To explain a little about what this post will be about, I’m taking the intro I did for the last one: In every romance book you read there are tropes or archetypes. You can also see them in shows, movies, plays, etc. Romantic tropes are everywhere, and they are fabulous. I adore them and I always tend to find my favorite ones in romance books so I can enjoy them more. I decided to do a sort of Trope Tuesday piece where I will be talking about many tropes and recommend you all some of my favorites that fit.
What is a trope? Urban Dictionary explains it best I think: “Despite the erroneous definitions already published here, trope on the interwebs really refers to an often overused plot device. It can also be described as another variation on the same theme. TV shows, movies, comics, games, anime’, & books are full of tropes & many rabid fan-sites now name & track said tropes with a self-explanatory title for each one.” We can name a few: accidental pregnancy, best friends to lovers, sibling’s best friend, marriage of convenience, and so many more for sure. Your favorite couples? They probably got a trope too! It’s always so nice to realize or find out your favorite romance trope and keep searching for books with the same theme.
Who doesn’t love Tom Hanks? I remember one day, on Twitter, when he was trending and someone tweeted that they were afraid of seeing why he was trending, that maybe he said something problematic, they would have to cancel him, etc. But no, as usual, he said something really nice and was the most humble man in Hollywood.
But yeah, it’s easy to relate Tom Hanks to romance novels, right? He has done so many rom-coms and basically his career started with them. Remember Splash (1984)? So yeah, this is an ode to him and his work. What I’m going to do is match some of his most emblematic romantic comedies with a romance novel. Ready?