Reading your bookish icks: This was painful 

could we appreciate her EDITING STYLE? it‘s literally so cool

“baby girl” and Gen Z words (even the mentioning of modern apps) in books are probably my biggest icks

I feel an instant save for the "You're mine" talk is follow it up with a "I am yours." "You're mine, and I am yours". Now that's actually wholesome.

The worst part is the fact there is probably sitting a 25+ yo woman behind a screen writing these things with a straight face thinking “yup that’s it, FANTASTIC”

Petition for guys in books to change what animal noise they make when they're possessive. Barking and growling is out. Girl: I...I'm yours. Guy: *AGGRESSIVE BIRD CALLS*

Madita:I hate reading The books behind her:👁️👄👁️

I only like the "you are mine" when it goes like "I am yours and you are mine". The meaning is so different to me

I love how like passionate she is about this stuff it makes me so happy lolll 😂

I hate when a character is extremely possessive and gets so jealous and angry when their love interest is around another person and manipulate them to only be around them and it’s just accepted. If someone tired that with me I’d be running. Toxic relationships shouldn’t be romanticized 😭

Currently reading a book where the MC’s “husband” acts like a child and is never really there for her or their children… 🤢🤢🤢

I lost it at "you stole a lollipop at six years old" 🤣

I also hate when the FL cheats and people justify it because she has a bad boyfriend/husband, especially when there's absolutely nothing stopping her from dumping him. Most of the time, her boyfriend/husband can't even do anything to her because the ML is strong enough to protect her. And I find it weird that she has little to no trauma from the abuse and once she leaves her partner for the ML, she's completely normal.

I just read The Love Hypothesis, and OMFG I don’t even know how many times the fact that _he’s so big_ is mentioned and it disgusts me. Also... “you’re so big...” and “you can handle it.” 🤦🏻‍♀️

When she says that she hates when men say “your not like everyone else” the only thing that came to my mind is instead you want him to say “your just like everyone I met❤” l😂😅

My ex and I (lesbians) called each other babygirl and kitten jokingly, just taking the piss. And then my friend saw me writing "what'up babygirl?" And she didn't realize we were joking so she was HORRIFIED

1:23 rawr 1:47 heebee jibees 1:53 fudgi sickles 2:57 babygal i love her vocabulary 😭😭

It's honestly scary how many toxic/abusive things are normalized in romance (and sometimes other genres). Especially when we consider that a lot of this happens in YA so teens might grow up thinking this is normal or even desirable.

We need a trigger warning for the books that had these… so we all know to stay away

3:26 the only thing I can think of is "I wanna feel you milking me baby" from the Spanish love deception it was soooo bad.

I swear, if I find out that a book says, even if just once, that the girl is _so small_ and the boy is *SO BIG* I will indeed stop reading even if I’m like halfway through the book. It disgusts me. 🥴

I've yet to watch the entire video, so I'm not sure if this was mentioned or not, but when he's a mafia boss and he kills some innocent man in front of her for the first time, and she runs off. Then he goes to "comfort" her and she INSTANTLY gets over that fact that he MURDERED someone and they start MAKING OUT while there's probably blood staining his living room carpet.

6:22 I LITERALLY CAN’T ANYMORE I cannot breathe. Madita stop making me break into insane laughter, my family is concerned. 😭😭

Making men as monster noses, using technical words for body parts, weird pet names, creepy behaviour, teacher/student/parent/schoolgirl. animalistic noises, normalising dark behaviour that should never happen to a person, overdescription of appearances,

I actually love when he says “you’re mine” 😂😂 but I HATE when she’s says “I’m yours” back to him 🫠💀

My bookish and even more specifically romantic ick is when the guy is only sweet to her and mean to everyone else. Such a turn off. Because i pick and appreciate men who appreciate and treat my friends and family with affection and respect. I would never go for someone who is only sweet to me because that man is a big ol red flag not just to the world initially but will turn out to be extremely toxic to me and will think am his property later on.

The part about milking had me laughing and feeling disgusted at the same time lol

I just LOVE her editing style!!

i have started "Better Than The Movies" a few days ago AND THE LONG CHAPTERS ARE SO TRUE. Still love the book tho!

