reacting to unpopular book opinions

[@dark_scorpion9204]

i love the fact that books give you sooo many topics to debate >>>>

[@zooweeh]

exactly this! it’s absolutely amazing and whenever someone talks about books i just get so excited and READY to talk

[@clearly_a_raccon]

This is what I love about the book community!!

[@ficasoshade]

4:13 FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT !! all I see nowdays on tiktok is girls reading books for smut but oh god its so annoying like if there is no story or a great plot , how are you not bored relying on smut ? Is that not boring ? I love when there is less smut , more innocent romantic moments and a great plot

[@bookshockeywhatever]

I totally agree if I’m reading a romance book I don’t mind one or two scenes at the end but when it’s constant over and over it’s yuck. Some of my non reader friends are only reading some books for the smut and missing all these good books that they would like because they only want to read porn on paper. Also only my opinion

[@ficasoshade]

@@bookshockeywhatever I so agreeeeeeeeee with you

[@tatata70]

EXACTLY. i like to read smut but its good only if i ship them. why would i care about it if there's literally no connection between them? i get so bored and FRUSTRATED when they start having sex outta nowhere like thats so unnecessary?

[@sweetdrops1248]

do you have any recommendations with this kind of description?

[@ravyn2817]

If I want smut, I’ll just read erotica 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@vxlvs]

i DESPISEEEE dark romance; it’s usually just a romanticisation of abuse/toxic relationships, stalking & SA

[@blockgirlygamer7714]

No literally 💀💀 like I’ll see ppl justify this with “no but it’s edgy and ur sensitive” um, sa isn’t edgy babes. It’s literally illegal ❤️❤️

[@johnroder2509]

FR like in haunting adeline that was just rape

[@shirakaraka6265]

People hate the miscommunication trope bc it’s the most realistic

[@alevstic4397]

OOP

[@demi8262]

we read to get away from reality😭😭

[@nita0507]

I think it depends, most miscommunication tropes ive read include exaggerated and dragged out scenarios that most people would solve in a 5 minute conversation. However a situation like ‘normal people’ might be more realistic for others. Personally I prefer to talk straight away to avoid overthinking + anxiety so miscommunication tropes actually feel super unrealistic to me and thats why i avoid them ahahah. I actually love reading realistic situations in books, but im sure lots of other people read to avoid reality 😅

[@demi8262]

yeah i totally agree with you. i just think it depends HOW the author executes this trope. if i see my 2 main characters get a divroce because of something as stupid as not communicating, im GOING to be mad

[@zhisu2665]

Most of the hate comes from the fact that most authors don't do it properly and it gets dragged on for longer than needs be. it's annoying irl but having to read it is just as exhausting.

[@v3r4ra]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO USES THEIR PHONE AS "bookmarks"

[@maditales]

It’s soooo good

[@IssySophia]

i agree with the rainbow bookshelf being bad if you have a series separated, but if they are all standalones and different authors it can look really good

[@hellothere8358]

I thought I was the only one that loved friends to lovers more than enemies to lovers🙏🏼😭

[@DivaviD]

Do you have any good recommendations?

[@hellothere8358]

@Diva the addicted series is a really good one and then the summer I turned pretty I think🫶🏼

[@maryk3850]

same!!

[@d1va565]

@@DivaviD cheat sheet is RLLY good

[@DivaviD]

@@d1va565 But what I've heard about the book is that characters are immature and childish,is it so?

[@alinamadlene7305]

About the rainbow bookshelves, i would also never seperate series but it works with standalones. So I only have a tiny rainbow part in my bookshelf😅

[@safaarif878]

thats my biggest problem with rainbow shelves like how do you sit there and stare at like book 1 being a the top and book 4 being in the middle and book 2 being at the bottom, it's beyond me😂

[@tatata70]

4:00 I agree sm with this one. some ppl are scared to even highlight their books, because they wont look "new" anymore, and i get it. whatever works with you. but i personally like my books to look like i enjoyed, used, and devoured them. especially when i reread it and see them highlighted with my thoughts written all over *chef's kiss*

[@lilygreiner927]

Kenji Kishimoto is %10000 the best character in the Shatter Me books. Period.

