I'm not into horror/thriller, though I will read it on occasion because I do like to try and branch out, but I mainly stick with fiction/fantasy. When I read fantasy, it tends to be YA.

I'm like your friends, where I prefer female protagonists/writers, ESPECIALLY when I listen to it. I just do not enjoy male narrators. However, my husband and I recently took a trip to New Orleans and we started listening to Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice. He loves this series, buy I've never read it (it's Horror, not my thing). Although I did enjoy it, I could only handle about 2-3 hours of it on our 13 hour drive, but I digress...

My problem with female protagonists in fiction is they're almost always the same...a young girl who doesn't see her potential and is "weak" and "fragile" until she has to save the world. I find this trope to be annoying. The opposite of this doesn't annoy me AS MUCH, but still annoying (girl who thinks she is a badass and doesn't need a man until she finds one she falls in love with and then suddenly finds she has a heart). It's hard to find a good middle ground between the two. I wonder if these tropes are what annoy you about female writers/protagonists, or at least adds to your annoyance?