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So, no hate here, but what you described are not loop holes, you just didn't pay enough attention: 1. The Triarchy was not at the point of inmortality; they were still sane, the reason was that they were each other's ankers so they reimained somewhat stable, same as Rin, since she was bound to Kitay. The difference is described from the start when you first see Suni, who was losing control and his eyes seemed to change color due to the god trying to take over, as well as with Pipaji, who had to be killed given that she was losing control. 2. The dirigibles didn't just come; during the travel they were trying to remain hidden from them, when Jiang saved Rin at the temple he directly said to get help and she understood, so she signaled at the sky so that the dirigibles knew where they were and attacked the temple which is what happened. 3. The "wind god" did not die; he was buried under a mountain where wind couldn't get him out, but he did not die. 4. Nezha's scar is described several times as scales, it's even mentioned to have a blue hue to it; it doesn't heal because it's a mark of the dragon. 5. Nezha was described to survive weird stuff from the begining; the first time is when the school is attacked, it didn't came out of nothing.

I was also kind of disappointed by this book. Especially after absolutely loving Last House on Needless Street! But Sundial felt like it dragged and I kept pushing through because I assumed there was going to be some kind of crazy reveal like in Needless. But I guess they can’t all be bangers though!

hah! Your glasses' frame matched the TLHONS cover!

What a story, takes me a while to finish a book but this one, just couldn't stop turning those pages.

Wait? What's all this about Michael schizophrenic? Did I somehow miss an entire chapter?

This book wrecked me🥺😭💔 I definitely don’t see this as smut and I fucking loved it! I was soo sad tho

Thank you for this. I just finished the series and really needed someone else's interpretation of what the last several chapters meant, because they were definitely a smidge confusing. Overall I really loved this story though, definitely a strong theme of finding light in the darkness and the need for connection especially when things look bleak. And the art is just so gorgeous <3

I knew the Underland Chronicles before Hunger Games came out...I knew about the troubling shit that was going on in this Chronicles. After reading the first book of Hunger Games I could clearly see that some of the troubling ideas in that books had their forshadowing in the books around Gregor.

HONEYYYYY. I thought I was having a manic episode for the entirety of this book. Mind blowing

I've really enjoyed "covenant of steel", and some work friends and I plan to read his new series, which, is a sequel series I believe? 😊 I find Ryan's writing is insanely good. It has a feel that he only uses words once, if that makes any sense lol basically I love the prose.

I expected everything you did!! I didn't even know it was a thriller, and I did NOT expect the supernatural aspect at all! I actually try to avoid any kind of books, movies or, tv shows that involve ghost or demons because they make me paranoid and afraid to be in my own house. But THIS was so well written! The emotional aspects of it kinda distracted me from being scared by the ghosty stuff. It was a beautiful combination of romance, thrill and supernatural....makes me want to read more J.T. Geissinger books....and that Dante book that was referenced in "Pen Pal" because, that sounds like it's interesting🙂

Just finished book two and I just can't help but to think that the author just really wanted to make "alternate history" rather than "fantasy". I think one of my biggest complaints is how the book seems to hype up Runin (the power of the phoneix, the fire, the most dangerous weapon, etc) and probably 75% of the time she's taken out by drugs and wet towels.

I just finished this book and disliked it sooooooo much. I can't believe how many good reviews it got. I am glad to see someone else out there didn't really like it. It makes me feel less crazy. To me it felt like every conflict presented in the book would have been resolved within a few pages if the characters just talked it out instead of going to sundial. It made me mad that I had to read all of those flashbacks and weird journal entries to understand a conflict that could have just been resolved through talking it out (or by going to therapy, as you mentioned). I bought Last House on Needless Street and Sundial together and now I am not even sure if I want to start Last House on Needless Street.

A year late but you should read 'a spear cuts through water'. A standalone fantasy and it's amazing.

I’m not reading anymore RF Kuang after this. It seems like she wanted to shove her views of “white people, colonialism bad” down our throats, as opposed to making us come to those conclusions ourselves based in the events of the story. Letty was such a forced character too. I was really disappointed

I read these when I was in elementary school but stopped following when i lost the 4th book at a restaurant, never got around to finishing it. I did all my book reports on this series.

Im convinced book reviews are AI. My biggest regret is paying for this book

I understand your opinion, and while there are issues with the pacing (especially in the last book) I really liked the books. The magic system is very well explained and for me there were no obvious plot holes. For instance, because every god has an element they do present in a different way. Nazha's connection to his god gave him regenerative abilities and control over water (in Chinese culture, water and rivers are often seen as healing). While Rin or Altan, we're connected to the phenix who symbolizes destruction and rebirth, thus giving them strength and the ability to produce fire. But either of these people (including the trifecta) have not lost control to their gods. It is clearly established that anchoring yourself through another prevents you from ever losing control. And anchoring between 3 shamans is dangerous but if it succeeds it makes them almost immortal, as it makes them exponentially more powerful, giving them a lot more control and making them extremely hard to kill. This is what the Trifecta did, but non of them lost control to the god they were channeling, thus never lost their mind and became immortal. Feylen on the other hand in the second and third book is completely lost to the god of wind. It is said multiple times that the man is still there just cannot control his body and is forced to witness how the god destroys the world through his body. Of course I cannot explain all the things that you list as plot-holes in a RUclips comment, but I think if you read the text charitably you can find the details. I don't think it is a perfect series/books but it is a very good start for a very young author.

Much appreciation for this video. I read this so long ago and now want to read the second but didn't want to reread the first, so this was great.

The Poppy War trilogy was a huge disappointment, so I'm not really surprised that Babel is the same. Kuang just seems so...overrated to be honest, and she seems to find it incredibly hard to bring characters to life. She sacrifices everything for the sake of plot, and it's so tiring. Like, just write a historical book then!

