I recently watched a popular booktuber/booktoker make a thriller rec video and FM was the main rec. she even acknowledged Freida’s books were allegedly plagiarized but refused to admit bc she never read the other authors book!!
Things like Freak have an average rating of 3.9 on GR and 3.77 on StoryGraph. I’m guessing the crazy low ratings on some of these books is because of the lower amount of ratings and users on this particular app at the moment? Either way, I love this idea and video!
I think we're assuming too much about the FM readers. When I tell them about The Last Mrs Parrish, they're just like "oh yeah I like the hm better." 😳 they do not care.
Like... I casually enjoy Freida McFadden books, I admit it, but I can't imagine being THAT feral over them that I'd harass a reviewer. Yikes 😰And I loved The Perfect Ruin and hated The Other Mrs!
I didn’t love The Island by Natasha Preston either. But an amusement park thriller that I DID love was Wonderland by Jennifer Hillier! I wasn’t SUPER shocked by the plot twist but I just thought the whole thing was done well. Have you read it?
I loved the perfect ruin!!!! I couldn't stand the girl with the dragon tattoo and Im over 50!! Side note: I do not belong to a boring granny book club - but I also can't find anyone my age that likes the same types of books that I like - extreme horror, horror and thriller. Part 2 would be great! Thank u
well you found me. I'm an 80's girl who likes extreme horror. age has nothing to do with anything. I have no idea why that point was even made, and it's a bit hurtful if I'm honest.
@@aliarobinson6617 thank u for that! It's extremely comforting to know I am not alone at "my age". But it is rare to come across people outside of social media who have the same tastes in genres, without being judged. I don't think what was said was out of maliciousness or anything like that but I also couldn't help being a little insulted by the statement.
I swear I remembered you liking the Island which is why I picked it up 😂 I ended up loving it because I am SO into the theme park thriller/horror vibe rn
Have to chime in here re:The Inmate. The MC is a nurse practitioner, not a therapist, but her behavior as a clinician is WILD. And the twist was just so stupid 😭
I think my most unpopular opinions are that I hated Bunny and I'm Thinking Of Ending Things. I hated the way they both ended. Bunny would have been ok if not for the ending and 'I'm Thinking'....was just boring af. The deep discussions were not deep. I felt cheated and lied to literally because everyone loves those 2. I dont get it. And I love reading Freida McFadden lol.
if you want a more fun/silly version of The Island, I would recommend Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky*. If you can read Lord of the Flies before that, I'd say do that too.
i HATED ‘Them’. i felt like the only thing it had to offer was the gore! i felt no connection to the characters, the story went nowhere, the “twist”? was obvious, and the dialogue was an abomination, NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT. i gave it a 1/5. i’m sorry, i LOVE Mique, but that book was god awful in my opinion
That's wild, I love the butterfly garden and I feel like it's pushed on Amazon all the time. It's got like this Silence of the Lambs controlling man, determined woman vibe that I really love. Like it's not a realistic premise but it's fiction and it's descriptive and graphic enough that I couldn't look away.
I’m glad you brought up Freida’s plagiarizing. I thought maybe I was crazy because literally every book of hers is praised, but they’ve already been written! It’s bizarre
just wanted to say I hated girl with the dragon tatoo as well, and I am a mom over 50. what's with the ageism. I see it everywhere. I read very much the same way you do. I would have thought you knew better than to make assumptions on what people read because of age. I may be what you think of obviously as "old" but my favorite writer as of now is chandler morrison. Age is a number. don't assume what people like or don't like just because of the number of birthdays they've had.
that's b/c being 50 has literally nothing to do with anything. it's like if you're over 40 people think you just have the most boring basic taste on earth.
Unpopular opinion I hated Where The Crawdads Sing. I wanted to like it, it sounded fantastic but I don’t need 3 pages describing grass. For me the writing was horrible. I had to DNF it.
Same. I found it incredibly boring throughout, and it got too ridiculous for my personal tastes near the end. I feel like I was sold a murder mystery and instead got a Bildungsroman/survival story. I’m not usually a huge fan of mysteries, so I didn’t expect to love it going in. But I don’t tend to like coming of age stories and I have yet to read a survival-in-the-wilderness story that I didn’t despise. And it was something that GR recommended to me based on other books I liked. I felt like it was falsely advertised to me, and it definitely was not my kind of book.
My controversial hated book is Gone Girl and Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. I find her writing style incredibly boring and had to DNF both books because I was just bored and didn’t care about the plot or any of the characters 🤷🏼♀️
Same!! I hate the way she writes her characters, I could never get into her writing. Don't worry, you didn't miss anything...she writes her twists so obviously in her books you can spot them from a mile away lol
I'm a fan of Freida McFadden's books and I had no idea of all the info you just gave me about her 👀🍵 am I going to stop reading them? Probably not.....lol but now I want to check out the original housemaid book you mentioned!
