🚨 criminally underrated book tropes 🚨

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in this notes dump, i share a list of specific book tropes that i think are so incredibly underrated and i will never change my mind about
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[@rhylee901]

okay but imagine enemies to lovers AND memory loss. like they were enemies, fell in love and then one person loses some of their memories and only remembers their love interest as their enemy. just. imagine

[@booktales1687]

Write 👏 that👏 book! 👏 That’s the trope blend we deserve Also Even in reverse would slap. Two lovers turned enemies but one of them looses their memories and only remembers the good times?

[@rhylee901]

@@booktales1687 omfg you absolute genius. the angst 😩😩😩 also i would write the book but i wouldn’t do the trope justice 🙃

[@sunnykimreads]

😮😮😮😮

[@booktales1687]

@@rhylee901 your original comment already did it justice!! And thank you. I love myself some good angst.

[@hilalmaryas]

there is actually... serpent and dove series did this

[@teddy3809]

I feel like Jesper developing feelings for Wylan after having feelings for Kaz is a good example of the switching love interest thing-- I liked it sm bc the first one was also unrequited

[@bruhidfk9465]

wait jesper liked kaz??

[@jaydas8976]

@Bruh idfk yes

[@artlandforabettertomorrow1176]

@@jaydas8976 what?

[@nagini77]

how do we know he had feelings for kaz??

[@IuckIess]

not sure if this is an underrated trope but books with a group of “friends” as the main characters and instead of a found family trope, its just them hating/distrusting each other or whatever the atlas six had going on. i went in expecting the six characters to be besties but i loved where it actually went hAHAHH

[@sunnykimreads]

BAHAHAHA ITS LIKE reverse found family i love that

[@booktales1687]

The “accidental parenting/found family” trope is so good dude. 🥺🙏 let’s manifest its comeback

[@beatrizpinto5710]

any book recommendations ???

[@sunnykimreads]

Yes pls

[@booktales1687]

@@beatrizpinto5710 the only one I’ve read is The Snow Child” by Eowyn Ivey. It’s about this elderly couple that finds this young girl alone in the woods and what starts off as just them wanting to talk to her becomes them adopting her into their lives. I wish I had more for you. I can hardly find any books with this trope. If I think of anything else I’ll update you.

[@beatrizpinto5710]

@@booktales1687 That is kind of the perfect recommendation since it's the book I'm currently reading!!! thank you so much!!!

[@booktales1687]

@@beatrizpinto5710 wait what?? That’s a crazy coincidence. I hope you’re enjoying it. You got great taste. 😇

[@kyra6744]

MAKE THIS NOTES APP DUMP A SERIES 😀🤲

[@sunnykimreads]

OKAY

[@luana.carvalho]

the way I was binge-watching your videos when this showed up in my subscriptions tab I- 💀

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg stop 🥺🥺🥺💗💗💗

[@erinhanson3179]

The way you said yeah... I agree! to your own note. And you make memory loss sound good but it literally gives me so much second hand embarrassment especially when the person first forgets. I cannot handle it.

[@sunnykimreads]

BAHAHAHA

[@saram9157]

*Reads own note* "I agree!" 😭😭

[@sunnykimreads]

🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶 I do agree

[@teddy3809]

fantastical competition is why the goblet of fire was so good

[@sunnykimreads]

YUHH

[@cgcorn4537]

Memory loss always has me SOBBING like a certain recently released Marvel movie iykyk

[@sunnykimreads]

🤫🤫🤫

[@booktales1687]

Thanks for reminding me 🥺 I suppressed the sadness but now it’s back

[@sofiacardenas4839]

another day, another great sunny video 😌✋

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWH ty 💗

[@livestockenthusiast5888]

I can’t stop watching your videos! You’re just so radiant and fun!

