tier ranking popular book tropes 📚 (why do some of these exist?)

[@vampycat]

Hurt/comfort eats EVERY time. The hurt/comfort trope is generally a larger theme of somebody who is deeply emotionally hurt by trauma/a dark past and the character who comforts helps them heal from it or come to terms with it. Or it could be a serious injury that somebody has to help them cope with. I eat it up every time, I can't help it.

[@jaimefok]

OK yes I do like this- just wasn’t sure what it meant from the little card 😂

[@vampycat]

@@jaimefok I'm pretty sure the term came from fanfiction 🫣😂

[@taryn12]

This was such a fun video! For some reason I'm obsessed with the combination of the enemies-to-lovers AND faking dating trope. So they hate each other and they have to fake date for some reason, haha. I can't explain it, it's a good combo!

[@jaimefok]

LOL ok this is funny, I like it

[@cordula2648]

Oh yes!!!

[@thefitnessfoodfairy3389]

Yay, new video! Tier rankings are always fun😂👏🏻🤍

[@jaimefok]

they are fun to make too!

[@chloeplummer9898]

Ooooh for heist books I 100% recommend the Lies of Locke Lamora! It's really well done and not at all predictable :) For the mafia/ gang LI (or just characters)... please read Jade City... rankings may change ..... anyway loved the video as always and looking forward to the next one!

[@jaimefok]

Jade city is on my list! Will check out your other rec as well ❤️

[@kalliste01]

I absolutely hate enemies to lovers. I'll pick up a book I think sounds good and the start reading it and realise that I chose an enemies to lovers book and wonder why I always do this to myself :D I usually end up hate reading them just to see where they go.

[@jaimefok]

Omg 😂😂😂

[@TaraBiggs]

7:25 the selection series has one in the last two books

[@jaimefok]

Oh interesting!

[@luisacavazani7529]

Yay new video, loved it! Totally fair points haha our answers were very similar 😘

[@jaimefok]

YAY ❤️ glad you loved it!

[@romy1188]

Omg, i love your videos soooo much. Tier rankings are amazing and i love seeing your reactions on it!

[@jaimefok]

thank youuuuuu❤️❤️

[@giamontea25]

Your videos eat every time ❤

[@jaimefok]

ILY

[@emilyboulter5978]

I totally agree that Violet and Xaden’s romance in Iron Flame fizzled out quite a bit compared to Fourth Wing. I really want to see what happens with them in the next book after the ending of Iron Flame.

[@jaimefok]

I’m actually in a way, SO HAPPY about what happened at the end of IF. I need real tension back into their story!

[@random-zz8ut]

when you said "not the current world we're living in" in relation to the dystopian/apocalyptic thing i burst out laughing. we literally ARE in the dystopian future they used to write about. it's crazyyyy.

[@jaimefok]

omg LOL

[@mclark347]

I'm obviously very late, but I want to clarify some of these tropes. The thing you described as the type of love triangle you like actually just *isn't* a love triangle. A love triangle means person A likes person B, B likes C, and C likes A. Hurt comfort is exactly what you thought. Mirror description is when a character is describing themselves physically while they are looking in a mirror. The F in Normal F stands for female. It's common to write male/female/nonbinary as M/F/NB.

[@jaimefok]

@@mclark347 oh interesting! I thought love triangles were just any situation where 3 are tied in a romance together? Any combo of A/B/C liking each other. That’s how I’ve seen others talking about that trope!

[@mclark347]

@@jaimefok Yeah, I feel like people have expanded the love triangle trope because they didn't really understand it. I guess it could just be language change, which I guess is valid? It could be because the nature of a true love triangle actually requires at least one person to be LGBT, which is uncommon in media.

[@bookishbecca]

Ohhh, this was a fun video! Personally, I would put ‘not like other girls’ in the ‘absolutely not’ category. The internalized misogyny that tends to be linked to that trope is a nope for me. I would also put Mary Sue/Gary Stu in ‘absolutely not’. We stan a flawed protagonist in this house. Otherwise, I agree with most of your rankings. Found family and slow burn are some of my absolute favorites!

