History WebVideo / TheBookWasBetter

* DomesticAbuse: Krimson discusses this a ''lot'' in his ''Literature/{{Twilight}}: Eclipse'' review, particularily in regards to the two love interests, and how they seem to personify two sepparate types of abuse.

* NonIndicativeTitle: He points out how ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' started as a ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'' fanfic named "Masters of the Universe", and how odd it is that it was completely devoid of ''[[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]''.

* StalkingIsLove: Krimson takes great issue with how this trope is handled in ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''. He even goes as far as to say that it gets worse than ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', since the stalker in that series is an actual vampire, and thus could stalk Bella relatively easily, whereas Christian Grey is an ordinary, if rich, human, so he actually had to put in a lot of effort.

His reviews also contain a running storyline in a similar vein to ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In Part 1 of his ''Literature/EmpressTheresa'' review, one of the characters mentions an advertisement where a character buys a dog door for a small horse, and [=KrimsonRogue=] initially dismisses it as fictional. A number of fans in the comments told him otherwise, however, and in Part 2, he corrects himself, realizing that the commercial in question was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2cYdYdSx8 a real Amazon Prime commercial]] that the novel horribly misrepresented. The point of it was to tell watchers that Amazon has weird products that they can send out fast, not that they were selling dog doors for horses.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: In his ''{{Film/Whiteout}}'' review he states that in order to get himself out of his "there's no snow" funk, he decided to watch a film about Antarctica, adventure and snow, namely [[spoiler: ''Film/TheThing1982']].

* FictionalCurrency: Explored in the ''Literature/ReadyPlayerTwo'' review: Krimson points out that the novel fails at successfully implementing this because it doesn't give the reader any idea of what one credit is worth, so there is no way to know how what "1000 credits" is worth when GSS gives that much to OASIS users in compensation for the events of the plot.

* NonIndicativeTitle: He points out how ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' startet as a ''Literature/Twilight'' fanfic named "Masters of the Universe", and how odd it is that it was completely devoid of ''[[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]''.

* RunningGag: A particularly dark example arose while Krimson was reviewing the books by Youtuber Onision. The first two of his books featured school shootings, neither very well handled. In his video on the third of Onision's books Krimson joked that at a critical position in the plot there was a school shooting only to admit that there wasn't but after the last two cheap uses of that plot point would anyone be surprised? This carries on into his review of Trigger Warning, where the ''entire plot'' is about a SchoolShooting.

** He also doesn't react well when the work he's reviewing doesn't have [[MagicAIsMagicA internal logic and/or consistency]] such as ''Inkheart''.

** ''[[Film/RepoMen's'' [[AllJustADream ending]] made him shoot up a poster of the movie.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: In his ''{{Film/Whiteout}}'' review he states that in order to get himself out of his "there's no snow" funk, he decided to watch a film about Antarctica, adventure and snow, namely [[spoiler: ''[[Film/TheThing1982 John Carpenter's The Thing]]'']].
* BerserkButton: [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole Adaptation induced plot holes]] and changes from the source material for no reason will make him very angry.

** ''[[{{Film/Repo Men}} Repo Men's]]'' [[AllJustADream ending]] made him shoot up a poster of the movie.

* HollywoodEvolution: Mocked in his review of {{Film/TheRelic}} when the main character states the the monster hunting them was originally human we cut back to Rogue with a photoshopped image of Charles Darwin's gravestone with crying noises in the background.

* ItsPersonal: To an extent with his analysis videos of {{Literature/Empress Theresa}}. A fan of his sent a message to Norman Boutin (the famously thin skinned author of said book) challenging him to ask Krimson to review it. Boutin responded that Krimson was "just another kid" and "would be forgotten." Krimson took up the implied challenge.

* NonIndicativeTitle: He points out how Fifty Shades of Grey startet as a Twilight fanfic named "Masters of the Universe", and how odd it is that it was completely devoid of Franchise/HeMan.

* RealMenWearPink: Done word for word in the Time Traveler's Wife review.
* RunningGag: A particularly dark example arose while Krimson was reviewing the books by Youtuber Onision. The first two of his books featured school shootings, neither very well handled. In his video on the third of Onision's books Krimson joked that at a critical position in the plot there was a school shooting only to admit that there wasn't but after the last two cheap uses of that plot point would anyone be surprised? This carries on into his review of Trigger Warning, where the ''entire plot'' is about a school shooting.

* LiesToChildren: A lot of Rogue's early problems dealing with magic are revealed in the ''Da Vinci Code'' review to be due to the magic book he's studying from being a simplified version intended as a primer for children. His main mistake was thinking the list of specializations was comprehensive when it's actually just the most common ones, leading to frustration since his isn't on the list.

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* RunningGag: A particularly dark example arose while Krimson was reviewing the books by Youtuber Onision. The first two of his books featured school shootings, neither very well handled. In his video on the third of Onision's books Krimson joked that at a critical position in the plot there was a school shooting only to admit that there wasn't but after the last two cheap uses of that plot point would anyone be surprised?