poorlywrittenchildrenSusdescriptionsof minorsforcedsexualtensionAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplecharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any wayTragic/violentevents forno reasonSexist/offensiveto womenpoorlywordedphrasesplotholesplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupliterallyspreadingmisinformationObviousplottwistcharactershave toomuch plotarmorauthordid noresearchHomophobic/offensive togay peoplenothinghappenscharactersare justplainstupidreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationheavyhandedexpositionwritingis toovagueTransphobic/offensive totrans people4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsanticlimaticbuildup/revealAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeoplecringeytitledropsimplegood vs.evildynamicIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsnonsensicalliterarydevicesXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)MCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasoncharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorobviouscheckov'sgununneededprologuedisbelief istoosuspendedPlot twistfor pureshockvaluebadworldbuildingpassageof time,who'sthat?uses aword/phraseway toomany timesauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishstupidclichecharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiestellingnotshowingpacing isinconsistentbad mentalhealthrepresentationstilteddialoguePurpleproseCharactersare one-dimensionalrandompopculturereferencestoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacecharactersall havethe samevoicepoorlywrittenchildrenSusdescriptionsof minorsforcedsexualtensionAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplecharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any wayTragic/violentevents forno reasonSexist/offensiveto womenpoorlywordedphrasesplotholesplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupliterallyspreadingmisinformationObviousplottwistcharactershave toomuch plotarmorauthordid noresearchHomophobic/offensive togay peoplenothinghappenscharactersare justplainstupidreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationheavyhandedexpositionwritingis toovagueTransphobic/offensive totrans people4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsanticlimaticbuildup/revealAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeoplecringeytitledropsimplegood vs.evildynamicIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsnonsensicalliterarydevicesXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)MCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasoncharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorobviouscheckov'sgununneededprologuedisbelief istoosuspendedPlot twistfor pureshockvaluebadworldbuildingpassageof time,who'sthat?uses aword/phraseway toomany timesauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishstupidclichecharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiestellingnotshowingpacing isinconsistentbad mentalhealthrepresentationstilteddialoguePurpleproseCharactersare one-dimensionalrandompopculturereferencestoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacecharactersall havethe samevoice

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