Twitter is just loving the book memes this week. Authors got into the spirit with the “How to tell if you’re in a insert-author’s-name-here novel” meme.
Some authors just have a different feel to their books than others. I am of the firm belief that if someone told me that a book was written by one of my faves, I could identify the fave simply by reading the story. The cadence that a writer writes in, the flow of their prose, the way they describe characters, the feel of the dialogue, all of these things (and so many more) can help give an author their specific voice.
Twitter embraced this voice this week and asked authors to give us a list of ways that we could tell if we were trapped in one of their novels. Some are funny, some are funnily accurate, but all are good fun.
Here are a few of our faves, but if you can’t get enough, give “how to tell if you’re in a novel” a search on Twitter and pour through tons of them. Enjoy!
Victoria Aveyard
How to Tell You're in a Victoria Aveyard Novel:
-teens are way too important to the state of the world
-jerk royals
-weather as METAPHOR
-is this scientifically accurate? hahaha no
-'splosions
-biiiiiitch
-YOU THOUGHT https://t.co/10PhPTrHaS— Victoria Aveyard (@VictoriaAveyard) August 29, 2018
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Victoria Schwab
How to tell you're in a V.E. Schwab book:
–There are no heroes.
–The girls are Slytherins.
–The boys are Hufflepuffs.
–Everything hurts. https://t.co/WDbUIoJNIS— Victoria/V.E. Schwab (@veschwab) August 30, 2018
Robyn Schneider
How to tell if you're in a Robyn Schneider novel:
1. You're surrounded by absurdly smart teens who constantly make Harry Potter references
2. everything is a metaphor
3. also you're Jewish and Very Concerned about Finding Yourself
4. also maybe there's a severed head or a ghost https://t.co/siXCjUVgqw— Robyn Schneider (@robynschneider) August 29, 2018
Brittany Cavallaro
how to tell if you’re in a Brittany Cavallaro novel:
-bad things are happening to you and your bff
-good thing that you are a really pissed off teenage girl
-oh well at least you’re good at poker
-murder
-are we in love?? lol no prob not
-wHY ARE THEY FIGHTING https://t.co/rDX4402d6x— Brittany Cavallaro (@skippingstones) August 29, 2018
Kass Morgan
How to tell if you're in a Kass Morgan novel:
-you're in space
-there's lots of kissing
-everyone has dark secrets and nice abs https://t.co/j54B9l8v8Y— Kass Morgan (@kassmorganbooks) August 29, 2018
E. Lockhart
How to tell if you’re in an E. Lockhart novel: Your boyfriend doesn’t love you anymore. Your best friend – well, there’s something very wrong there. WHO ARE YOU and HOW WILL YOU OPERATE in this messed up world? You are thinking about dessert a lot. https://t.co/bRRR3p5y1l
— E. Lockhart (@elockhart) August 29, 2018
Nova Ren Suma
You’re in a Nova Ren Suma novel if:
—You're a girl with a fierce fire inside you.
—But you can’t trust your own mind.
—It’s the world you think you know but something’s off-kilter.
—That may be magic. Or a ghost. But no one’s explaining it to you.
—Someone just called you weird. https://t.co/9nLJC6gx4e— Nova Ren Suma (@novaren) August 30, 2018
Cindi Madsen
How to tell if you’re in a Cindi Madsen novel:
-you accidentally spout innuendos
-you purposely turn everything into an innuendo
-cooking disasters
-conversation filter issues
-there’s a quirky cat
-there’s a quirky heroine
-you often scream at the characters to kiss already https://t.co/r38V21vKJ3— Cindi Madsen (@CindiMadsen) August 29, 2018
Kerri Maniscalco
how to tell if you’re in a Kerri Maniscalco novel:
💀 oh, look another dead body. let's cut it open.
💀 metaphors about murder abound!
💀 forensic analysis or goth foreplay?
💀 corsets are a pain but are so pretty
🎩 Thomas Cresswell is annoying you or making you swoon https://t.co/27u1VlldIE
— kerri maniscalco (@KerriManiscalco) August 29, 2018
Cora Carmack
How to know you’re in a Cora Novel:
-Just when you think it can’t get more awkward, IT DOES.
– You’ve got anxiety, or your friend has anxiety, or SOMEBODY has anxiety
– You’re constantly torn between others’ expectations and your own wants.
-Hot dudes with marshmallow insides https://t.co/Uaa4rLzwlh— Cora Carmack (@CoraCarmack) August 29, 2018
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