TIER RANKING EVERY THRILLER TROPE | thriller book recommendations 2022

[@elainehall5897]

🎶 did somebody steal the baby, did a toddler wander off 🎶 coming in last minute as my song of the year

[@haileyhughes]

💀💀💀 i own spotify wrapped this year

[@christinabehnke8739]

For the Trope "Not who we thought you were", which has been fairly popular. I think the book "The Writing Retreat" does this well, as the question becomes "if i were to meet someone I looked up for, how would I react if I find out that they are not who I believed them to be". In the Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz this is with a group of women who adore the Feminist Horror Writer Roza Vallo, get to join her on an exclusive writing retreat at her estate. The book twists the "Not who I thought you were" very well. This trope is used in several ways within the novel with many characters as characters develop. Sometimes a character has an alternate identity, or perhaps never achieved what was claimed, and other things.

[@Logiedacat]

YES YES YES. THE VIDEO I DIDN’T KNOW I NEEDED

[@haileyhughes]

🥰🥰 oh yay!! always down to talk horror 😌

[@rnee1000]

Love your videos!! Your recs are awesome. I totally agree with "it's all a dream" -no way! As a writer I've been told NEVER to do that! Missing child-YES!! "creepy child" yes! I think you're recs are spot on for my tastes. Psychological suspense--just fabulous.

[@burnerandhoney]

I love this! I will say Charly Cox does police procedural thrillers soooo well. I’m so attached to the characters in her Alyssa Wyatt series. You get POVs from victims/perpetrators/detectives/townies it’s just so good. I’m finishing the 3rd book now!

[@whatruthreads]

I’m totally with you on the podcast element, thought I was the only one!!!

[@haileyhughes]

it’s giving try hard energy 🫣

[@whatruthreads]

@@haileyhughes it just feels fake to me - it’s like reading parts of a letter and waiting for a month before finishing the 3 page letter 🤣

[@amylynnsgraphics]

Finally! Someone else who is over the cheating spouse trope!!! I'm sick of reading them in literally every thriller! Why can't we have a power couple who work together to get through whatever the thing is.

[@alwaysreading]

You know where this is going, i love a missing child” i died!!! ((And same lol

[@haileyhughes]

the highest of the stakes 😭

[@meganw9161]

Lmao Riley sager’s head 💀

[@jasmine____23]

it's not a book, but umineko no naku koro ni is a visual novel that has almost all of the tropes you love. it's very good although also very long but i think you should check it out

[@lindsaydeviveiros5533]

My fav tropes are toxic family dynamics, creepy children , obsession toxic friendships, rich people drama, “bitch Imma steal your life”, revenge, when the past comes back to haunt them, suburban women/mothers, and I love domestic settings

[@haileyhughes]

OMGGG!! how did i forget bitch imma steal your life 😭😭😭😭😭 that’s an auto buy for me!!

[@lindsaydeviveiros5533]

@@haileyhughes OMG I know right 😂 it’s an auto buy for me too. Can’t wait to start reading the last mrs Parrish 🥰🥰

[@paulphillips270]

Fun video! I agree with most! But Speculative Twist, that's a "literally die" for me, lol. If you throw in a speculative twist with absolutely no foreshadowing that the story is operating in a possibly otherworldly realm, then you've lost me. It ranks right down there with All A Dream for cheap and lazy cop-out.

[@haileyhughes]

interesting take! i can totally see that… “….and it was all a demon…” 🤣🤣

[@strugglingbookaholic1245]

“I am obsessed with Riley Sager. I will literally lick his bald ass head.” I’m laughing so hard I’m crying but, like, it’s relatable… 😂😂😂 I recently discovered your channel and I am SO happy!! I love your videos + recs 💖 I love creepy kid books and I desperately need recommendations for them, what are your favorites? 😊

[@cindywingetbooks]

This was a really fun video! I look forward to the horror tropes!

[@haileyhughes]

see ya tomorrowwww!!

[@CoralTheWitch2023]

Really like this video! ❤❤❤

[@patienceburd9830]

Have you read Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry? I loved it, but I feel like it had that mental health trope in it. If you read it, I’d love to know your thoughts!

[@marga0517]

does anyone know the song in Hailey's opening credits?

[@belair90210]

Minka Kent’s book all have a mental health twist. I like her books but the endings are 🥴

[@haileyhughes]

oh gosh… i’ve never read from her and now i probably never will 😶‍🌫️