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWH TY 💛💛💛

[@yasminbereadin]

omg the love interest switch in raven boys is ELITEEEEEE the way that romance rules my life

[@yasminbereadin]

IM JUST LIKE YOUUUU UR JUST LIKE MEEEE

[@yasminbereadin]

barbie song recs no one asked for: connected & two voices one song (both from barbie and the diamond castle, both BANGERS)

[@sunnykimreads]

STOP - I FEEL CONNECTED (connected) PROTECTED (protected) 💎 🏰 💥

[@sunnykimreads]

When that gorl in the mirror starts popping off in two voices 💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@emmanakhla5557]

I’m SCREAMING because your description of the memory loss/slowburn trope is EXACTLY how I feel! (I’m gonna mention a series with it so look away now if you don’t want to know what series it is!) I spent literally 3 months reading the mortal instruments and it was like my only escape and when I tell you I had the biggest book hangover of my life with that ending-it was two years and and I’ll still probably never get over that lol and I feel like no one gets it because most people aren’t that attached to *that* ship, but they’re like my OG favorite slowburn and idk if I’ll ever recover anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk :)

[@artlandforabettertomorrow1176]

Memory loss trope- we were liars Olympus series

[@Sandros_Library21]

LOVED THIS! I definitely want to a read a book soon with the memory loss trope!

[@sunnykimreads]

THANK U 💗💗

[@jamielynn4187]

Idk if she was the one who recommended this, but I just read the book “six months later” and…. Yeah. It was pretty amazing

[@maxybuenagua]

i was literally reading TDM and when i reached the end and that thing happened the first thing i thought of was "OOOOHHHH no wonder sunny likes this book so much" ALSO PLS CONSIDER MAKING YOUR VIDEOS LONGER I COULD LITERALLY LISTEN TO YOU TALK FOR HOURS

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWWHH BAHAHA ILY

[@srabhatia7830]

TDM stands for?

[@artlandforabettertomorrow1176]

What is tdm?

[@MusicaWolf]

Im assuming The Darkest Minds

[@marimm2400]

Oh my gosh watching you eat while talking to us was so cute😍, like a really cozy and safe environment??? Idk i loved it lol

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWWWH THANK U 🥺🥺💗💗

[@abarnaaillango1085]

Such an iconic sweater!

[@sunnykimreads]

🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@sophieward8302]

Okay but I literally just watched your 5* predictions video and the shades of magic series has a fantastical competition in it!

[@sunnykimreads]

YUHHH

[@charugunesekera5636]

This was actually so fun to watch ahdhdjd make this a series!!

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWH TY

[@popuri48]

ah, i'm glad i saved this video to watch later because i've been feeling super anxious and overwhelmed with uni today and this managed to lift up my spirits. your videos have this cozy energy and they really feel like talking to a friend. i couldn't help but laugh when you saw you had been talking for 20 minutes hahah i defintely can relate 🤣 and it's just great to hear you talk about the things you love. on the memory loss thing, i thought i had never seen a story using that before and then i realized my favorite anime literally has it lol. it's just at the very end, tho, and it's quick, but still cute. you get to see them reuniting and once he sees her you can tell he recognizes her even though he might have forgotten everything else. it's just sweet! i'm with you on this one now :P

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWWH I’m glad u enjoyed this video :)))

[@leannj.3706]

as soon as you started describing your example for the memory loss trope I knew exactly which series you were talking about 🤭🤭 that epilogue will forever live in my head rent free.. two books i liked that have the "fantastical competition" trope are "A Song of Wraiths and Ruin" and "Blazewrath Games"

[@sunnykimreads]

🥺🥺💗💗💗🥲🥲

[@Authorsophiespruce]

What series? Please tell me

[@Miriam-ys9pp]

this was so entertaining to watch omgg

[@sunnykimreads]

LOLOLL IM GLAD - I had no idea how this was gonna turn out

[@Miriam-ys9pp]

@@sunnykimreads it turned out great!! Loved how passionate you were about the tropes

[@tinad7265]

Girl your videos are acc soooooo comforting :)))))))💗💗

[@sunnykimreads]

AHAHWHSJAHXAA STOP 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺💗💗💗

[@tanvivaidya9052]

you should try out sisters of the snake!! it's an indian inspired ya fantasy that is literally princess and the pauper, down to the dual pov, plus it was a really quick read!

