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it's baffling how people who like verity somehow didn't read the obvious cheating and murdering your disabled wife thing, like isn't cheating supposed to be the number 1 ick people have? well I guess if the disabled wife in a coma who is villainized is being cheated on it doesn't matter.
The way disabilities are treated in fiction pisses me right off. If it's not some kind of cosmic or narrative punishment, it's a plot device, and if not that, then it's a secret "superpower" or something. It's never just a character trait. So of course cheating on your disabled wife is okay. She _deserves_ it, just like she deserves to be disabled, based on the contents of the manuscript
Ngl that’s a real fear I have and that book is a no for me. I’m a disabled lady and like I do get it not everyone wants to be my partner but yikes on trikes that would be my nightmare
Something I hate about Verity is how coho couldn’t. COULD NOT. Take a break from being a man apologist for ONE BOOK. If I were to rewrite it, I’d either 1. LEAN into Jeremy being the villain. Make Lowen feel sympathy at first, but as she uncovers more and more secrets about Jeremy (make Verity’s manuscript cast more shade on him specifically), she realizes that she is trapped in the house of a psychopath. Have Lowen take the kid and run. Potentially still kill Verity, but make it tragic? Unsure. Or 2. Lean into LOWEN being the villain. Make her paranoid that Verity is faking her disability, and that leads to her conspiring to kill Verity to save Jeremy and his son. Make her unreliable as HELL. Drop hints that she is not right in the head, and Jeremy is only enabling her. In this case, both MC and love interest are the villains. Basically, give Jeremy a more active role in plotting and sneaking around, while actually keeping a lot of the plot beats of the original story. Oh, and get rid of the manuscript. Or write it better. Idk. Make it about Verity’s whole life- her upbringing, her parents. Really let us get to know her, but through the lens of someone interpreting her words in bad faith. That way, if we peel back Lowen’s POV, we get a picture of a woman who is deeply flawed, but still sympathetic, and not deserving her ultimate fate.
@@XFD42069 unfortunately not 😔 I just thought it'd be silly to quote one of the lines from the vide ("...all the way from Florida?!") you can rewrite history in your headcanon though. :p
what is it with the car crashes? did she read that one tumblr post that's like 'if you're stuck on a scene make something explode' but decide it was about car accidents?
The thing that gets me abt the twist in Verity is like…girl you couldn’t have put the disclaimer absolving you of crimes you ADMITTED TO DOING but DID NOT ACTUALLY DO at the START of the manuscript????
I've never read a Colleen Hoover book and this video confirms I never will. Thank you for your service 🫡😭 Also the visuals to go with the book summaries always get me. Please keep going😂
I do hope somebody makes a whole video on homophobia in CoHo's books. From all reviews I've seen, most of her books have one (1) gay man in them who isn't REALLY important and there's all those quotes you gave...id watch it
Okay, why, after watching like five videos mocking Colleen Hoover, have I never heard of the ableism and stuff? People only ever make fun of bad writing style and dumb character names. I wish I'd known sooner this stuff was legitimately nasty and not just badly written.
Yeah so there were a few i didn't mention. Off the top of my head one of the children has autism (mentioned in the book as 'aspergers' which is outtdated) but in the context of the book it feels like it's used as a plot device bc it was just added on to make people hate Verity even more (she's always comparing the child to her quote more "normal" children). There's also the bit where MC she feels soooo bad Jeremy has to look after a bedbound disabled woman ("eggshell with no yolk" comment...). The carer also at one point comments on how she should address Verity with respect. After MC reads that Verity is like potentially a murderer then her fears towards her are more legitimised but this in itself is the whole 'faking disability' which reinforces ableist stereotypes.
I can't see what's so captivating about these books. A moment of silence for all the translators that sacrificed themselves to translate these books 💀 They should've been paid double for the service. Also the people who had to read them for the audiobooks.
Me: "I think I've seen enough youtubers review of Colleen Hoover books. There's only soo many ways different people can talk about the same flaws before it gets boring" DyviaG: "Today I gonna review some infamous Colleen Hoover books" Me: "HELL YEAH! THAT'S THE GOOD STUFF!!!"
I'm only ten minutes into the video and I have tears in my eyes. The editing is absolutely taking me out it's so good!!! (My cat and I are watching this video together!!!!!)
To be fair, the Bible is free. There’s free Bible apps so you don’t actual need a physical copy. However sharing digital copies of Hoover’s book would’ve illegal, i think.
