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I am interested to where you've seen it done before? I love exploring sibling relationships and haven't found many in the lit fic genre. I would argue that all of rooney's stories on the service aren't all that compelling - beautiful world where are you is one of my favourite novels ever but just the blurb on the back doesn't sound that interesting. It is how Rooney writes and how she fleshes out her characters that makes it amazing. Of course I have bias having liked Rooney's other work, but I would say it if I didn't love the book.

@@CreativityDiaries There are a lot of Urdu books that deals with messy siblings. One that is translated into english is called The Idle stance on the Tippler pigeon. I love promoting translated fiction books so genre books are my jam! 😝As a reader, I love nothing more than finding the perfect book irrespective of who has written it. But I often feel with prominent names that, the books are massively overhyped and not attractive. However, thanks to marketing, they are everywhere, but that is both a pro and a con. I love what sally rooney does but, is she an iconic writer? not really! 🫣

@@TurningPages_byArooj to each their own, I enjoy her writing and I don’t think that makes my reviews inauthentic or wrong! Thanks for the reccs - adding to my tbr!

@@CreativityDiaries I’m really sorry if I made you feel like your review is inauthentic or wrong cz it’s not.. your Reviews was subjective and there is nothing wrong with you loving and fanning over an author. If anything I hope I get the same reaction when I eventually read this book.

I understand that! I kinda liked that Peter's ending was blurry and wasn't just magically resolved - feels more real to me

@@TamilaSushkova thank you!

@@CreativityDiaries but also try putting the stress on the "van" and less so the Ee:)

No she's pronouncing it like he's an Irish girl called Yvonne. In Ireland he would be called Ivan (eye-van, equal emphasis). The character is Irish, although with a father of Slavic origin. I've never heard the eastern European pronunciation used in Ireland where I live. BTW Rooney uses the Irish pronunciation in any interviews I've heard.

@@brianboru8155 okay? But Tay is Canadian so myself as both a Canadian and someone who is Russian, I'm correcting her Canadian pronounciation of the name. She was close but a bit off and writing it out isn't easy lol

@@TamilaSushkova Alright I get that but Ivan in the book is Irish not Russian. BTW Sally Rooney, who's Irish, not surprisingly uses the anglicised/Irish version in interviews such as the NYT one available on YT.

same!!

mine as well!

Interesting - I haven't read this one but really want to!

I think it may be my second favourite with my first being beautiful world!

LOL I loved Daisy Jones - really hated Opal and Nev though

@@jenn9049 I’m sorry you feel this way - it was just in good fun! Im not sure if you watched until the end but I talked a lot about how I love Jack and his recommendations were great!

@@CreativityDiaries no BESTIE i did watch it until the end and i LOVED your takes i'm just talking about some of the people in the comments are just not getting it .

@@jenn9049 yeah I get that! And I understand if this video upset you a bit too. It’s hard as a creator to make what I wanna make while also considering the people who don’t understand or won’t watch the full video

@@jenn9049 I appreciate you

lollll this one is on my tbr

I agree on all fronts!

@@isakkkkk I’m so glad!<3

@@FeyPax I’m so flattered you don’t even know

I am reading the secret history rn myself!! eeeee

@@alvafairchild13 interesting - he loves lit fic and so do I do I definitely trust most his recs!

Which ones? I know he read a heart so white by Javier Marías for his video a book for every European country, but I don't know that much about the other books originally in Spanish he recommended. It's also important to have in mind that the Spanish language is one of the best of we have in mind the literature written in it.

wow this is SO kind! So happy to have you here<3

@@georgiakateryan love that!! It definitely is essential from an academic POV

@@cathy4697 me defending Jack in these comments 🥷

@@CreativityDiariesdon’t even worry about them girl, it’s so obviously a joke and u clearly don’t even agree lmao! silly people

@@Mia.S13 appreciate you 🤎

@@NoeHernandezPe767 I think I disagree a bit here! With jacks reading around the world series as well as him having to read long lists for a lot of award nominations - I have found he’s introduced me to so many authors I had never heard of before! Maybe he could branch out even more (but can’t we all?) at the end of the day reading is a hobby and people should be allowed to read what brings them joy. I recognize that reading is also political, especially when you’re a creator that shares what they read. But if we’re pointing fingers at people for not reading diversely enough I think there’s a lot more creators (including me!) that read less diverse than him

I second this! ​@@CreativityDiaries

@@DorianJaekle This is kind! Thank you

I appreciate your perspective. I don't think people will ditch (classic) Russian authors, but there are so many other perspectives out there that we don't consider, including stories that represent those victimized by Russia. I would love some book suggestions, if you have any and would like to share them (translated to English) of Eastern-European authors, specifically Slovenia. (My maternal grandmother was America born of Slovenian heritage and her parents were immigrants from there. I'd love recs from any of the countries. I've searched a bit on my own, but had no luck. Obviously, you didn't sign up to offer me recs, and so your ignoring this is fine.

