40. simple good vs. evil dynamic
  41. Xenophobic/ offensive to immigrants (most often non-americans)
  42. plot mandated friendship failure/third act breakup
  43. nonsensical literary devices
  44. author did no research
  45. fatphobic/ offensive to fat people/just weird about bodies
  46. characters literally fell out of a coconut tree
  47. nothing happens
  48. 4.5+ star rating on goodreads
  49. Racist/ offensive to people of color
  50. writing is too vague
  51. pacing is inconsistent
  52. heavy handed exposition
  53. passage of time, who's that?