YES ON THE CHEATING TROPE. I’ve been writing a book for a while now (probably won’t ever publish, it’s mostly for me), and as I wrote, my male love interest just kinda naturally gravitated to another character. They had better chemistry than my MMC and FMC, so rather than write a cheating trope, I just had them break up amiably, and currently my MMC is dating the other character and my FMC is living her best single life

i was having such a bad day and the notif for this video instantly made it better😭🫶

i’m so feeling the big chapters one right now because i’m reading the secret history and in this entire 560 PAGE BOOK there are EIGHT CHAPTERS. EIGHT.

the doodle intro is so cute i love it

the weird curses reminds me of AGGGTM but i love how pip swears and be like holly peperonni

she’s such a CHARACTER

"YOU HAVE MATH HOMEWORK" My favorite quote I've ever heard

Lately it’s during a Smutt scene “than he comes undone” no, I come “undone” reading this. 😂 at first I heard this in a book review and than I read the wicked kingdom and I came undone 😂

When I was fourteen I actually got told “you’re not like other girls”

This video makes me question why I read books…

this video had me cackling especially at 6:25 😭 so many book icks but the growling/roaring takes the trophy for me. like it's giving animal, like actual wolf. gonna sub because you're just so funny and I love the vibe

When the guy is a werewolf and he'll call her his mate, growl, bite her neck, or his eyes will glow like WTF

I hate the fake daring trope if theyre adults Unless its a they must do this cuz famous trope

i might go back to reading children's books 🥲😂😭

am i the only one that isnt bothered by animal sounds if its not used in a romantic or weird situation----like barked like "She barked out orders at the workers" like yelling just smth normal like idk i feel like i can move on :d

moments of silence for madita for the sufferings and standing ovation for those acting✨💗💀

I looveee your editing style and videos!! Never fails to make me laugh ❤

i literally lost it when you started growling xddd

I WAS REAADING ONE AND THEY SAID "master.. your shlong is so big" AND I LITERALLY BURST OUT LAUGHING, IT CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD 😭😭😭

as a fantasy writer, the terms: snarling, barking, growling etc are a frequent part of the expectation so its not fun having it in my vocab

I read a book that literally said "its going to slay" I almost threw the book out then and there

Okay but singing isn't that bad if it is sad and the MC is singing a childhood song or a song their lover used to sing them before they died or aren't together, well the MC is dying or something. That would make me cry :(

For the growling thing, I also think this cringy when its in sexual contexts or as just a sound they do randomly, but when its used right it just describes the way their voices sound and it can be extremely effective and (dare i say) cool? Hear me out, in bbc radios version of hamlet there are two great examples of roaring and growling in Act 1 Scene 4 and in Act 1 Scene 5. In 1,4 after the ghost has entered and beckoned hamlet to follow it, his friends do not want him to follow and physically restrains hamlet. he's desperate to follow his fathers ghost, so he when he says the line "unhand me gentlemen" (literally so polite haha) he roars it. There is literally no other way to describe how the bbc radio voice actor said it other than a roar. its loud, has a rough quality to it, and demanding. it's not necessaaaaarily angry, maybe a little bit because he is being restrained, but its mostly desperation to hear what the ghost has to say. In 1,5, the ghost has just said "The serpent that did sting thy father's life // Now wears his crown." where basically hamlet realizes that his father was murdered by his uncle, so he says "O, my prophetic soul! My uncle?" (where "My uncle? is growled) its different from the roar because its not as loud, and a lot more angry. The thing with these is that in the right contexts its really effective when used to describe how they are saying something. if hamlet simply demaned his friend to "unhand me gentlemen" it wouldn't have had that roughness to it, because demands don't have to have that. same with the "my uncle?" part, if he had just shouted that it wouldnt have been rough and angry. and so i think it can be a pretty cool way to describe a voices quality. In hamlet, it doesn't explicitly say that they are saying things in particular ways (unless its sung), that's up to the voice actors and actors on stage, but when they do say things in growly or roaring ways, there really is no other way to describe it haha. so yeah, no random growling for me. absolutely not. but in an angry context? (nothing sexual. growling does not belong in an intimate setting like that for me.) go right ahead. it just fits sometimes haha Edit: i forgot to mention barking, but the only context i think that fits in is if it's some general or leader who is kinda full of themselves are barking out orders. It's like a loud, sudden demand for something, that is what barking is in humans. barks in dogs it also loud and sudden so i suppose thats where the comparison is drawn. other than that... no. (I don't have any hamlet examples of barking i don't think, none at the top of my head at least, since i already used examples from hamlet in this comment hahah.)

i think growing up on wattpad and other badly written fanfiction has me immune.

I hate when in a book the adult tries to use gen z slang like bruh no stop 😭

Hi Maddy! Your "bad boy" acting was on point!😂😂😂 Loved it. This entire video just had me laughing and giggling.