I just read the housemaid and hated it! My current book is the last Mrs Parrish and I’m over here thinking I’m reading the same book but so much better 😂
OMG!!!!!! I’m glad you said this about Freida! I’m currently reading The Last Mrs. Parrish & I immediately noticed the plagiarism. And she’s not the only one!! Kennedy Ryan basically put The Last Mrs. Parrish in her book Long Shot!!!
I read the The Girl in 6E by Alessandra Torre, I gave it 4 stars. I think since the pandemic, it aged a bit due to how easy it is now to get stuff delivered directly to your home and her technological things.
Hi Hailey! Just a thought. Maybe most people are not aware that horror and extreme horror are different. Then when they accidentally read extreme horror it freaks them out and they give low ratings??? I hated Girl With The Dragon Tattoo as well (even if I am old)😝
I finished The Girl in 6E literally yesterday, I rated it 3 stars and I can explain why I think it was such a mid book. First: I loved the sex work element, and the mixed media format I actually think reading the messages was the best part about the book. Also learning about the crime that was committed was shocking to me and made me feel icky (trying to be as spolier free as possible here). From there, I just really disliked the way everything became so easy for her, and just fell into place. She spent the whole book trying to convince us that she's a danger to society, then she is more of less perfectly fine when she ventures 13 hours cross country, and back? Then the really average and eye-roll romance between her and someone who just happens to be oh so hunky and gorgeous? Come on... I would have loved this loads more if things actually went a bit wrong for her, like prove that she's this cold blooded psycho that deserves to be locked inside at night, because I'm not believing it, it kinda made her seem like a bit of a pick-me like ohhhh I'm so dangerous stay away from me, then everything just so easily and conveniently fell into place for her, ugh
I read The Last Mrs Parrish JUST before I picked up The Housemaid. I was still reeling from the conflicting feelings I had about Amber. Almost feeling guilty about not having sympathy. (If you know, you know) Then I picked up the FM book. It was like a punch to the gut. I just couldn't do it. DNFed and has picked up another Ms M since
I hated the Butterfly Garden because I truly disliked the personality of the main character, she was way too nonchalant with what was happening. The writing style honestly felt like a Wattpad original, and in general, it felt like the author was romantazing this whole scenario...like taking a certain man's feelings into consideration (I won't say whose, not to spoil). But like, girl. You are being captured and SA'd on the daily, let's not focus our romantic plot here...
I gave the girl with the dragon tattoo (and the subsequent 2 books) 5 stars, but to your point I was a teenager and they were some of the first adult thrillers I ever read. The first third of the book is truly painfully slow and dull and now, with my wider experience in the genre, I doubt it would earn that rating, but I’m afraid to reread it and ruin my nostalgic love for the books that helped me fall in love with thrillers! 🥲 they served their purpose and will live on my shelf forever but I probably won’t reread the first one. There are a number of new ones in the series written by a new author (larsson passed away before the first book was published, likely why the first book feels under-edited) that I do plan to pick up :) that said, the movies are excellent! Both the Swedish originals and the American remake.
Frieda McFadden is awful. I really don't understand how she gets away with ripping off other authors as much as she does.
I recently watched a popular booktuber/booktoker make a thriller rec video and FM was the main rec. she even acknowledged Freida’s books were allegedly plagiarized but refused to admit bc she never read the other authors book!!
Things like Freak have an average rating of 3.9 on GR and 3.77 on StoryGraph. I’m guessing the crazy low ratings on some of these books is because of the lower amount of ratings and users on this particular app at the moment? Either way, I love this idea and video!
I agree with You Shouldn’t Have Come Here, we shouldn’t have read it 🤣
She shouldn’t have written it.
Painful 😂
literally the worst book oh my GOD
I think we're assuming too much about the FM readers. When I tell them about The Last Mrs Parrish, they're just like "oh yeah I like the hm better." 😳 they do not care.
They really do not care at all and will defend her tooth & nail. I belong to several fb book groups and the way they praise her books I’m just like 🥴
Like... I casually enjoy Freida McFadden books, I admit it, but I can't imagine being THAT feral over them that I'd harass a reviewer. Yikes 😰And I loved The Perfect Ruin and hated The Other Mrs!
Ooh I loved this video idea! Can’t wait to watch the extended cut on Patreon 💕
Also yes the perfect ruin! I literally read it in ONE sitting 👏🏽
Do all the videos have an extended cut?
I didn’t love The Island by Natasha Preston either. But an amusement park thriller that I DID love was Wonderland by Jennifer Hillier! I wasn’t SUPER shocked by the plot twist but I just thought the whole thing was done well. Have you read it?
