So here is Magna Carta II: the statement of what I don't like in novels.

MAGNA CARTA II
Things I don't like in Novels


• Too much "business" or "busyness"
• Fantasy, at least fantasy that takes itself too seriously
• Stories about "important" issues instead of about people
• Stories set in the future (except I did like The Eye, the Ear and the Arm)
• Whiny main characters
• Parents that are too doltish and uncaring (or any adult for that matter – it was hard to believe the extent to which the m.c. was...