I’m in the second book and I’m honestly considering not even reading the third one. The books are…okay, but that’s it. The narration over-explains everything and it makes it hard for me to empathize with any of the characters. Most of the time I’m reading I’m not moved, just mildly entertained at best. People say “OMG IT’S SO DARK” and yeah it is, because it’s based on real world history, but that doesn’t automatically make it a good story. Things kinda just happen and we never really get deeper into any of it so it just feels like someone is telling you a bunch of events in sequence, not really a story.

Babel turned me off from Kuang, too, just like you say. I didn't like anyone in the story, but I was talking myself into enjoying the setting and premise well enough. I could see the commentary about colonialism; even though I didn't see anything particularly distinctive about the portrayal, still there's good in showing it to readers who might not have realized colonialism's pervasiveness. There was a lot of potential for things to happen, like maybe some double-crosses... and then suddenly we'd fast-forwarded to "everyone" being dead. I remembered a similar shock from the Poppy War stories, and it seems like this is just what happens to her characters when she decides she's finished with exploring her own story's world. If she's not interested in playing out the sequence of her own plots, characters, and worlds, then why should I be interested either?

I've read Dowry of Blood and unfortunately Hated it with every fiber of my being (except the atmosphere). The only thing that pushed me through it was hoping Van Helsing would appear and kill all the vampires.

Omg im relieved to see someone who didnt love this book. I felt like i was wrong for feeling beaten over the head by the 'racism is bad' moralistic writing but i was so boreeeeddd. Thank you for this.

ahhhh thank you so much for making this video! I can't put into words how much I love this series. maybe now that a new book is coming out there will be an underland chronicles renaissance but I thought that the last time a new book came out and it didn't happen then... I don't get why people refuse to acknowledge these books exist!!!

I also hated this book and i have so many issues with it and am confused why people constantly praise it? I can understand why some people may have enjoyed the reading experience or what not but its really not groundbreaking nor profound ideas it was preachy annoying and the most boring flat characters of all time. My biggest gripe though is people who like it saying that the prose is amazing and it is so well written. This book was so poorly written to me like it was not well written at all sounded like a ya novel idk wtf people r on about. And i really expected to like it too considering dark achedima is my favourite genre and the secret history is my favourite book (and that one is what actual good prose sounds like 😭)

I’m in the middle of reading the 4th book and I just got to the part where they find out the song from the begging is actually a prophecy and the thing is I thought that it was weird that the song was in the prophecy font because most songs aren’t so it must have been a publishing error but it wasn’t Suzanne Collin’s is a genius

totally agree

These were my fav books growing up and I’ve been re reading them literally best choice I’ve ever made!! It’s been healing my inner child I swear idk how or why but I keep crying in a good way lmao they’re so dang good

I really loved this book and I nedeed to hear someone else talking about it so intensely as I talked to myself during the read. *** spoiler *** I also like bittersweet endings but I have to be honest and say that this one almost destroyed me, hahaha. Until the last minute I have hoped for some happy ending but as much as had destroyed my heart, the book is perfect from the beginning to the end. My mind will still be blowing for sereval months from now. Loved your review!! 🖤

Quel jeu incroyable. Je l'ai adoré il y a quelques années. J'attends avec enthousiasme le prochain.

I initially started reading this book because I'm also a language nerd and magic with languages sounded appealing. but the more i read, the more disappointed i became with the book. its undoubtedly well-written in terms of prose, but the plot and pacing was all over the place! especially towards the end! like WTF?! what kind of ending was that! i should've DNFed it after the china trip when it still had any semblance of good.

Literally nothing happens for 2/3 of the book and it bore me to death. I didn’t care about the plot or characters. There was barely any magic and yes I get this is a book about colonialism and racism but I wish the story was come compelling. I really disliked this book.

The characters were stereotypes and that isn't good story telling.

Loved this book. I highly recommend the audiobook version narrated by the author himself. Usually writers suck as audiobook narrators, but Buehlman is brilliant. The story and characters really come to life in his voice.

You’re in for such a treat!

***SPOILERS***** * * * * * * I just finished this book and I was all for it until the confusing abrupt ending. So did Annie k*ll Hannah at the end? It literally just said the light was illuminating the room or something like that and it ended. Did that imply she was still alive or that annie did take her out? Also, when trying to find answers about the ending I came across people saying that she was actually Jack and they switched places??? I am soo freaking confused, and I am mad about it because I loved the book up until then.

The brown magic joke went straight over my head until this video 😂

I love this book but I do understand why other people may not like it and I agree it’s been shelved in the wrong genre.

I loved this book too! Was great to hear your thoughts and relive the pain again 😅 What a phenomenal read this was

Of course I have read this series. Sadly, I do not have the same copies with the covers you have, but rather the ones designed after The Hunger Games came out. It even has "Author of The Hunger Games" on it. Also, on page 97, the funniest typo I have ever seen makes me laugh every time. "For where? Where are we gong?" Now, you can't tell me that is not hilarious.

Hated the book. Self-congratulatory want.- replace t with k

I couldn't agree more she's so stupid.

I checked it out of my library and tried the first chapter, to me it read like a dry history book and that was fine. thought it was well written, but not enough to convince me to continue. And from the sounds of it, I would have hated it because plot and worldbuilding are important to me.

Thank you for being honest about this type of stuff.

I'm on page 80. So far everything is wonderful. I love it. I see myself in it.

I just finished this book and omggg!! I agree on everything you said just on the part towards the end on the boat Micheal said to Aidan if he can’t have Kayla then he can’t either … I don’t remember reading anything about the government??

Her abusive marriage? She could have gone to jail for the door hand incident. She's the abuser.

Awesome playthrough! Such an amazing game.

Love those books the third is my favorite