PurpleproserandompopculturereferencesAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplepassageof time,who'sthat?Xenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)charactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeobviouscheckov'sgunHomophobic/offensive togay peoplecharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingstilteddialogueauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishCharactersare one-dimensionalObviousplottwistTragic/violentevents forno reasonwritingis toovaguecharactershave toomuch plotarmoranticlimaticbuildup/revealSexist/offensiveto womentoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacecringeytitledropplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakup4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatednothinghappensstupidclichebad mentalhealthrepresentationauthordid noresearchMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasonTransphobic/offensive totrans peopletellingnotshowingIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsplotholesunneededprologuepoorlywordedphrasespoorlywrittenchildrenSusdescriptionsof minorscharactersall havethe samevoicePlot twistfor pureshockvaluenonsensicalliterarydevicesreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationpacing isinconsistentbadworldbuildingsimplegood vs.evildynamicliterallyspreadingmisinformationcharactersare justplainstupiduses aword/phraseway toomany timescharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waydisbelief istoosuspendedRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleheavyhandedexpositionforcedsexualtensionPurpleproserandompopculturereferencesAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplepassageof time,who'sthat?Xenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)charactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeobviouscheckov'sgunHomophobic/offensive togay peoplecharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingstilteddialogueauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishCharactersare one-dimensionalObviousplottwistTragic/violentevents forno reasonwritingis toovaguecharactershave toomuch plotarmoranticlimaticbuildup/revealSexist/offensiveto womentoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacecringeytitledropplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakup4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatednothinghappensstupidclichebad mentalhealthrepresentationauthordid noresearchMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasonTransphobic/offensive totrans peopletellingnotshowingIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimsplotholesunneededprologuepoorlywordedphrasespoorlywrittenchildrenSusdescriptionsof minorscharactersall havethe samevoicePlot twistfor pureshockvaluenonsensicalliterarydevicesreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationpacing isinconsistentbadworldbuildingsimplegood vs.evildynamicliterallyspreadingmisinformationcharactersare justplainstupiduses aword/phraseway toomany timescharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waydisbelief istoosuspendedRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorfatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleheavyhandedexpositionforcedsexualtension

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