[@maditales]

FACTS

[@sunnytravels9480]

Yes

[@brynnillingworth6164]

idk if you’ve already read them, but the dance of thieves duology is superior enemies to lovers and it made me SOB. highly recommend especially based off the things you were describing you like in this video

[@dark_scorpion9204]

OMG YEEEES i feel is sooo underrated

[@tanishathakur5299]

DANCE OF THIEVES DUOLOGY IS LIKE THE BEST THING OUT THERE

[@c22d22]

Same with the remnant chronicals!! A little bit slower than dance of thieves but honestly not really lol

[@brynnillingworth6164]

@@c22d22 i’m reading these soon!

[@safaarif878]

I read the trilogy writtern by the same author "The remnant chronicles" a long time ago and Im pretty sure it had a mild enemies to lover trope if I can remember correctly but I know I loved it so I've been trying to pick up the dance of thieves and now this comment makes me want to pick it up more!!

[@karlibadenhorst7203]

crying over books just hits different

[@brooklynhamler4826]

literally. i cried so hard after reading they both die at the end but at the same time, i loved sobbing my whole body out and wishing i wasn't real. it made the experience memorable.

[@neisgevauqjjq9558]

Can we talk about how pretty she is looking. Short hairs are looking so good on her ❤.

[@majakrmer6797]

AHH MADITA UPLOADED (I have to study but priorities!!)

[@bookishtugi6461]

- I hate friends to lovers - I don‘t like smut - I still haven’t read the shatter me series. 😭 - I am in a book buying ban ( the last time I bought a book was in Oktober 2022 cuz I got gift cards for my birthday) Edit: I don‘t like 2nd chance romances

[@brooklynhamler4826]

i haven't read shatter me either. One of my bestfriends keep giving me mixed signals if they like it or not and i know that should'nt influence me much but like- their opinions on books is superior.

[@starsfornafisa]

SHATTER ME WAS SO GOOD, you should read it ‼️‼️

[@Martyna-hu9xs]

@@brooklynhamler4826Dony let anyone manipulate you into this book. It romantizes SA soooo bad.. Aaon freaking warner keeps gaslighting Juliette, he abuses, her, psychologically and verbally ALL THE TIME. And booktok will they you he is the cutest because He cAlLs HeR LoVe. Dont Read it.

[@blockgirlygamer7714]

@@Martyna-hu9xsFINALLY SOMEONE WITH SENSE OMFG

[@raydahscraftingcorner997]

@@Martyna-hu9xs pretty sure you only read the first book . please continire reading before hating on aaron also aaron never sa juliette ? she literally kissed him back. Aaron never abused her ?? what the hell are you talking about ??

[@ejdaffodill]

I absolutely agree that you can break your spines and dog ear pages and annotate and write in your books. You know why. Because. They. Are. Yours. And. Are. Meant. To. Be. Loved. And who cares, they belong to you, you bought them with your own money, do what you want with it. Doodle in your books if you really want it adds character and personality. 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚

[@luciastimpson8833]

enemies to lovers only makes sense in fantasy books as they have a valid reason for being enemies, within simple romance books half of the time they aren't enemies as either one of them likes the other or as you said they just dont like each other. I actually liked the spanish love deception but for people to label it as an enemies to lover is completely wrong. And if by any chance they genuinely have a hatred and are enemies its just simply romantisicing bullying and abuse.

[@brooklynhamler4826]

fr. i haven't read the spanish love deception but i hate when people label random romance books " enemies to lovers " when its really just miscommunication and abuse.

[@jennie.chanel.]