It makes me SO uncomfortable when fanfiction-esque tropes and sm*t (i don’t want to get deleted by youtube) is published into actual books. i feel as though there’s a limit, and booktok and colleen have crossed the line. there’s a reason wattpad (and ao3 to an extent, but i dont want to insult ao3 too much yknow) exist.
Agreed. That being said, having one or two narratively-important s*x scenes actually play out is fine IMHO, even explicitly. Though, you know, it would be nice if some of those were actually healthy depictions and all that. I guess it's just when the story is all about the s*x and erotica (or worse, the story grinds to a halt in favor of the s*x) that I personally have an issue with it, in the same way I sometimes have an issue with people cutting out s*xual content that can serve a narrative purpose because they're on the other extreme, you know? I am particularly annoyed by lesbian relationships lacking good s*xual representation (whether both are cis women or not) because of fears of pandering to "the male gaze" or something like that.
@@NiarahHawthorne Definitely. The stuff that irks me the most is unrealistic depictions of s*x or romanticizing abuse/s*xual assault. The latter is, in my opinion, a huge problem in ANY writing. But I can understand the value of scenes like that to help drive the plot.
9:56 epic burn?!? When the blonde woman didn't even realize who he was talking about? I feel like she should know her affair's name and have a reaction???? 💀 What is Colleen Hoover on because that just sounds like he got it wrong and was boasting about it 😭 that's such bad writing, even without using slang terms that get old often before the book even gets published.
15:02 ANOTHER STORY WITH A HUGE PLOTHOLE IN THE FISRT CHAPTER?!?! How tf does the "best friend" not know her face?!? Even if he never met her in person he'd have seen photos at least... ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE WAS MARRIED TO HIS BFF, not dating MARRIED?!?! Especially considering the dact that SHE recognizes him... And he's her daughter "uncle/basically godfather", there's no way he hasn't seen photos of her at the grandparents house or somewhere.
19:54 Not the dad being atheist but thanking God every day?!?!? He is in fact not atheist. It doesn't make sense😭 It kind of feel like she thinks atheists are just people who are in the closet about their religion or something like that which would also explain why it was mentioned so randomly, it's just a religious propaganda insert💀
Does she know you can have a meet cute shirt spill moment without. Blood or coffee. Those aren’t your only two options. You could have urine. You could have mud. The world is your oyster
no way that Reminders of Him is coho's best book. I dnf'd at chapter eleven or something. it was boooooring. and yk, the story was :/ the only thing her books are good for is the happiness i get reading the one-star reviews
this isn’t a commentary on the video but when the line “she keeps thinking that the curtains are moving” came up my brain screamed JINN so loud that I jumped
The fact my name [Laila] - albeit different spelling - is now unwittingly synonymous with this abominable travesty of a so-called "novel" [Layla] will forever haunt my dreams and aspirations...
@@itsdivyag OMG! This is such a coincidence! I think i stayed in one of the guesthouses behind you when I was there for an internship 🙂 The backdrop unlocked some beautiful memories ❤️
i think colleen hover making the female villain of the novel overtly sexual as a bad thing is just plain mysoginy to me. To make such purely smut books then showcase the feminine sexuality as immoral where she's the evil one constantly wanting to have sex rubs me the wrong way. The men in her books are turned on by an eye flutter of the female protaganist but when verity does it, she's a monster. And even if she's wanting sex at a time where she should't, to me thats more of a reflection of women relying on sexual attention as comfort so they feel loved and desired in a moment they tend to not feel like those things.
Why have I read better stuff on ao3 how do people like this get published… what… also do abled people not consider disabled people human? /gen what how is that a plot point you come up with
You cant believe how on time this vid is. My friends were literally talking about a collen hoover book (they liked it 🫣)and voila this is the vid that pops up! Cant wait for your dissection 👀Also, banger earings!!!
I'm in three minutes mark, and that sounds like the premise of this one yaoi drama where the main character accidentally crash his bike into a porn author and has to write for him for compensation lmaoo
I was not expecting the quote at 16:00 and had to do double take. Honestly, kinda a banger sentence though. Also, the G stands for Great Production Value because my god
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I'll be reading her 20 other books next. I've also left a lot out of each book so if you want an IN DEPTH play by play and discussion for any of them... let me know!
Imagine dying brutally in front of a crowd only for your death to be the meetcute for coho protagonists
If Verity is the best book youve ever read... you havent read much
If verity is the best book you've ever read, you've probably only read one book. Verity.
Even If I had only read verity, it still wouldn't be my favourite
Like.. if its your favorite… thats … interesting but sure. But the BEST? The best..
