I feel like reading Gone Girl now would be like watching The Sixth Sense now. At the time it was gag-worthy but now it would seem so obvious because of where the genre has gone. Going into it knowing roughly what happens would ruin it I’m sure.
@juliacanread
Жыл бұрын
The big thing that made Gone Girl/Girl on the Train successful is that they appealed to women, who were historically turned off by the Stephen Kings/Dan Browns that dominated the genre. It's less about them being something fresh and innovative and more that they appealed to a new demographic.
@libraryofkaris
Жыл бұрын
if it makes you feel any better, i'm sure that kayla hated the girl on the train too 😬 this was a fun vlog tho, i'm glad that you finally pulled it of!! i'm very surprised with how much you like stephen king and how you didn't love gone girl. i think your analysis is correct in that gone girl was revolutionary at the time for the genre but if ten years later you've read a lot of mystery/thrillers since then, it probably does seem a bit generic
@kierac9072
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed your Stephen King! I’ve only read 1 of his books but enjoyed it. There’s a reason why he is considered a master of the genre.
@juliar2416
Жыл бұрын
Great video! The mystery/thriller genre did change a lot, especially in the past 4/5 years, so you were very brave for doing this. I'm reading all the 2022 winners in all categories this year and that is also a cool challenge, bigger hopes for good books that way lol
@janaedonim
Жыл бұрын
I agree w your thoughts on the characters in gone girl. I did love the second half/ending but that was also my first ever thriller I read
@maebooks
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad all that Stephen King worked out for you in the end! I love the commitment haha
@shadowbearsar9803
Жыл бұрын
I read Gone Girl when it came out, didn't like it then and have been disappointed for years that it made domestic thrillers *the thing* because they never work for me. Mystery/thriller is my favorite genre and I'm so glad to see domestic thrillers are finally trending out.
@monicamerle1417
Жыл бұрын
Watch the Gone Girl movie girl. It's better than the book and the script was written by Ms Flynn herself. The movie is a 5 star for me.. I really liked "The last thing he told me" and gave it my vote but I'd have nominated it in Fiction not Mystery
@JustReadingwithJazzy
Жыл бұрын
Not me adding The Outsider to my cart because of a character that loves Subaru’s… I’m also a Subie lover… lol
@Soolepoh
3 ай бұрын
oh i would love if you did this with a different genre, cause i loved to hear your thoughts on these books!
@meritreads90
Жыл бұрын
In case you’re still interested in Mystery/Thrillers by POC authors, here are a few: Kindred (black author; genre bending) The Good Son (South Korean author; translated work) The Only Good Indians (Native American/Indigenous author; thriller/horror) Not So Perfect Strangers (Black author) The Bandit Queens (South Asian/Indian author) The Cutting Season (Black author; American South/plantation) Sisters of The Lost Nation (Native American/ Indigenous author) The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina (Latinx author; genre bending) Razorblade Tears (black author; reads like an action movie)
@ReadAndThrift
Жыл бұрын
I flew threw The Last Thing He Told Me but afterwards I’m like wait was that even good? 😂 the way they jumped to conclusions and were like wait we have to get on a plane now and I’m like how did you get to that conclusion?! I bet the miniseries is good. I feel like it would do well in that format
@ShowMeAnAdventure
Жыл бұрын
I just finished the book and am watching the series. It’s pretty true to the book but I like the miniseries better! We get more emotion from the characters in the miniseries, so they don’t feel as flat as they did in the book.
@ReadAndThrift
Жыл бұрын
@@ShowMeAnAdventure that makes sense. I thought it would probably be more entertaining on tv
@ls1563_
7 ай бұрын
I would love to hear your thoughts on some of the more iconic/better stephen king books! your reactions are so fun to watch, I would be entertained even if you hate all my favs 😂 but I do hope that will be a future video sometime!! 💗
@nayrieshahenean5363
Жыл бұрын
There's a level of unhinged and madness in this video and I kinda enjoy it.
@averyb-z4054
Жыл бұрын
I cannot stop recommending Jesse Q. Sutanto & Mia P. Manansala's books. If you haven't read them, please do! They are so much fun!
@naomiswain
10 ай бұрын
Knowing you didn't like the Golden Couple and did like the Paris Apartment, I knew we were a reading match. But seeing that you didn't like the Silent Patient locked it in. About to dive into all your recs!