Same thing with better then the movies lol 😭

[@untitledmanuscript]

I love watching people freak out when you crack your book spines 😂

[@nightfallvn]

21:26 so true (thriller is the only acceptable genre in german) also the acting performance >>

[@bookloverrrr]

The enemies to lovers imagination is so true 😂 especially the knife to throat one 🤣❤️

[@keiraaml]

ive always felt so excluded from the book community because of all these opinions but knowing you and i have allllll the same opinions on books makes me feel so good

[@secretlifeofteresa]

im having an emotional and stressful day but I know this video is gonna make feel so much better. thank you madita❤

[@kikiguttenberg9288]

I agree so much with reading in your first language, I cannot for the life of me read romance in dutch (my first language).. the pet names, the declaration of love ughhhhh. Thrillers and mysteries are fine tho

[@purplecrazy3214]

As a person from the UK 95% of my books are the same size, and I can confidently say Madita would be terrified of my Bookshelves

[@Bettycxx]

I always need to remind my self that everyone has their opinion even if they don’t like my comfort book that got me out of the reading slump after a year but it’s still hurts to hear 😭😭 (letters to the lost) but YES to cracking spine, YES to shatter me, YES to agggtm

[@KelFromTheHitIndieGameOmori]

i agree with the dog ear one like i don’t want to carry around a book mark everywhere ago plus it’s just more convenient

[@M4tilda09]

For the found family trope you HAVE to read the boy who steals houses litterally no ones knows it and its so good you dont understand

[@kellybarrow8376]

6:50 it’s funny u mentioned love and other words bc although they didn’t think of eachother as siblings, imo they were wayyyy to comfortable w eachother. like some of those conversations made me cringe to no end there is no way ppl are like that irl. the story itself was so cute and i loved both of them but that made what could’ve been a 5 star book 4.5 for me

[@jozyrichardson3695]

I just found you today and I love you so much all of your videos are so funny. Your ✨energy ✨is so awesome I also love Vanessa

[@maditales]

Thank you ahhhh

[@jozyrichardson3695]

@@maditales yw💗

[@seochangbinsarms]

18:27 the only time it’s ok is if it’s a Rick Riordan book, bc he literally makes fun of it and it’s basically always a punchline💀💀

[@DivaviD]

11:20 Me when the characters get together and I'm not interested in their story anymore

[@sophaaran0309]

what you said about FOUND FAMILY... I COMPLETELY AGREE. FOUND FAMILY FOREVER FFF>>>>>>>> love you!! 💗🫶

[@maditales]

right it makes so Much sense

[@clearly_a_raccon]

The best trope by far

[@jaymontoya6769]

I am also a sad book lover, I love crying as well, however it's not just sad books that make me cry, like I sobbed reading a good girls guide to murder, and I sobbed reading heartstopper, like I am just an emotional sensitive mess, and reading books that are meant to be sad and make you cry, make me cry ten times harder lol

[@Akari_reads]

Finally I found someone who cries over every book-😭

[@ficasoshade]

21:51 thats so true ! for me " normal people " was so much better in the show as compared to the book. The book was really slow and a hard read for me but the show kept me attached

[@skatermage]

wait the thing u said about bully books is actually sooo true. like are their books like that cause i need that. girl revenge on bully then gets with their best friend??? that sounds fire

[@scvqa]

LITERALLY! Breaking book spines>>>

[@dumplyduckling3743]

i am sharing my opinions although no one will see it: 1. I don't like mega hyped up books. I get a hard time getting into them. 2. Reading in your phone/ tab/ kindle is better than reading actual books. 3. Kiss, hug, holding hands >>>>>>>>>>>> smut 4. NON ABUSIVE Rivals to lover trope is the best 5. I love idiots in love trope 6. Annoying character is not a bad character if they were meant to be like that

[@mkslibrary]

madi talking about bookmarks: "you will lose them!".... no madi YOU will lose them #ilovebookmarks

[@anreadz]

Same. I've never lost a bookmark. Or maybe because I just don't lose stuff in general.

[@maryk3850]

11:53 I don't know why, but I prefer reading online.... like I love buying books and touching them and all that stuff but I always prefer online reading bc it's more convenient

[@monicacatherine]

I’m so glad more people agree that “too much” smut is unnecessary. Like 1 or 2 scenes is fine but sometimes it is so much. That’s why I didn’t like Icebreaker, because every chapter had smut. EVERY CHAPTER

[@galarianrapidash9483]

Dog ear is too practical to not. Also even tho rainbow bookshelves look really nice, I could NEVER!!! Also “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is a horrible comparison, bc like, tf? Who are you to tell me I can’t spend my money on a book I may hate just bc it has a BEAUTIFUL cover. Like, if I’m book shopping and I see a book with a gorgeous cover I am instantly buying it. And if a book is 5 stars but has a disgosting cover… yeah there’s no chance.