YES!! i gave it 5 stars ⭐️💕
I loved the perfect ruin!!!! I couldn't stand the girl with the dragon tattoo and Im over 50!! Side note: I do not belong to a boring granny book club - but I also can't find anyone my age that likes the same types of books that I like - extreme horror, horror and thriller. Part 2 would be great! Thank u
well you found me. I'm an 80's girl who likes extreme horror. age has nothing to do with anything. I have no idea why that point was even made, and it's a bit hurtful if I'm honest.
@@aliarobinson6617 thank u for that! It's extremely comforting to know I am not alone at "my age". But it is rare to come across people outside of social media who have the same tastes in genres, without being judged. I don't think what was said was out of maliciousness or anything like that but I also couldn't help being a little insulted by the statement.
I swear I remembered you liking the Island which is why I picked it up 😂 I ended up loving it because I am SO into the theme park thriller/horror vibe rn
100% agree on Freida. I’ve read 2 others by her and they’re even worse. As a therapist you’d be horrified by ward D. Worst book I’ve ever read
Have to chime in here re:The Inmate. The MC is a nurse practitioner, not a therapist, but her behavior as a clinician is WILD. And the twist was just so stupid 😭
LOVED the butterfly garden, the whole series was quite good and got me out of a reading slump.
I love girl in 6E… it’s so fun 😂
Samee!! But for some reason I wasn't interested in reading the sequel, is it as good?
I think my most unpopular opinions are that I hated Bunny and I'm Thinking Of Ending Things. I hated the way they both ended. Bunny would have been ok if not for the ending and 'I'm Thinking'....was just boring af. The deep discussions were not deep. I felt cheated and lied to literally because everyone loves those 2. I dont get it. And I love reading Freida McFadden lol.
I’m with you on To Be Devoured. Such a disgusting topic but told with such beautiful prose. It captures the anger than comes along with grief so well.
if you want a more fun/silly version of The Island, I would recommend Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky*. If you can read Lord of the Flies before that, I'd say do that too.
*not a carnival but a supposed festival for influencers on an island.. for carnival vibes I'd recommend Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman.
How does a novel have a 5 star average rating? Are there only a handful of reviews total? That’s crazy!! Side note: love your top
i HATED ‘Them’. i felt like the only thing it had to offer was the gore! i felt no connection to the characters, the story went nowhere, the “twist”? was obvious, and the dialogue was an abomination, NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT. i gave it a 1/5. i’m sorry, i LOVE Mique, but that book was god awful in my opinion
This is exactly what I needed! Thanks Hailey 🫶🏾📚❤️
That's wild, I love the butterfly garden and I feel like it's pushed on Amazon all the time. It's got like this Silence of the Lambs controlling man, determined woman vibe that I really love. Like it's not a realistic premise but it's fiction and it's descriptive and graphic enough that I couldn't look away.
I’m glad you brought up Freida’s plagiarizing. I thought maybe I was crazy because literally every book of hers is praised, but they’ve already been written! It’s bizarre
just wanted to say I hated girl with the dragon tatoo as well, and I am a mom over 50. what's with the ageism. I see it everywhere. I read very much the same way you do. I would have thought you knew better than to make assumptions on what people read because of age. I may be what you think of obviously as "old" but my favorite writer as of now is chandler morrison. Age is a number. don't assume what people like or don't like just because of the number of birthdays they've had.
I've been reading thriller for years and I loved the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 🤷🏼♀️ and I'm not even close to 50 😂
that's b/c being 50 has literally nothing to do with anything. it's like if you're over 40 people think you just have the most boring basic taste on earth.
"Maybe the church ladies got ahold of it" lol
I can't understand how The Maid actually was read for so many... especially part 2,3
Oh girl, everything in Good Rich People could have been avoided with a quick Google search 😂 I still love and trust your recs though!!
Unpopular opinion I hated Where The Crawdads Sing. I wanted to like it, it sounded fantastic but I don’t need 3 pages describing grass. For me the writing was horrible. I had to DNF it.
SAME! I even tried it as an audio, but couldn't finish.
Same. I found it incredibly boring throughout, and it got too ridiculous for my personal tastes near the end. I feel like I was sold a murder mystery and instead got a Bildungsroman/survival story. I’m not usually a huge fan of mysteries, so I didn’t expect to love it going in. But I don’t tend to like coming of age stories and I have yet to read a survival-in-the-wilderness story that I didn’t despise. And it was something that GR recommended to me based on other books I liked. I felt like it was falsely advertised to me, and it definitely was not my kind of book.
I LOVED The Perfect Ruin sooo much!!