[@sunnykimreads]

💗💗💗💗💗

[@katu8660]

literally always binge-watching your videos

[@sunnykimreads]

JAJDJA 🥺🥺💖💖

[@thatothernigeriangirl]

I think hunger games book 1 kinda has that looking out for a child you didn’t ask for vibe and obviously, the fantasy games trope of course 😄

[@sunnykimreads]

💥💥

[@cleened8013]

i love that we both are snacking on popcorn during this vid haha

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg 🥺🥺 🍿

[@oh.hannahho]

3:58 it's so upsetting i love it so much LOL

[@sunnykimreads]

😀😀😀😀

[@confused-bear-1]

SPOILER ALERT: THE ARCANA GAME Girl you literally just descrived Asra's route with the memory loss 😭. I'm currently writing a story that goes a bit similar but I don't want to be inspired JUST by The Arcana or else it might look like an absolute copy lol. I would love to get any good books/series that has the same trope so I can get more inspiration! My story is about a husband that times-travel through memories (Khonsu) and his non-binary partner (Nemesio. I made them non-binary before knowing Asra is canonically as well lol). They're married, been together for 11 years. They've always lacked money, so Nemesio does a pack with the devil for fortune, but Nemesio refused to do their part of the contract because it's something very bad I haven't thought of yet (KEEPING IN MIND THEY DID THIS WITHOUT KHONSU KNOWING IT). The devil puts a curse on them for the rest of their lives, living miserably. Nemesio runs away and kills themselves to end the curse. Khonsu finds out, (and this is where it gets messy because I'm also not sure if he should revive them, someone else that he hires or if Nemesio didn't die but got an injury on their brain). Either way, Nemesio gets memory loss and Khonsu takes care of them (Also not 100% sure if I want him to teach them like entirely how to be a human again and sort of function in society or if they only forgot main stuff, but overal can still do human things like walk, communicate and write, etc.) While so, Khonsu would try to solve how and why his partner died, and since they have no memory to help with time-travelling, he'll have to find other ways. That would be the main plot. Now that I am reading this fully it looks like Asra's route but I don't know what you think. That's why I would like recommendations and see if I can touch areas of the story to the point you won't think it's like Asra's route anymore :). Also, I wanna mention I'm TOTALLY getting inspired by Maps by Maroon 5 for Khonsu's lore and Kiss the Go-Goat by Ghost for Nemesio's lore, so you have an idea...?

[@thejuliwithani]

"stop with the tomatoes" L O L

[@sunnykimreads]

😀😀😀😀

[@yfw._carlyssa8262]

haiiii Sunny. Perfect timing because today, I'm gonna be reading my first book of February which is Verity by Colleen Hoover and honestly i just wanted some booktube vids to watch before i start it. So thanks

[@sunnykimreads]

YAAAAA VERITYY

[@artlandforabettertomorrow1176]

Memory loss trope- we were liars Olympus series

[@miahua9111]

i LOVE this video omfg

[@sunnykimreads]

STOP I LOVE U 💗💗

[@caitlinx4962]

Girl you need to read ,excuse me while I ugly cry’ if you constantly make notes on your phone. I haven’t read it all but it’s amazing from what I’ve read and the main character journals and has a bunch of lists 😫😫 I think you would like it

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg no way 💗💗

[@oh.hannahho]

I USED TO BE ADDICTED TO MY NOTES APP BUT NOW ALL MY NOTES ARE ON NOTION

[@sunnykimreads]

Okay go off notion productivity queen

[@kashvimiglani4640]

Love thisss 😍😍😍

[@sunnykimreads]

Thank u 💗🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@kyra6744]

brb just gonna walk up to a random guy and ask him if we've ever been in love

[@sunnykimreads]

BAHAHHA

[@seaof_stars]

how'd it go?