[@blemblemblem]

I feel the same way about the acotar trilogy as you do for shatter me series. No one can make me dislike the book or the characters no matter how controversial and polarised the opinions are.

[@Sylvia_Sings]

2:37 her: “i want the girl to get revenge and like-” me: “chop his head off!” her “ruin his reputation.” it’s 4am idk why i thought that

[@clearly_a_raccon]

My first thought was kill him but like, hers works too. The "and then gets with his best friend" was so out of the pocked 10/10 would read

[@taylorparis7228]

"I love The Maze Runner movies, I HATE the books" so true.

[@froukjefaber8229]

0:40 I almost cry when I accidentally crack the spine

[@Miss_Witch13]

I have cried when I’ve accidentally cracked a spine 💀

[@L-tb9kk]

i enjoy cracking my books spines SO much, especially because i know how much it hurts some people ❤

[@s-a-m-i-a6520]

I love how she defend shatter me.. That's my girl 💅

[@coline6644]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO SOOO MUCH

[@Booklover640]

I literally agreed with everything you said except breaking the spine , so far I cant bring myself to do it 😂

[@harrietjoyce05]

Excited for this one because Madita is always right 😏

[@vilmachrist114]

I REALLY HATE WITH MY WHOLE HEART when a man says to the girl something like “I own you”, “you are mine” in a possessive way. Like grow up

[@Kyleigh31]

I 100% agree with the modern social media references. I think I would only slightly slow twitter but not when it’s the Character

[@GraceMelia]

13:58 I love this, I work for myself so I am busy all day and can only for 2-3 hours a night, meaning I only read 8 books a month

[@73khilosiakonsam82]

I like how you talk about shatter me!! I love it too!!! Its always in my mind and i love Aaron and Julliete!!

[@aishamajid7806]

I’m so excited for this because I have so many unpopular opinions

[@itsjustmeimani]

i hate cracking spines, it doesnt look nice on my shelf, even if the spine is just creased. I wish all books were just floppy

[@Booklover640]

Do I always like Madita's videos before I watch them , yes of course I do .

[@emmavanbussel5094]

the color of your sweater fits you so perfectly❤

[@JustSoLit]

OMG SOMEONE WHO HAS READ TYE FD SERIES OMG THATS MY FAV SERIES TO EVER EXIST OMLLLL

[@anastasijasanchez8653]

I love watching your videos! this one was so funny💚

[@arabellapearl9925]

My unpopular book opinions: 1. Even if you don’t like Colleen Hoover books, you shouldn’t shame those who do, but I also don’t like Colleen Hoover books 2. Relaxing the book spine>>>breaking the book spine 3. Real People on book covers 🤢 4. 10 year + Age gaps 🫢 5. The summer I turned pretty books>>>the show 6. Smut is overrated and unnecessary 7. I like using book marks because they are so cute and match the cover 8. Annotating/writing in books is SUPERIOR

[@brooklynhamler4826]

even though i don't agree with a lot of those they are so valid. Also, annotating makes the experience so much more real. Especially when you re-read or go through it again and you see past annotations on things that were meaningful>>>

[@arabellapearl9925]

@@brooklynhamler4826 yeah you probably don’t agree with them bc they are my “unpopular” opinions so that is expected. I mostly just cringe at my old annotations tho bc I highlighted the dumbest things and didn’t mark on the most important lol

[@himawari4483]

11:21 OH MY GOD THAT IS SO ME!!! THIS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN I WATCH A SERIES OR A DRAMA 😂

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

Not every video from our favourite you tuber is going to be a five star video 😂😂😂lol love this video and your amazing channel ❤❤

[@Danny-bx1ok]