@Alewo2735
Жыл бұрын
The fact that you'd never heard of Stephanie Plum hurt me! They are so fun but I don't know if I'd call them thrillers. Keep in mind this series started in the 90s and I'll argue as an American who had been to New Jersey, the characters are not just stereotypes. I've seen all of them in real life and the Lula is completely spectacular. Evanovich's characters are the most vivid, delightful I've ever read. And yes, Stephanie makes bad choices. That's kind of the point. You aren't supposed to approve of her dating habits. The series has fallen off some but 1-15 are terrific.
@ShowMeAnAdventure
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you on The Last Thing He Told Me! Gone Girl’s setting is based on my old college town here in Missouri, USA which intrigues me more than the hype! Ugh, I hope I don’t hate it! Lol 😂 😅
@billiep1603
Жыл бұрын
I’m happy you enjoyed your Stephen King journey lol. I loved mr Mercedes. I think the thing with his horror is that he’s afraid of NOTHING. Like he really gets into how terrible his characters are to the point where you’re like omg??? Do he think like that??? How did he think of that??? Also I totally agree with your comments on Jerome and Holly. I LOVEEEE them both but I think they can be written better for sure.
@meljstephan
Жыл бұрын
I respected The Last Thing He Told Me for focusing on a parent-child relationship instead of a romance.
@bagelsbooks3901
Жыл бұрын
I read Gone Girl this year and I felt similar. Too long and it wasn’t as mind blowing as I built it up in my head
@susanraedeke3124
Жыл бұрын
Here are some non-white mystery authors I've read and enjoyed: Attica Locke, Sujata Massey, Charlotte Carter, Nicola Williams, Jesse Sutanto.
@andrewf7732
Жыл бұрын
For the Dan Brown books, only read the first two books (Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code). The rest are forgettable. However, I think it helps if you enjoy history, particularly art history. If that doesn't excite you, then you won't like the books. I agree with you on Gone Girl. Probably amazing when it was released, but I am 100% over domestic thrillers. Ironically, I'd love to see a return to more Dan Brown type thrillers as that is more of my thing for a popcorn read.
@ChemicalPenguinn
Жыл бұрын
Ah, that's the vlog project!
@rekofi
9 ай бұрын
Hi, You asked for a Mystery/Thriller written by a person of color - try: When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole. Just found your channel . Agree with most of your reviews. Will subscribe.
@hannahblackwellbooks
Жыл бұрын
lol gone girl was my worst book of the year last year 😂
@hannahblackwellbooks
Жыл бұрын
Omg I dnf’d the girl on the train 😂
@tayloreatsny
Жыл бұрын
Meg I love you but the Gone Girl opinion..... to be fair the movie is better, I'd recommend you watch it lol.
@caitcreates
Жыл бұрын
as a woman of color whose favorite genre is mystery/thriller, i really appreciate you taking the time to talk about the huge diversity gap in the genre!
@leestirling4623
Жыл бұрын
Then they can just write more. Unless of course they don't want to then otherwise don't force people to do something they don't want to. If a book is good then read it. Why would you care about their skin colour? Blatant ray cism.
@EmmaLou8424
Жыл бұрын
You will hate A Slow Fire Burning 😂😂
@SallaKanerva
Жыл бұрын
You're so right about the discrepancy between diversity in YA and adult fiction. When I stopped reading YA, my diversity stats absolutely TANKED. A few years ago some 40% of the books I read were by authors of colour, but last year? SEVENTEEN PERCENT. Yikes on bikes. Previously I never felt like I had to actively seek out authors of colour to get to a more acceptable percentage, but I definitely need to pay more conscious attention to it now. And sadly it's not just mystery/thriller, I just ran through all the past winners in the scifi category, not a single person of colour has won that either. Andy Weir alone has won that category three times, but a non-white person? Not. Once. ARGH. Oh and I think that category has only been won by a woman three times in the past 11 years. Also not great.
@halesreads
Жыл бұрын
I tried to read Into The Water a few years ago and I hated the way it was written. I couldn't get into it at all.
@lesliepowell-mccarty7067
Жыл бұрын
The Mr. Mercedes TV series is fantastic. Brendan Gleeson stars!! I have to disagree; the Stephen King books are nothing like the others. I DNFed most of the others.
@lisalaviat2181
Жыл бұрын
It‘s THE BEST feeling when Meg uploads a Video but it‘s even BETTER when the video is over an hour long 😍🥰🥳🥹
@svenk5221
7 ай бұрын
Omg I feel sorry for you. Mr Mercedes was so bad. I liked the main character but the Antagonist was just so lame, idiotic I hated him. But not in the I love to hate him way. I remember putting it down... Three of this... Jesus. No!