Even Harry Potter is better ☠️☠️
for real
When the third book in a row opens with a car accident I just -
as someone who reuses the same joke over and over again, honestly, i get it
Oh god the car accidents got them too
it's baffling how people who like verity somehow didn't read the obvious cheating and murdering your disabled wife thing, like isn't cheating supposed to be the number 1 ick people have? well I guess if the disabled wife in a coma who is villainized is being cheated on it doesn't matter.
The way disabilities are treated in fiction pisses me right off. If it's not some kind of cosmic or narrative punishment, it's a plot device, and if not that, then it's a secret "superpower" or something. It's never just a character trait.
So of course cheating on your disabled wife is okay. She _deserves_ it, just like she deserves to be disabled, based on the contents of the manuscript
Ngl that’s a real fear I have and that book is a no for me. I’m a disabled lady and like I do get it not everyone wants to be my partner but yikes on trikes that would be my nightmare
Honestly I would get it if they had an agreement that they were split up and that he can do whatever.... not said tho
@@Quesoquantum but the murdering..???
Something I hate about Verity is how coho couldn’t. COULD NOT. Take a break from being a man apologist for ONE BOOK. If I were to rewrite it, I’d either
1. LEAN into Jeremy being the villain. Make Lowen feel sympathy at first, but as she uncovers more and more secrets about Jeremy (make Verity’s manuscript cast more shade on him specifically), she realizes that she is trapped in the house of a psychopath. Have Lowen take the kid and run. Potentially still kill Verity, but make it tragic? Unsure.
Or 2. Lean into LOWEN being the villain. Make her paranoid that Verity is faking her disability, and that leads to her conspiring to kill Verity to save Jeremy and his son. Make her unreliable as HELL. Drop hints that she is not right in the head, and Jeremy is only enabling her. In this case, both MC and love interest are the villains. Basically, give Jeremy a more active role in plotting and sneaking around, while actually keeping a lot of the plot beats of the original story.
Oh, and get rid of the manuscript. Or write it better. Idk. Make it about Verity’s whole life- her upbringing, her parents. Really let us get to know her, but through the lens of someone interpreting her words in bad faith. That way, if we peel back Lowen’s POV, we get a picture of a woman who is deeply flawed, but still sympathetic, and not deserving her ultimate fate.
Jeremy fucking Fragrance, I can't. My German ass is cracking up every time he is on screen. 10/10 edit and visualization. Keep up the good work!
Yeah, I’m a bit disappointed I knew who he was. Thanks Cody Ko!
The storytelling was so good I’m crying- the Anne Hathaway bits especially😭
i smell a BANGER
omg first
@@itsdivyag letsgooooo
all the way from Florida? DAMN
@@thisrandomdude_ IS THAT A HAMILTON REFERENCE
@@XFD42069 unfortunately not 😔 I just thought it'd be silly to quote one of the lines from the vide ("...all the way from Florida?!")
you can rewrite history in your headcanon though. :p
CoHo is a Wattpad kid who got some high budget ☠️
But most watt pad is actually good and not AS incesty☺
i love how divya plays with jpegs like dolls
wait... you're onto something here...
The giant fork floating around took me tf out for some reason 💀
best kind of editing
coho books sound like r rated lifetime movies 💀💀
what is it with the car crashes? did she read that one tumblr post that's like 'if you're stuck on a scene make something explode' but decide it was about car accidents?
The thing that gets me abt the twist in Verity is like…girl you couldn’t have put the disclaimer absolving you of crimes you ADMITTED TO DOING but DID NOT ACTUALLY DO at the START of the manuscript????
the production on this??!? 👀 ok hollywood i see u yuhh 🤩
I've never read a Colleen Hoover book and this video confirms I never will. Thank you for your service 🫡😭
Also the visuals to go with the book summaries always get me. Please keep going😂
I envy you 😂
you can try find one on pdf there's no need to deprive you of a funny read
i've only read one and thats enough for me
One was enough
I do hope somebody makes a whole video on homophobia in CoHo's books. From all reviews I've seen, most of her books have one (1) gay man in them who isn't REALLY important and there's all those quotes you gave...id watch it
Okay, why, after watching like five videos mocking Colleen Hoover, have I never heard of the ableism and stuff? People only ever make fun of bad writing style and dumb character names. I wish I'd known sooner this stuff was legitimately nasty and not just badly written.
Yeah so there were a few i didn't mention. Off the top of my head one of the children has autism (mentioned in the book as 'aspergers' which is outtdated) but in the context of the book it feels like it's used as a plot device bc it was just added on to make people hate Verity even more (she's always comparing the child to her quote more "normal" children). There's also the bit where MC she feels soooo bad Jeremy has to look after a bedbound disabled woman ("eggshell with no yolk" comment...). The carer also at one point comments on how she should address Verity with respect. After MC reads that Verity is like potentially a murderer then her fears towards her are more legitimised but this in itself is the whole 'faking disability' which reinforces ableist stereotypes.