For enemies to lovers and friends to lovers personally I think enemies to lovers r being overdone now and they are not even written in a way as if they r really enemies they just have one petty reason to always tease each other and they r not even taking it seriously and boom they are dating. Like the only enemies to lover I've ever really loved was Cruel prince like "Tell me you hate me" " I hate you" "and he kisses me harder" like I can actually see that happening. Everything they went through and how they fell in love with it's like they have so many unsaid things to each other and there is misunderstandings and they are too far gone and it's awkward and they can't really tell each other how they feel but they can't resist each other either like kiss already it's obvious enough. And for friends to lovers personally it really depends like I really can't see myself dating a childhood friend unless there was always something unsaid between us. But imagine like you guys are friends and your friend is always there and suddenly they are like I love you and all and then then it's just gets clear they only were friends with you because they had ulterior motives but it's different if they grew into those feeling later tho it can actually be cute.

[@clearly_a_raccon]

Ok im here to clear this up. *I. Hate. Cracking. The. Spine.* Ok like yk how some people just have that one thing theyre kinda OCD about?? For me its damaged/ poor condition books. Like if u crack the spine a lot u can barely read the title. I love to read and i don't just use my books for decoration but i need them to still look nuce for me to feel motivated to read them. I guess thats my like artist perfectionist side of me coming out when im reading 🤷‍♀️

[@maditales]

yeah my friend mk is also a perfectionist and this is her exact same thinking process

[@tundenemes9314]

We need a video where you organize your bookshelves in rainbow colors

[@amss6249]

The last hundred pages of a book is what gonna make me either love a book or hate it

[@rivapavlov7109]

We need to normalise dog earing books and breaking spines because i cannot go on with people yelling at me like im some animal when i do it, like it’s MY book which i bought with MY OWN money.

[@Phoenix_the_Fangirl_13]

Yeah for sure, same with highlighting and anotating.

[@nita0507]

11:20 HAHAHAHA I have to laugh bc same…sometimes im just not bothered to finish the book 😭 & not always is it like a dnf bc i didnt like it or was bored etc etc. like sometimes i just don’t go back to the book 💀 Edit: i also never use book marks…i just remember the page number or chapter 💀

[@lucianagomez226]

15:41 I love how the book tittle is what she is talking about. Again but better.

[@QuicklyLiquid]

I used to be sooo anti book spine cracking but now i need to do it BUT it needs to be even throughout the book, you feel??? Every 20 or so pages I will crack it so the weight is evenly distributed (also for aesthetic purposes, duh)

[@EmmaSchary-fm8xp]

A weird thing I do is that sometimes I don't read the last book of a series for a month or so. It's so weird I don't know why I do that. It just happens like I'm reading the second book and before I read the last one I read another one and then I can't stop reading other books

[@yeehaw3222]

I love the upside of falling omg

[@bookloverrrr]

DIDN’T REALLY LIKE SHATTER ME?! Who could even say that... How can one say that? Please tell me because I’m a little too obsessed with it, I need to cool down 😂

[@liamregjun]

Maybe more like rivals to lovers in romance books, instead of enemies (especially in college/uni/school books...so delicious)

[@Scar_lett-7438]

8:37 I have a couple of shelf’s I have series selfs and sand alone books so they can be in rainbow order

[@awfulhadi]

MADITA UPLOADED! BEST DAY EVER

[@andeeharry]

3:00 So very true. Some of my favourites let me down by creating something terrible. It took you 6 months to a year to produce this....why? Especially when it is a series, it can be quite painful.

[@mrittika4363]

not the fork as a bookmark lmfaooooo

[@MiciFee97]

All of my hardcover books dont have a dust jacket, but they just have a hardcover. and i like them more because you can open them more easyli

[@keti.rg.editzzz]

I totally agree with the rainbow bookshelf one😭 it's absolutely awful 😭

[@WillowOnPawzzzz]

Yes, Shatter Me is LIFE 💪 EDIT: HOW TF COULD YOU NOT LIKE SHATTER ME😭

[@oceanwish3639]

Book rec for anyone who needs it is wilder girls I’m currently reading it and it’s so good 🤭

[@biene6847]

7:30 Queen has spoken👑🧎🏽‍♀️

[@cvjetic44]

AAA OUR QUEEN IS BACK🙏🏻

[@lio77-]