@cameronaustin4843
Жыл бұрын
ew why did a ben affleck commercial come on while you were reading gone girl
@kaytlinhenderson9206
Жыл бұрын
I wish I had DNFd The Girl on the Train back in the day. The alcoholic unreliable narrator is my least favorite.
@witchymary5246
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to recommend some Mystery Books by POC authors since you said you're always looking for them and I agree, there's not a lot of people recommending them on KZitem! Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Both some of my all time faves) Some books on my TBR: Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf (contemporary mystery with scrabble?) The Conductors by Nicole Glover ( this one's a historical Mystery with fantasy elements) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Fantasy Mystery) Wahala by Nikki May (kinda get Liane Moriarty vibes) Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda (probably more of a Thriller) Please feel free y'all and comment your own recommendations! This was kinda hard bc I get most my Mystery recs from Meg 😅
@racheltfisher
Жыл бұрын
I love the The Queen Of The Tearling Series, The Queen’s Thief Series and The Thief Series, all underrated (to me)
@onarosebeam
Жыл бұрын
Monday’s Not Coming is my favorite Tiffany D. Jackson Cold by Mariko Tamaki is part mystery/part ghost story I also have Queen of the Tiles and Firekeeper’s Daughter on my tbr as well as Darling by K. Ancrum
@meljstephan
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, a few of these sound right up my alley. I left a comment with a few recs of my own
@Theinkbunnie
9 ай бұрын
I did not know Firekeepers daughter was considered mystery, I will have to check this out. @witchymary5246
@KatieColson
Жыл бұрын
There was not a single second of this video I could have predicted.😮
@elisaslibrary
Жыл бұрын
Ironically some Stephen King's horrors aren't quite as disturbing as his non horror books. If it's the violence that disturbs you Pet Semetary would be a good horro from him, cause I wouldn't say it's particularly violent, it's disturbing in a more emotional way if that makes sense.
@louise5493
Жыл бұрын
Let me tell you, 17yo me reading Gone Girl for the first time was a monumental moment. Before Gillian Flynn was widely known, when thriller was dominated by men and this trope wasn’t widely used, this book was IT! She was the moment! Gone Girl getting called forgettable? I cannot stand for the slander 🖐️
@SydBookWorrom
Жыл бұрын
AHHHH haha you’re brilliant! I can’t wait to sit down and watch this, I had thought about doing this for fantasy!!
@ashleyyeoman9872
Жыл бұрын
that green striped sweater is just iconic, always puts a smile on my face
@miraclegirl3313
Жыл бұрын
I've notice the same lack of BIPOC authors in the mainstream adult mystery/thriller landscape, but if you're interested in dipping your toe more into cozy mysteries, there are a TON of series by BIPOC authors--including but not limited to Ovidia Yu, Mia P. Manansala, Alexia Gordon, Jennifer J. Chow, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Abby Collette, Gigi Pandian, Shamini Flint, Vaseem Khan, Harini Nagendra, Olivia Matthews, Valerie/V.M. Burns, Valerie Wilson Wesley, and Vivien Chien. For more traditional mysteries and thrillers, I've read Shutter by Ramona Emerson (horror fusion) and Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke and think they're both worth reading. I'm looking forward to trying The Trees by Percival Everett, The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb, You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa, Lay Your Sleeping Head by Michael Nava, and Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (to limit it to a few lol, my TBR is out of hand).
@leestirling4623
Жыл бұрын
I just want to read a book because it's good not because of the authors skin colour. Also these days a lot of what you call "bipoc" books tend to be quite ray cist, preachy, aggressively hateful and just overly privileged. No thanks I don't want some random bully calling me evil because I'm white. I can't stand ray cists.
@miraclegirl3313
Жыл бұрын
@@leestirling4623 I don't care what or why you read tbh, but have fun I guess?
@KristinKravesBooks
Жыл бұрын
Did you see that S.A. Cosby has a book coming out in June? I cannot wait!!
@xxlipstickandlyricsx
Жыл бұрын
I really love seeing Booktubers DNF! I’ve been trying to DNF more and it’s validating to be reminded that it’s okay.
@claudianoble-cotten2942
Жыл бұрын
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
@olala6573
Жыл бұрын
I loved that one!
@mimispapercrafting
Жыл бұрын
You are spot on about the Stephanie plum series. Every. Single. Book. Is the same. And I believe there 28 or 29 books now in the series. It's crazy.