@@itsdivyag Oh my god, that's even worse! I wasn't gonna read this anymore anyway, but thanks for the heads up.
@@itsdivyag the fact that if I heard this without the eggshell comment I would think "whoa good thriller" slightly scares me
I can't see what's so captivating about these books. A moment of silence for all the translators that sacrificed themselves to translate these books 💀 They should've been paid double for the service.
Also the people who had to read them for the audiobooks.
I’ll say what I’ve said many times before: if I wasn’t already Ace, Colleen Hoover’s attempts at writing anything “spicy” could have made me so.
exactly. the headboard thing is hilarious to me not sexy lmao
Lmao i agree
As an aroace - her attempts at romance would make me aromantic
Me: "I think I've seen enough youtubers review of Colleen Hoover books. There's only soo many ways different people can talk about the same flaws before it gets boring"
DyviaG: "Today I gonna review some infamous Colleen Hoover books"
Me: "HELL YEAH! THAT'S THE GOOD STUFF!!!"
“His voice sounded like it was coated in honey” “-HONEY? …Yeah ok I’m not sure about honey. Maybe lynx Africa”💀
The G stands for the gurgling noise which will be the only sound you make after the brain damage recieve from reading all of coleen hoover!
The absolute AUDACITY of your background to look THIS GOOD??? She's not just a graphic designer, she's an ✨interior designer✨
why did 75% of these books involve car crashes HUH
divya put her whole divyussy into this!
The baby’s balls line in that one book is so fucking funny
"This is another Hoover I have a beef with" lmao 💀
I'm only ten minutes into the video and I have tears in my eyes. The editing is absolutely taking me out it's so good!!! (My cat and I are watching this video together!!!!!)
i need your cat's review of this video please
"duh duh duh deddededdeduh... and I've missed you"
To be fair, the Bible is free. There’s free Bible apps so you don’t actual need a physical copy. However sharing digital copies of Hoover’s book would’ve illegal, i think.
The video production quality is smashing once again!
"Put baby shark on repeat" Peak comedy!!! That made my day!
i was just looking for a booktube video to watch and rn you're saving my life actually!!
Not Anne Hathaway 😂
the rice vehicle metaphor is so real omg
It makes me SO uncomfortable when fanfiction-esque tropes and sm*t (i don’t want to get deleted by youtube) is published into actual books. i feel as though there’s a limit, and booktok and colleen have crossed the line. there’s a reason wattpad (and ao3 to an extent, but i dont want to insult ao3 too much yknow) exist.
Agreed. That being said, having one or two narratively-important s*x scenes actually play out is fine IMHO, even explicitly. Though, you know, it would be nice if some of those were actually healthy depictions and all that.
I guess it's just when the story is all about the s*x and erotica (or worse, the story grinds to a halt in favor of the s*x) that I personally have an issue with it, in the same way I sometimes have an issue with people cutting out s*xual content that can serve a narrative purpose because they're on the other extreme, you know?
I am particularly annoyed by lesbian relationships lacking good s*xual representation (whether both are cis women or not) because of fears of pandering to "the male gaze" or something like that.
@@NiarahHawthorne Definitely. The stuff that irks me the most is unrealistic depictions of s*x or romanticizing abuse/s*xual assault. The latter is, in my opinion, a huge problem in ANY writing. But I can understand the value of scenes like that to help drive the plot.
Why is there so much vehicular manslaughter in those books?? 😂😂
I literally just had the worst day but then I saw Divya upload, and it's all okay now ❣️
nooo i hope ur day is better sending hugs!!
Sending you good vibes and that tomorrow is better 💕
The editing is so gooooood
Ok, nevermind, I'm scared
i laughed!
@@itsdivyagI cried 😞
0:33 I thought you were giving her a funeral lol. The kalash and dhoop lol😆
should've put my own pic there little did i know it would be my own funeral
30:51 gently killed me
interesting (good) to see pulp fiction revived. interesting (bad) to see that pulp fiction gets such good reviews.
9:56 epic burn?!? When the blonde woman didn't even realize who he was talking about? I feel like she should know her affair's name and have a reaction???? 💀 What is Colleen Hoover on because that just sounds like he got it wrong and was boasting about it 😭 that's such bad writing, even without using slang terms that get old often before the book even gets published.