When I like started my reading era in 2021 I started in German (after a few months I started reading English Duhhh) - I still had a German book I haven’t read back then so I picked it up an read it like in February this year- AND IT HAD SMUT IN GERMAN my soul left my body I was screaming, crying, throwing up and crying like- 😭 Dirty Talk in German is so bad like I can‘t even have dirty talk in German in real life- I physically can‘t stay serious🧍🏻‍♀️

[@lisa.riverrrr]

YES OMG I HATE IT SM IT’S SOOO WEIRD

[@leonien7798]

Me too and that’s also why I will never have a German partner hahah (I’m German myself but yk doesn’t really matter)

[@lio77-]

@@leonien7798 Girl- I think we‘re secret twins. Cause my name is Leo and I‘m German and there is NO FUCKING WAY I‘ll end up with a German speaking partner. (I‘m moving to England for university sooo)

[@leonien7798]

@@lio77- oh my god that’s so cool! I would love to go to England to uni aswell but I’m still in school soooo that’s a no hahah! You sound so nice 🫶🏻

[@lio77-]

@@leonien7798 I‘m toooo haha which grade are you in?

[@worldpastmyeyes]

it’s opposite for me cuz letters to the lost was like five star read for me whereas call it what you want was like a three star read 😭

[@sophdaisy]

Madita, please recs some good second chance romances 😙😙

[@rouharr]

Your edits>>>>>>

[@manuelafried9726]

Could you please tell us a few recommendation for this kind of enemys so lovers trope in Fantasy? (Sorry für The english (also deutsch 😅))

[@salkamaria]

I hate small age-gaps too when one of the characters is a teenager. Like a 4 year age-gap but it's 16 and 20. It's way too common in YA books.

[@andeeharry]

9::43 You should see the state of my books, I have a few that are falling apart

[@Tarsun19]

Dog earring pages are CRIME 😭 ik nobody is going to know that you are dog earring pages, but there is still CONSCIENCE. I will feel guilty for the rest of my life if I do that.

[@maditales]

naurrrrrrrr i loveeee it but yeah i get it

[@Nina-lz1sn]

i only agree with the “online > physical” one because im broke, im getting a kobo for my birthday and im either downloading or buying the book (on the kobo site) and its sososo much cheaper

[@awfulhadi]

Madita, have you read "A very large expanse if sea" by Tahereh Mafi?

[@safaarif878]

7:49 i need reccs girlfriend bc i say im an hardcore enemies to lovers in fantasy fan but as of rn it is just in theory bc I haven't read one in a whole minute 1:26 ONG OMG I always feel so bad because I'm just reading 7 books in a month once in a while and some of them are bangers but I can't appreciate them enough bc I'm moving onto my next read very fast. but like there's so much to read and so less time so all I can do is feel guilty about not appreicating books enough 😪 9:03 MOST OF THE TIME I like the pregnancy trope🤫 14:21 omg I always used to lose bookmarks and stuff so I just folded the page or put a pencil in but in middle school my bsf made me this bookmark in a arts and crafts thing during her ENG CLASS and I don't even talk to her anymore since I switched schools but after like 4-5 years I still use the same bookmark like it's genuinely so special to me and i cant imagine using anything else instead of that lol

[@Trampolina2000]

Nah re: cracking book spines, I have so much climate anxiety and there is so much over-consumption encouraged on book-social media that I just want all my books to last forever (also I'm a sentimental gal who refuses to get rid of anything) and cracking the spine damages the book and shortens its lifespan uhhh and that is my beef with cracking bookspines. If it happens just from reading, it happens, looks a bit shit but whatever. When I buy second-hand books I don't care if they have cracked spines or nah, but if I have a book that doesn't have a cracked spine, that spine is not (hopefully) getting cracked while the book is in my care x))) I am v v ok with dog-earing though, even if I don't do it myself But yeah nah long-time "they're like my sibling"-kind of friends to lovers grosses me out lol

[@scvqa]

was waiting for this

[@Freyxx]

I am actually scared, I agree with EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. of this video :) (As in Madita’s ‘review’ it not the actual opinions)

[@nicoleroberts9925]

okay can you guys please give me some enemies to lovers fantasy recs? thank u :)