@imaginepageant
Жыл бұрын
Immediately want to do this myself with general fiction winners. ETA: After seeing the general fiction winners… I have changed my mind. 😆 I really enjoyed the Mr. Mercedes series! The first one was probably my favorite of the King books I’ve read. Hope you like them!
@shaniceward420
Жыл бұрын
Oh my god Meg over a hour long how wonderful best settle down
@avsambart
Жыл бұрын
An hour?! Ohhh I am SEATED. 4:16 I can't wait til Megan finds out that Stephen King is a SPIN OFF of another trilogy that wins the GR choice awards for Book One and Three in earlier years.... 17:44 I'm so glad Mara told you about the SK books!
@twinny555
Жыл бұрын
I really recommend watching gone girl because it translates so well onto screen. Unlike The Last thing he told me 😂 which is not great on screen either.
@lunaacacia
Жыл бұрын
The Girl on the Train is what got me back into reading. I remember reading it in one day but I feel like it’s definitely not a book you’d be into if you already read a lot of mystery/thrillers. 😆
@arobinreads
Жыл бұрын
I was shouting the whole time in my head that you should Mr Mercedes first and then The outsider. Glad you did! And you were warned About Holly: I have autism myself. And autism is a very broad spectrum. So for me, I can't really say much on rep for it, because there probably is someone out there who identifies with Holly. I found it handled pretty well by King tbh.
@watchp0int
Жыл бұрын
It’s so funny to me to see people read Stephanie Plum books. I read a good chunk of them when they were originally being published but I stopped reading for a bit and didn’t keep up with them. The whole point of them is the relationships and the situations she gets herself into, kind of like the Finlay Donovan of the 2000s. The first one had a movie adaptation with Katherine Heigl.
@Alex18630
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t expect this at all. Stephen King and then Dan Brown…. I have work to do but I’m glued 😂
@maria83maria
Жыл бұрын
Is fantastic that you didn't start reading King with Misery, you would not picked up any other book from him after that
@ashleyyeoman9872
Жыл бұрын
i will say i think the stephen king books that you read are actually good because the ones you wanted to start with are more thriller or horror and those are true mysteries. i think it’s hard to compare the two types of stories that he writes, so it’s good that you were able to start with something SO DIFFERENT from what you are looking forward to reading.
@imaginepageant
Жыл бұрын
Re: Dan Brown. Angels & Demons and The DaVinci Code were fantastic. The Lost Symbol… eh. But do not read Origin. Just don’t do it. It is one of THE most boring books I’ve ever read, and it was my least favorite book I read the year I read it. I deeeeeeeeeply regret not DNFing that one. Don’t do it! Re: Stephen King. Yeeeeeah the end of his books are basically always “oh P.S. it’s aliens/monsters/mad science.” That’s why I loved Mr. Mercedes so much, it wasn’t speculative at all! Then of course he went there with the rest of the series. I kind of gave up on King because I was so tired of it always being speculative.
@olala6573
Жыл бұрын
DaVinci was amazing!
@pattysergent5751
Жыл бұрын
Do you think you'll read Stephen King's new book, "Holly"? Comes out this fall. I just read the Mr. Mercedes books earlier this year and am very excited for it. Love her character.
@hopeherbooks9044
Жыл бұрын
I gain a year on my lifespan every time someone doesn't love gone girl!
@andrewannotates
Жыл бұрын
I think the gone girl movie was better than the book 😳
@audreyr5938
Жыл бұрын
So glad you dnfed Girl on the Train, it is not worth your time
@GeorgiaEnglish88
11 ай бұрын
Girl on the train wasn’t that great. There was also a hilarious mass confusion that happened the year it came out when another book by the same title was also published and tons of women in book clubs showed up having read the wrong one. Apparently the other one was so bad and everyone was like lol WHY are we reading this?? 😅
@carolinesch.
Жыл бұрын
I tried to do all the dan browns book Last year in autumm bc my boyfriend had book 5 since it came out and hasnt read it yet, I Challenged him to read it faster than me reading all 5 . I started book 4 in january and have not picked it up since....well he still hasnt even started book 5 so currently I am still winning😅
@GabrielTheMagolorMain
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@GabrielTheMagolorMain
Жыл бұрын
The Outsider has a tv series and in my opinion it’s soooooo good. I haven’t read the book so I don’t know if the answer to the mystery is the same. But Holly in the show is one of my favorite characters on screen, the actress does such a great job. Hope you have a chance to check it out!