My controversial hated book is Gone Girl and Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. I find her writing style incredibly boring and had to DNF both books because I was just bored and didn’t care about the plot or any of the characters 🤷🏼♀️
Same!! I hate the way she writes her characters, I could never get into her writing. Don't worry, you didn't miss anything...she writes her twists so obviously in her books you can spot them from a mile away lol
I hated Gone Girl as well. It was so boring and the characters were so unlikeable. I finished it but barely.
I liked the girl with the dragon tatoo. I watched a foreign movie adaptation of the movie and like it so much more than the American movie
As a avid book thrifter FM Is the next CH I always see their books
I love being a patreon tbh 🩵☺️
I dnf'd the housemaid
I'm a fan of Freida McFadden's books and I had no idea of all the info you just gave me about her 👀🍵 am I going to stop reading them? Probably not.....lol but now I want to check out the original housemaid book you mentioned!
More of these videos please!!
I just read the housemaid and hated it! My current book is the last Mrs Parrish and I’m over here thinking I’m reading the same book but so much better 😂
Off topic but makeup and the top is giving old money vibes. You look so cute
OMG!!!!!! I’m glad you said this about Freida! I’m currently reading The Last Mrs. Parrish & I immediately noticed the plagiarism. And she’s not the only one!! Kennedy Ryan basically put The Last Mrs. Parrish in her book Long Shot!!!
Oh my soul that top looks amazing on you! ❤
Great video, thank you xx
I love anything by jeneva rose that makes me sad you didn’t like you shouldn’t have come here! but we all have dif opinions 😅
I read the The Girl in 6E by Alessandra Torre, I gave it 4 stars. I think since the pandemic, it aged a bit due to how easy it is now to get stuff delivered directly to your home and her technological things.
Hi Hailey! Just a thought. Maybe most people are not aware that horror and extreme horror are different. Then when they accidentally read extreme horror it freaks them out and they give low ratings??? I hated Girl With The Dragon Tattoo as well (even if I am old)😝
Hey...just letting you know that Rachel Harrison new novel..."So Thirsty" comes out in September....exciting!!!!!
I love Good rich people too 😂
I finished The Girl in 6E literally yesterday, I rated it 3 stars and I can explain why I think it was such a mid book. First: I loved the sex work element, and the mixed media format I actually think reading the messages was the best part about the book. Also learning about the crime that was committed was shocking to me and made me feel icky (trying to be as spolier free as possible here). From there, I just really disliked the way everything became so easy for her, and just fell into place. She spent the whole book trying to convince us that she's a danger to society, then she is more of less perfectly fine when she ventures 13 hours cross country, and back? Then the really average and eye-roll romance between her and someone who just happens to be oh so hunky and gorgeous? Come on... I would have loved this loads more if things actually went a bit wrong for her, like prove that she's this cold blooded psycho that deserves to be locked inside at night, because I'm not believing it, it kinda made her seem like a bit of a pick-me like ohhhh I'm so dangerous stay away from me, then everything just so easily and conveniently fell into place for her, ugh
I read The Last Mrs Parrish JUST before I picked up The Housemaid. I was still reeling from the conflicting feelings I had about Amber. Almost feeling guilty about not having sympathy. (If you know, you know) Then I picked up the FM book. It was like a punch to the gut. I just couldn't do it. DNFed and has picked up another Ms M since
Look at “Mexican Gothic” I got it on skip the line and it was a nice surprise.
Hailey have you read Sweet Story by Carlton Mellick III?? If not highly recommend!
I too read The Last Mrs. Parrish first!
I hated the Butterfly Garden because I truly disliked the personality of the main character, she was way too nonchalant with what was happening. The writing style honestly felt like a Wattpad original, and in general, it felt like the author was romantazing this whole scenario...like taking a certain man's feelings into consideration (I won't say whose, not to spoil). But like, girl. You are being captured and SA'd on the daily, let's not focus our romantic plot here...
I wasn't a big fan of She Started it either. I have never read Freida Mcfadden.
Freak is boring, and the second book twist is boring as well. :(
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The real question is who is using this app and leaving reviews and ratings…..
I gave the girl with the dragon tattoo (and the subsequent 2 books) 5 stars, but to your point I was a teenager and they were some of the first adult thrillers I ever read. The first third of the book is truly painfully slow and dull and now, with my wider experience in the genre, I doubt it would earn that rating, but I’m afraid to reread it and ruin my nostalgic love for the books that helped me fall in love with thrillers! 🥲 they served their purpose and will live on my shelf forever but I probably won’t reread the first one. There are a number of new ones in the series written by a new author (larsson passed away before the first book was published, likely why the first book feels under-edited) that I do plan to pick up :) that said, the movies are excellent! Both the Swedish originals and the American remake.