All these Icks are in the after series

You acting out the weird actions was what made this video 10x better 🤣

Sarah j mass life or death scenes: “ok?” he growled. “Ok,” she purrrrrs ✋🏻💀STOP

Ahh madita uploaded!! Honestly the intro alone makes my day🫶

The _special_ after a one-night stand part reminds me of Cinderella. Like, the man didn’t remember her face OR her name, yet he became (creepily) obsessed with her. Gross 😩

Whenever someone writes that a character growls, I hear that Call of Duty zombie noise. That's my toxic trait. No one told me to think like this. Yet, I do. And that's why I struggle to get through a romance book, even though I want to so badly.

Lets be so for real like half of the things they do in the books I CHERISH I would file a restaining order against them

When the girl is so submissive that it's annoying like tf 😭😭😭

I RELATED SO HARD TO SOME OF THESE SHE SPOKE MY HONEST THOUGHTS

"you don't wanna see me when i am mad". Boy come out of your domestic violence era simple🤦🏻‍♀️

Madita's editing is awesome!!!!! You can literally tell how hard she works.

The phrase "Are you lost, baby girl?" Always makes me cringe in the worse way. His way of flirting is 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

the moaning and closing her eyes when she eats something delicious is something that i have seen in real life, like i know real grown ass adults who do that.

Omg madita I NEED an apology video specially after that milking scebe... I think I'm traumatized 😶

No but why is the growling part so true though? Like when I read something like “She stays here, - he growled.” (cough The Predator cough) I’m like how can you _GROWL_ a sentence?! Enlighten me pls 😂

I went through every possible emotion during this video. Luv u though 🩷

fyi i'm a Wattpad author, don't judge me (not all Wattpad books are bad tho there are some super good ones). the icks in this video i actually like (pls don't judge me, this is just my opinion): 1. sticking the tongue out. lol i love this sm as long as its not overused. like i have 2 characters who are siblings (one is 14 and the other is 21) and they tease each other a lot and the youngest one would totally say something salty and the older sibling would be all oFfEnDeD and the younger one just sticks her tongue out cuz shes like so THERE 😂also when someone roasts her with the truth and she doesnt know how to respond so she just sticks her tongue out like idk what else to do so im doin this lol. also her as a child sticking her tongue out. just yes. 2. "you're mine". ok i actually adore this in the right situation. but you say it like an actual human without the growling/barking thing cuz no X-X like if it's for comfort/reassurance, or if it's playful possessiveness, or just cute fluff. or if it's possessive but teasing about it, one character putting their arm around another and just simply saying, "mine." i just love it. dont judge me. 3. adults acting like kids... if it's a parent with their young child, it's adorable. otherwise, STAY BACK 4. "she's/you're not like other girls". in the right situation, i like it. like yah no 2 people are the same. saying something like "you're not like any other girl i've ever met". yah it's a lil corny but it's cute in the right situation. 5. only personality trait is being tiny. i hate this when its by itself, but if it's simply an aspect of their appearance that is touched on every now and then and not used as their only personality trait, it like it. the character i mentioned before (the 14 year old) is 5'0" and also kinda skinny, but she does NOT let that slow her down. it's an aspect of her appearance, and occasionally, her older sibling (the 21 year old, he's 6'0" and somewhat muscular) teases her about her being short and calls her a "noodle" bcuz she's skinny, but they're siblings ofc there will be teasing about that kind of thing. 6. the guy pushes the girl against the locker/wall to intimidate her. i actually really like this. don't judge me. but i only like it if it isn't because of bullying or harassment or anything of that sort. no just no. 7. singing. I FREAKING LOVE IT! but only if it's in the right situation. like playing a song and singing along to it or singing for a performance or smth. yes just yes. don't judge me. 8. when he whispers "i will destroy you". i don't like it between couples. if it's in the right situation between a villain and victim, it's good if you have the proper context and proper situation. 9. "crawl to me". ok in rare situations with proper context, i like it. like if the characters are injured and dying and can't walk or in a fire and need to stay below the smoke or smth then yah i like it. 10. jaw clenching. if it's in the proper context, it's not that bad. BUT NO BARRING TEETH, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. 11. moans and closes eyes while eating. someone wrote this into a scene with a sick character and i really liked it. if you write it correctly, it's really good. and only do it like once while you're eating. otherwise its annoying. especially if you're eating something you really love that you haven't had in a long time or if you're super hungry and finally eating something after a pretty good sized period of time without eating (unless you have an eating disorder or smth) 12. smirking. i fricking love it. especially if it's smugness or teasing or amusement or if it's a villain taunting the victim. i love it sm. 13. "just look at me" "look at my eyes" "i'm here" omg that's my weak spot, especially in dangerous or life-threatening situations or when a character is in a dark place mentally. i just love it. just write it properly and it's so good. 14. "baby girl" this one is so cute and sometimes the villain calls the victim that and it gives you another reason to want to murder the villain. and between couples like it's so adorable, especially as comfort. and couples say this in real life too so it's not like it's only in books or something. also between a parent and their baby/toddler/child/teen daughter. don't judge me it's cute ok 15. Gen Z or TikTok references. they're not all bad. it makes the teenage characters feel more relatable to me cuz i say some of that stuff pls don't judge me for these. it's just my opinion.