@LilTheLah
Жыл бұрын
I liked the Mr Mercedes trilogy too, so you are not alone with your reading experience☺Most of Stephen King's horror novels are not very disgusting. He ist definitely NOT an extreme horror author. Sure, there are some scenes in there sometimes, but Mr Mercedes had them as well. The very first chapter for example gives a good example of that. I wish I had a better memory and knew which books would be more suitable and which ones I would not recommend 😂 😂 ""Later" and "Holly" are probably safe bets since they are crime/mystery/thriller books as well. "Fairy Tale", "The Eyes of the Dragon" (fantasy), "Billy Summers" and "Sleeping Beauties" probably too, but I have not read them. Gwendy's Button Box is not really horror too and reads more like a coming-of-age ya story or even middle grade! The books he writes under the name of Richard Bachman are more like thrillers or action movies most of the time too. "Gerald's Game" or "The Long Walk" for example do not have much going on but they are still gripping (imo at least! taste is not universal, if you do not like them it's fine, I'm sorry for recommending them in that case hahahahahaha)
@emmadavis9020
Жыл бұрын
Joyland would probably be another safe bet based on what you put in the category too!
@LilTheLah
Жыл бұрын
@@emmadavis9020 True, could be! It is similar to Later in that regard I think.
@Chessie
Жыл бұрын
The Gone Girl blasphemy 🥲
@ramen8760
Жыл бұрын
I definitely enjoyed Gone Girl but not as much as other people seemed to. I gave it around a 3.5. Honestly, I feel like the movie is better and I never say that😬
@andreadodson2817
Жыл бұрын
I hated Inferno. It was all "run, then run some more, and stop and talk about a painting/artist, then run some more." Then ending was so bad, I began to question my life choices. I decided then and there I really need to DNF more often.
@lollymac1
Жыл бұрын
Some recommendations are Barbara Neely, Ovidia Yu, Kellye Garrett, Abir Mukherjee, Sherry Thomas, Parini Shroff, Jeannie Lin, Walter Mosley and Alafair Burke.
@dlevi13
Жыл бұрын
Can you please do the winners of the Edgar awards too!
@timelordess1
5 ай бұрын
I think the only reason I like the Dan Brown series is because of the Tom Hanks movies haha
@hellejuice91
Жыл бұрын
The Stephanie Plum series is a love of mine, I think I've read the first 12 at this point. The books are meant to be really silly and a joke and I always find myself laughing. It sounds like number 17 is the same as the other books, and to me that has no place on the goodreads mystery and thrillers awards. You're right they are joke books. Even though I love them I can totally see why you gave it a 2
@jedibookmasterivy
Жыл бұрын
You’re like the only other person I know how hated The Silent Patient. I too thought it was offensive 🤪
@ilafjoetoe
Жыл бұрын
About Dan Brown: I gave up on him as a writer with Inferno. I loved the earlier books (Angels & Demons being my favourite), but his books afterwards (starting with Inferno) read more like a city tour than an actually interesting story. So if Inferno does intrigue you, I would recommend earlier books!
@RachelY1674
Жыл бұрын
My grandmother read all of the Stephanie Plum books when I was younger those were like her favorites but she also reads Amish romance so I’m shocked those actually won something 😂😂
@chloe.imogen
Жыл бұрын
Not Gone Girl beneath The Last Thing He Told Me 💀 This was so fun though!!
@luca.desu.2590
Жыл бұрын
I dnf'ed girl on the train before I knew what dnf means 😂
@racheltfisher
8 ай бұрын
I’m reading The Bill Hodges series atm so I can read The Outsider and then Holly, the things we do for our love of books 😅😅 (already read the Holly short story in If It Bleeds)
@hannah5409
Жыл бұрын
Tell me how the 600 page inferno audiobook is 3 HOURS shorter than Gone Girl. I am feeling the boredom of Gone Girl right now for sure.
@alison12171
Жыл бұрын
Your freckles are so pretttyyyyyyy
@jenny_readss
Жыл бұрын
So with you on girl on thd train, it's so awful!
@ashleyyeoman9872
Жыл бұрын
i’m skeptical of the last thing he told me but also want to watch the show so thanks meg for being my guinea pig on if it’s worth the read
@komaedacoffee4298
Жыл бұрын
I also didn't like the Gone girl, the twist was not shocking at all, it wasn't even a twist
@bethh.2737
Жыл бұрын
No on A Slow Fire Burning! Do not read that crap.