[@maryjoyceesteban4658]

Hiii can you tell me what book has the memory loss trope you were talking about? It sounds so interesting and I want to read it! Thank youu

[@sunnykimreads]

Yes!! Legend by Marie lu

[@maryjoyceesteban4658]

@@sunnykimreads tysm

[@vitoriacastro2518]

I like the memory loss trope, but I think I know the series you talked about, with the memory loss at the very end... and I hated this ending, what is the point of losing the memory if we are not going to see them reconect? If we don't see them falling in love again?

[@emmadomenechgirona2490]

What is the series?

[@ha_limabeanz]

me seeing memory loss trope through a different lense and wanting more books with that trope..... You describing that book you were recommending without telling us what it was, it reminds me soooo much of this one series could it be the same? 👀

[@sunnykimreads]

👀👀👀👀👀

[@yashikasaxena9561]

Please tell mee

[@ha_limabeanz]

@@yashikasaxena9561 its a spoiler.....like its in the epilogue in the last book in the trilogy, you sure you want to know that lol?

[@mila-jk523]

Omg are we talking about the same trilogy

[@ha_limabeanz]

@@mila-jk523 i think so bestie

[@sher8535]

what are your thoughts on the legend series?!

[@sher8535]

omg I just saw your comment on someone else’s! YES

[@sunnykimreads]

ONE OF MY ALL TOME FAVS

[@valerie932]

Now I need some memory loss recomendations

[@artlandforabettertomorrow1176]

Memory loss trope- we were liars Olympus series

[@morganjones2744]

I guess you love/ or loved - The Darkest Mind series. Let's see if I'm right. Lol. Edit after watching more: you mentioned it for a different reason! They do have a cute found family 🥰

[@sunnykimreads]

YOURE RIGHT 💗💗💗

[@morganjones2744]

@@sunnykimreads 😎✨ I had a feeling from the first trope.

[@samanthaashdown2285]

WHATS THE FIRST BOOK U DESCRIBED I NEED TO KNOW PLZ! 💕

[@unbelibubble4692]

I think its the legend series by marie lu

[@samanthaashdown2285]

@@unbelibubble4692 OMG THANK U 💕

[@kyra6744]

yes the betterhelp sponsorship bestie get that coin

[@sunnykimreads]

💗💗💗

[@optimusprime4221]

Me when you recommend a book:✍️

[@sunnykimreads]

🥺🥺🥺

[@hhgdtvdso]

legend 🤭🤭🤫

[@sunnykimreads]

🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@peetasburntbread7919]

PLS I STARTED SOBBING-

[@Estherniekoop08]

MAKE A BOOKISH PODCASTTTTT

[@sunnykimreads]

😃😃😃😃😃🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@aylinteke7750]

love ur vids sim

[@sunnykimreads]

Thank u 💗💗🥺🥺

[@est-fm9ui]

I personally don't enjoy those underrated tropes. The amnesia/memory loss trope is PREVALENT (!) in k-drama and I'm a little over it by now. I don't care much about found family so the "parental figures" to a much younger character aren't appealing to me. And yes, I realise most YA novels have some sort of "found family" aspect to them.

[@inayahamadi6233]

spoilers for legend---- its so funny watching her like strugge with holding back talking about legend (also a 5star read... the champion epilouge

[@sunnykimreads]

It had me on the ground

[@Nicole-xl9kb]

those are best vids though. when no asks for them :)

[@sunnykimreads]

LMAOOO

[@kyra6744]

send some snow to california for me please 🤲

[@sunnykimreads]

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[@yemayadorrough1310]

i love you

[@sunnykimreads]

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[@abidullahofficialyoutube7927]

Great

[@oliviajohn-r1v]

vid at 2:50

[@valerie932]

Yeeees

[@sunnykimreads]

💗💗

[@oh.hannahho]

HELLO I AM LATE BUT I'M HERE

[@sunnykimreads]

BAHAHA ILY

[@whut1543]

Heyyyyyyyy

[@sunnykimreads]

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