charactersare justplainstupidstupidclichetoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspaceXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)Homophobic/offensive togay peopletellingnotshowinganticlimaticbuildup/revealwritingis toovagueuses aword/phraseway toomany timesreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationobviouscheckov'sgunstilteddialoguedisbelief istoosuspendedpacing isinconsistentMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasonTragic/violentevents forno reasonRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorcharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingunneededprologuerandompopculturereferencesObviousplottwistSexist/offensiveto womenIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsheavyhandedexpositioncringeytitledroppassageof time,who'sthat?poorlywordedphrasesbadworldbuildingPurpleproseliterallyspreadingmisinformationforcedsexualtensionbad mentalhealthrepresentationauthordid noresearchfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeopleauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishSusdescriptionsof minorspoorlywrittenchildrensimplegood vs.evildynamicAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleCharactersare one-dimensionalnothinghappenscharactersall havethe samevoice4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsplotholescharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waycharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treePlot twistfor pureshockvaluecharactershave toomuch plotarmornonsensicalliterarydevicesTransphobic/offensive totrans peoplecharactersare justplainstupidstupidclichetoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspaceXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)Homophobic/offensive togay peopletellingnotshowinganticlimaticbuildup/revealwritingis toovagueuses aword/phraseway toomany timesreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationobviouscheckov'sgunstilteddialoguedisbelief istoosuspendedpacing isinconsistentMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasonTragic/violentevents forno reasonRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorcharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingunneededprologuerandompopculturereferencesObviousplottwistSexist/offensiveto womenIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsheavyhandedexpositioncringeytitledroppassageof time,who'sthat?poorlywordedphrasesbadworldbuildingPurpleproseliterallyspreadingmisinformationforcedsexualtensionbad mentalhealthrepresentationauthordid noresearchfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeopleauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishSusdescriptionsof minorspoorlywrittenchildrensimplegood vs.evildynamicAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleCharactersare one-dimensionalnothinghappenscharactersall havethe samevoice4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsplotholescharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waycharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treePlot twistfor pureshockvaluecharactershave toomuch plotarmornonsensicalliterarydevicesTransphobic/offensive totrans people

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