@arlissbunny
Жыл бұрын
In case this helps, authors of color in the mystery genre: Sujata Massey, Gigi Pandian, Kellye Garrett, Yukito Auatsuji, Kaoru Takamura, Jennifer J. Chow, S.A. Cosby, Abir Mukherjee, Harini Nagendra, Gu Byeong-mo, Ovidia Yu, Qiu Xiaolong, Tarquin Hall, Vaseem Khan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Angeline Boulley, and Seishi Yokomizo. I’ve read from all of these authors and recommend them. I’m sure I’ve forgotten many so if you want something more specific let me know and I’ll get back to you.
@arlissbunny
Жыл бұрын
OOPS!!! I forgot the brilliant Raymond Chandler & Walter Mosley, an unforgivable oversight on my part. Also, P. Djèlí Clark & Kris Nelscott.
@sarahsshelves
Жыл бұрын
not surprised at all by your thoughts on Gone Girl. I felt the EXACT. SAME. WAY. when I read it 👀
@hardbackhoarder
Жыл бұрын
i love this idea so freakin much
@SarahsBeautyChat
Жыл бұрын
You said that you read a book with your patrons and hated it, was it rules for vanishing? I read gone girl and girl on a train when they 1st come out and i hadnt read any thrillers before so i really enjoyed them, i dont think i would like them so much if i had read them now, ive got 1 stephen king book which is the shinning but havent started it yet as im alittle worried because he such a big name in the book world that i dont want to be disappointed reading him x
@Annieshauntedhauls
Жыл бұрын
I recently watched a video by Lizzies Literary Life where she randomised books from her GoodReads Read list and had to try and remember what it was about and what rating she gave it- it was super fun and would love to watch you do something similar ❤️
@BellesLibrary
Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the girl on the train is one of the worst books I've read, i love getting mystery recs from u cuz we have very similar tastes so definitely going to be adding some of the ones u enjoyed to my tbr
@paperbacksgalore
Жыл бұрын
you posted this right when I was in a really sad/unmotivated mood and it cheered me up for sure ((:
@meljstephan
Жыл бұрын
I've only recently started reading lots of mystery/thriller, but here's some recommendations from BIPOC authors. I apologize if these are all already really well known. Also sometimes I label something as a thriller but then i see that others categorize it as a horror or a contemporary so I may have no idea what I'm actually reading: Confessions by Kinae Minato Razorblade Tears by SA Crosby Literally everything by Celeste Ng Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D Jackson Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (this is middle grade mysterious adventure tale but it's soo cute I just really want to recommend it more okay) The Cutting Season by Attica Locke If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang ... and stick with me here, but I think that The Count of Monte Cristo by Akexandre Dumas is a classic epic quest thriller (an I wrong? I don't know) Also, I didn't love the plot of Jackal by Erin Adams but I did like the writing style, so I've got my eye out for future work of hers
@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
Жыл бұрын
I’ve only read the girl on the train 😂
@denyse8796
Жыл бұрын
First, this is for you for doing that to yourself for our entertainment 🏆 Next, I love your points about diversity and it would be very interesting for another reading ap out there to do a POC version. I would love the market to let Goodreads die the death it deserves because it could be SO MUCH BETTER
@emperorcupcake
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A few thriller/suspense books I enjoyed by women of colour - All Her Little Secrets and Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa The Perfect Ruin by Shanora Williams Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (YA, but a great read for all ages imo)
@racheltfisher
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I am not sure how The Last Thing He Told Me won, read it recently and it’s a not a winning book.. just saying 🤪🙊 also on a different note, I listened to Tomorrow X3 recently and didn’t massively love that one, I don’t think I can trust the people voting for the GR awards 😅 🙈🙈🙊
@Bellaandthebooks
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I loved this video!! Thank you for all the energy it took😂❤️
@heidiwarner1017
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I agree with your sentiment at the end that the winners are more for people who maybe don't read very much, or good introduction books into the genre! I also gave Into the Water 2 stars and even with you describing it I don't remember it at all but I absolutely loved Girl on the Train and the Guest List and I have read two of the Dan Brown books in that series - not in order and enjoyed those, including Agatha Christie that is the extent of my mystery thriller reads!
@chelsey8737
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I read a ton of adult romance especially, adult queer romances, but I also read a bit of YA romance and I have to say YA really is way better than other genres at having diverse characters and authors of color. Adult queer romances are possibly the worst genre because they all tend to be straight white women which is a whole other discussion but YA is so so good at pushing books by diverse authors with diverse characters.
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