[@jaimefok]

totally fair!!

[@mr.x817]

Videos from you eats every time haha. Right now I’m in to the Ai relationship type books not my favorite tho. My favorite would be forbidden love or slow burn. Haha love romance.

[@jaimefok]

ILY HAHA i have recently acquired an AI book so we shall see :P

[@daphne.readsnl]

I agree with most of your rankings! 🙌🏻

[@jaimefok]

WOO!

[@random-zz8ut]

BAD GIRL X GOOD BOY IS THE BEST WHEN IT COMES TO STRAIGHT ROMANCES FR!!! finally someone who gets itttt Edit: and also fake dating AAAAAHHH i never understood the hype around this trope either! the whole "theyre actually gonna fall in love while pretending to fall in love" thing makes it sooo predictable and that ruins the experience for me. and also because i just never think they have a good enough reason to do something as extreme as telling everyone youre dating someone youre not...i think this is an ego thing BAHAHA

[@jaimefok]

there have definitely been SOME fake dating books that I can get into. But in general, I feel like the trope is so...meh haha

[@paytonouber6448]

So many tropes 😅 There are so many I love when they are done right But also get so overdone so quickly that I end up taking a long break from them for a while Or are done so blatantly obvious that it’s not a surprise when it gets there. I know my least favorite is a love triangle. Especially when the middle person has made it clear who they are choosing and the other decides they need to keep trying. 🙄

[@jaimefok]

YES I AGREE. I only like love triangles if they are evenly matched

[@amyahn231]

Book boyfriends would be super fun lol 😂❤

[@jaimefok]

LOL sorry huffy

[@marchymeow4584]

9:00 I mean I cant blame you girl 😂

[@jaimefok]

REAL

[@turkeyrunner712]

These are always so much fun! Bonus - now I know what a Mary Sue character and a skibidi toilet are 😂

[@jaimefok]

i still don't really know what a skibidi toilet is lol

[@CRG_]

Your first ‘eats’ trope. Lol hell yes. Edit: So far all of your eats actually😂

[@jaimefok]

we love to eat

[@Trissha9885]

First!!🎉 So happy to be blessed with a new video from u today!! 💗 Anyways, have a nice day!! ❤❤

[@jaimefok]

YAY! have a lovely wednesday

[@stephanieq4316]

I did not realize how many tropes there were

[@jaimefok]

and there are many more 😂

[@casscain4122]

i agree i am getting soooo tired of enemies to lovers

[@jaimefok]

😂😂

[@Thedorkyreader]

AI relationship book you should try…. “Defy the stars”

[@jaimefok]

I’ll add it to my Goodreads tbr! It’s funny, after filming this video I just got Annie Bot In my BOTM haha… haven’t read it yet but here I go into AI relationships!

[@serenity8910]

Also The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, although it's a side character. Amazing cozy sci-fi!

[@Thedorkyreader]

@@jaimefok I really enjoyed the Defy the Stars trilogy. It's exciting and action packed.. plot driven.. and the romance is sooo lovely.

[@Thedorkyreader]

This is on my tbr.. I even have a physical copy... perhaps i'll read it next after my current book ends.@@serenity8910

[@a.b.2405]

I love a good revenge story! 😈

[@jaimefok]

YAS

[@CRG_]

Tbf Aelin is a bit of a self-loathing protagonist. She shallowly and outwardly loves herself but in reality she’s self-loathing.

[@jaimefok]

that's fair!

[@Trissha9885]

First!!🎉 So happy to be blessed with a new video from u today!! 💗 Anyways, have a nice day!! ❤❤

[@jaimefok]

and i'm blessed with your comment, thank you!!

[@Trissha9885]

@@jaimefokily girl! ❤ Welcome 😊