Catchphrases, stereotypes & some weird ideas

The story is interesting and generally well-written, and Nick Podehl is always brilliant (though I can't tell how accurate his different regional accents really are). But there are some points that I already noticed in Paradigm 2045, which I listened to first, and which seem to be something the author likes to use, but I found increasingly annoying with time:

1. The catchphrases
Most characters have one or more catchphrases that they tend to use a LOT. Generally I think a catchphrase is a good idea for a character because people individually do tend to prefer some expressions and use them more than others, and why not use this in books? But with this author, they use them all the time. Again and again. Sometimes in every other sentence. No matter if it's James's "Shite and sugar!" or "Shite on a shingle" in Paradigm or Meghan's "I'll tell you that for nothing!", this gets old FAST. Especially with the latter, because it's not just an exclamation of surprise or a curse, but a pretty long sentence that she even uses in conversations where it really doesn't fit and seems overly aggressive, like in a normal breakfast conversation with her boyfriend. And that actually made me aggressive several times and I needed to take a break from listening, I just couldn't hear it any longer.

2. The stereotypes (spoiler alert)
There's a lot of racial and other stereotypes all over these books. The dominant hot Russian woman who loves guns. The Irish rogue womanizer. The disciplined Chinese military official. The gentle self-sacrificing doctor. The devout Catholic who saves herself until the PERFECT man comes along, and then of course, she has to marry him first. The genius engineer with no social skills. The blonde gentle Norwegian. The redheaded feisty Scotswoman. And all women are incredibly sexy, and the men at least all either get there in time or were at some point in their lives. I get the overall sexiness in Paradigm because they're genetically engineered, but there is no real explanation in Sentinels.
And of course, there are a lot of expressions the author obviously thinks people of certain nationalities use all the time (see above).
To be clear: The books are not racist. The leader in Paradigm is a Black woman. I just don't like stereotypes in general, most of them are probably inaccurate, people of these nationalities might feel offended, and it makes the characters shallow, predictable and unrealistic.

3. The weird ideas
I already noticed this in Paradigm, but it appears here, too: in the author's mind, all women weirdly seem to have a special indicator just to show other people, mostly men, that they said something stupid and the woman is about to cry as a result, and this indicator is their nose. In these situations, the nose inevitably turns red immediately, like a sort of pressure indicator (to be clear: BEFORE the actual crying), and every single person knows what that means and they need to appease the woman right away before the waterworks start. This does not, however, apply to men, in the very rare situations that men actually do cry in these books.
I really don't know what to say, this is so weird. Sure, that would be a great alarm system for men, to know they messed up, but in the real world, women as well as men usually only get a red nose FROM crying because the tears enter the nasolacrimal duct, the person therefore gets a runny nose that they wipe, and the salty liquid and rubbing irritate the skin and the nose turns red as a result... but I'm positive the author has a perfectly reasonable explanation why the women in his books do this the other way around, without any tears or rubbing as the cause of the redness, and why all of this doesn't seem to apply to men at all. Perhaps it's magic.

4. Character development
The author tends to describe characters in detail in the beginning, telling parts of the story from their POV, showing their feelings and inner conflicts... and then nothing. There is no further development that the reader gets to experience, the character still appears in the story, but superficially. You get the feeling the author just ticks each character off after a time and moves on. And some characters don't even get that much. This is a missed opportunity in my opinion, the stories could have so much more depth.

So, if the Author actually reads this: I generally really love your stories, they're great, but the points I mentioned really sour the experience for me, especially the endless repetition of the catchphrases made me want to punch something several times. So, less stereotypes and more individuality, please. And no Rudolph noses.

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