@@Readatrix Yes, realistically, I don't think this will ever happen and I'm not even sure that's what I want, I'd rather people just were a little more critical when talking about Russian literature and more aware of its context. There's more than one way to read a text, of course. You flatter me with your request but this is where I must confess my ignorance. I'm currently sort of re-discovering Ukrainian literature for myself along with reading books in English, and there's so much more that I don't know about this wider region's literature it's crazy. I believe we did read some Slavic authors in school (which was a while ago) but our world literature curriculum was basically overrun by the Russians with, obviously, some European and American classics, so I'm at square one. I bought two Moldovan books when I was in Chisinau and am very slowly trying to get through one of them with my rudimentary Romanian and Google translate lol. In general, the language barrier is the main problem. Not that many Ukrainian books are known worldwide and, after your reply, I looked into Slovenian books and can't seem to find many translated into Ukrainian. Some are translated into English, 'Southern scum go home!' and 'Alamut' sound pretty interesting, but as I haven't read them (I probably should tho) I can't say if I recommend them. If talking about Ukraine as the country I know most about, Serhii Zhadan's *The Orphanage* is the go-to when reading about the current war in Eastern Ukraine, it's a rather local story set in the time of the beginning of war in 2014, very gritty but also very humane. *Marina and Serhii Diachenkos* connection to Ukraine is pretty questionable as, to my knowledge, they moved first to Russia, then to the US. But I must admit their fantasy works are like nothing else and there should be at least some translations. I can't find English versions of their books that I read years ago (The Gate-Keeper, The Ritual and The Copper King) but Vita Nostra - that I haven't read - is translated into English. Not a fan of their life choices but they are definitely talented. It seems like Valeryan Pidmohylny's *The City* is finally translated, if you can find it, I totally recommend checking it out, it's a modernist novel about a young man trying to make it in Kyiv in 1920's, set in a really interesting if sinister era. If you're into folklore, Lesia Ukrainka's *The Forest Song* is available online in English, it's a pretty quick read. It's a play, hopefully the translation does it justice. This is what from the top of my head what I'm familiar with and what is available abroad. If you search #ukrainianliterature tag on insta there's a chance to find more. I try to occasionally post on my bookstagram about Ukrainian books and authors in English getting translated, but I still have a lot to cover and, again, not all of it is translated. ...sorry about all the text, I got carried away😅Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

@@justwonder1404 Thank you, this was really helpful for me, and I appreciate the starting point.

@@Readatrix sure, thank you for your interest.

You yourself haven't read any and you expect the entire world to? People who love reading are mostly open minded about reading books from different cultures and races and ethnicities. Its not that people would intentionally ignore a really good ukrainian book if it was translated and recommended by atleast one person. Even before social media, people only read or discovered new books mostly by word of mouth. If people who are part of the culture don't spread the word, how is someone supposed to randomly sit and go hey let me read a ukrainian book even though i don't know if theyre even translated into english. I understand your point about being more critical towards russian literature but then again, which book or author according to you is overhyped or overrated? There is a reason why people love most of these authors and their works and they do relate to them deeply. White nights talks about loneliness which is so relevant in today's times so its no wonder it blew up on social media. I'm really sorry but not every person who reads a dostoevsky book sits down and looks up on his political views and if he would've supported Russia politically or not. If there is someone out there who does then it has nothing to do with literature and has more to do with that person's individual political inclination.

@@GuyGetsBetter I’m not sure how much I agree here - some books don’t really need that much analyzing and they’re lighter reads. I know he reads a lot of short books, poetry, and graphic novels that also help him reach this goal. Meaning there’s less to pick apart and think about so that when he does read a larger book he can really sit with it for awhile. I agree 200 is a lot and I understand your point though!

nahhhhhhh i would die for normal people

I disagree!

@@katyathrifts it’s so so good

I really appreciate you - thank you

@@l.3mkp 100000%

@@poorni4742 oh I didn’t know that - I like Jack & his reviews usually! I actually am reading murakami because of his great review of Norwegian Wood rn! What book didn’t he like?

i thought he likes murakami? 😭 he's said that multiple times

He likes Murakami’s work. He didn’t slander it. He said the quality of his work is great, he just called him out for not being able to write women (and rightfully so). Holding an author accountable for things like sexism does not mean they are “slandering” them or saying that their work in its entirety is objectively “bad”.

@@reihino6347 🤌🏻

​@reihino6347 this. You can love an author's work and still absolutely drag them for their shitty portrayl of something or their less than stellar politics concerning... the human rights of others.

@@emerybrook876 WOW really?! Ok I’m on the wait list from my library now!

@@abg2520 this is so kind thank you so much!💛

Thank you - I also enjoy talking more in-depth. It makes for a very chatty video but I think moe informative nonetheless. So interesting about your other point! Not confusing at all I agree

I am with you there

thank you sm for sharing!!

@@Kaiiloveskiss I haven’t read this yet but it’s on my tbr !

@@CreativityDiaries ITS SUCHH A GOOD BOOK expessially if you like books that really stick with you for a long time but it’s soo long😭😭

@@14suryashi youre so kind 😭 thank you

@@Fariiimah I loved that one - I totally agree

@@francescakyanda9182 late series Jess is >>>>