As someone who's German speaking I always thought "Schnecke" appeared bc of pastry. Like "Zimtschnecke" (cinnamon roll), that's probably called that way bc it resembles the spirals of a snail house. Anyway, guys unironically calling you "Schnecke" when flirting are 99% of the times some nasty, middle aged, drunken dudes who want to pick you up in a shabby pub

I just realized all bookworms have the same scream..

A couple of these oNLY work in high fantasy

Am I the only one that isn't bothered by some of these? 😂 Yes, some are icky, but I actually like several of them. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I refuse to be ashamed

Hast du mal in Amerika gelebt? Dachte nämlich am Anfang du wärst Amerikanerin, weil so native klingst :D

I am still laughing, i have to watch this video with my teenie daughter again, i am afraid we will end on the ground because of unstoppable laughter! 👌🏻👌🏻🤣🤣

I'm gen Z and I hate gen Z words in books. Like just No.

Milking reminds me of spanish love deception... Well u can imagine that book went flying across my room.

what im going to need from this video is for u to watch good omens and recreate the apology dance.

I threw up in my mouth when you said 'Milking' 😭

Yooooo where are yall finding these books 😭

OMG 😭😭😭 the “ I could be as old as your dad” I remembered sinners anonymous in the end when they were together. He said the same sentence and she replied “ so can I call you daddy” and I was like 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 if this was at the beginning of the book I would have never read it again but it was the ending 💀

Medita we are waiting for that apology video

I wanna thank you so much for making this video as it is really cheering me up and distracting me from the incredibly painful period cramps I am expiriencing right now 🙏 I've found some of these tropes can work very well if the author explores or challenges them (for exemple I was reading a fantasy series where the main character has a lot of wolf characteristics from being magically bonded to one and the author instead of just saying "he growled" really explored the balance of his animalistic and human side through his body language and habits, which imcluded sometimes growling). Another thing that could work is the narrative challenging the aggressive/possessive behaviour of the character instead of romanticising it. Etc

i've read books WITHOUT chapters and it felt wayyyy longer than necessary. OR when the chapter doesn't start on a new page 😭😭😭😭

I feel like this is the LEGIT definition of "The Love Hypothesis". 😭

50 shades of grey and Twilight saga enters chat

When he blames his cheating on his grief

No but when I heard the word “milking “ my jaw dropped like wtf dude 😭🔫

YESSS OMG CRAWL TO ME WAS NOT IT💀💀

One of my book icks is Terms and Conditions chapter 25 (if you know, you know) 😳

“Growling” and “baby gir” are a big no no

11:30 MY EX IS NAMED PAUL AND 6’ AND WE’RE FROM MINNESOTA my jaw absolutely dropped💀🥲

Why do all these love interests need a rabies shot?

Why is there more likes than views?

You just made my day! I hope you're okay))

Yayy, this is gonna be so much fun, especially since our Madi is quite determined when it comes to her book opinions 😂 we love our dramatic queen, though ❤️

Ok looking at the 'bad boy' ick I now want a book where the fl just talks to the 'bad boy' and he's an absolute dorky sunshine like- Fl: Everyone in the school thinks your a bad person. Him: Why? Did I do something bad? Fl: Nah but they said you did. Him: Ok but why? You ain't giving me an explanation...? Fl: Idk you look the part I guess? Him: Ok be specific... Fl: Your clothes. Him: I'm to lazy to color coordinate actual clothes, besides why would I dress to impress at school of all places? Fl: Your hair. Him: I ride a motorbike... besides i have curly hair... is that a crime now? Fl: That brings me to the point you ride a motorbike. Him: ... it's my dad's hand-me-down, frankly I'm surprised it still runs. Fl: You smoke. Him: Yes I'll admit that's bad habit, but I am doing better now. Fl: Sigh you're an idiot. Him: Hey! Fl: But I love you regardless. ❤ Him: ... *too flustered to try and make a comeback*

20:43 it’s not a “bad boy” it is not being health conscious like smokers aren’t hot like thanks I don’t want lung cancer 🙅‍♀️