15:02 ANOTHER STORY WITH A HUGE PLOTHOLE IN THE FISRT CHAPTER?!?! How tf does the "best friend" not know her face?!? Even if he never met her in person he'd have seen photos at least... ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE WAS MARRIED TO HIS BFF, not dating MARRIED?!?! Especially considering the dact that SHE recognizes him... And he's her daughter "uncle/basically godfather", there's no way he hasn't seen photos of her at the grandparents house or somewhere.
19:54 Not the dad being atheist but thanking God every day?!?!? He is in fact not atheist. It doesn't make sense😭 It kind of feel like she thinks atheists are just people who are in the closet about their religion or something like that which would also explain why it was mentioned so randomly, it's just a religious propaganda insert💀
Yayy your back sweety!!!😊❤ im exicited for this one
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the editing on your videos is impeccable 👌 you are so talented and funny it’s insane
i hope u receive financial compensation from being subjected to this nonsense 😭 the things u do for us lol
Does she know you can have a meet cute shirt spill moment without. Blood or coffee. Those aren’t your only two options. You could have urine. You could have mud. The world is your oyster
I hope the covers are good at least. Thanks for another great video.
she has at least a distinct visual brand
this is edited amazingly xx
no way that Reminders of Him is coho's best book. I dnf'd at chapter eleven or something. it was boooooring. and yk, the story was :/ the only thing her books are good for is the happiness i get reading the one-star reviews
i don’t think i’ve ever been this excited for a youtuber to post a new video 💕💕
I feel like Colleen would’ve been the type of person to write fanfics for my grandma’s soap operas.
Ok but why does the Layla plot sound intriguing lol
Because it's an interesting premise, executed poorly.
It felt like I was watching some really bad plotted movies but really incredibly made. Good job
Seated and ready for another masterpiece 🍿
the editing in this vid eats so hard like wtf xx
DIVYA G UPLOADED MY BAD MENTAL HEALTH HAS TREBUCHETED OUT OF MY BODY LETS GOOO
I love how YA is in quotes
ANNE HATHAWAY
t huh r music is making me cry worth laughter
NOT THE SHIRT
“maybe lynx Africa” sounds like a guy who would be setting the seats on the bus after school on fire
this isn’t a commentary on the video but when the line “she keeps thinking that the curtains are moving” came up my brain screamed JINN so loud that I jumped
I love all the music choices and the editing so much cradling it CRADLING IT
Let’s goooooo divyaaaa
omg let's go this one's gonna be a banger
:D :D jeremyfragrance as the man is gold
as a ✨disabled wife✨ I’d love 5 minutes to chat with CoHo…
this should serve as inspiration for writers!! this if THIS can sell i bet you can too
STOP NOT THE LIV AND MADDIE CUT OUTS FOR THE TWINS
Praise to you for putting yourself through this!!
The fact my name [Laila] - albeit different spelling - is now unwittingly synonymous with this abominable travesty of a so-called "novel" [Layla] will forever haunt my dreams and aspirations...
Aaaaaaaaaad we're back
This is some A1 production
going to show this testimonial to A24 I love you pls hire me
13:49 white chicks reference?
as a typical gen z i have never seen the movie only clips on tiktok
@@itsdivyag lol it’s pretty good i would recommend it
1:07 no I LOVE chai’s Goodreads reviews!! Second only to Ayman’s. The GR girlies know 🤭
It sounds like Verity is the Wish version of Rebecca.
Not Jeremy fragrance!😭
Colleen hoover, or "the straights are not okay"
What else can I say but "Let's goooo!"
And she comes back with a banger❤️
THE QUEEN IS BACK
the poptropic icon im obsessed
I feel seeeeen btw you should do asmr or something I've watched your old videos TOO many times
That Finding Nemo reference came out of nowhere and I laughed way harder than I probably should have. 😂
I SCREAMEDDD WHEN I SAW THE NOTIFICATION
You make it more entertaining to hear about
26:39 are you in Nepal/Pokhara here? Do I see the Macchapucchre???
Trevor Rainbolt?!
@@itsdivyag OMG! This is such a coincidence! I think i stayed in one of the guesthouses behind you when I was there for an internship 🙂 The backdrop unlocked some beautiful memories ❤️
27:51 I fucking lost it here 🤣
nah the playlist is sending me
Miss madam is back 🥳🥳🥳😎
I just started the video but using Anne Hathaway here was rlly funny
29:52 so predictible lol. I knew it the moment a ghost was mentioned. 🤦
Coho: I don't like to be confined to one genre
Yeah cause why ruin only romance when you can ruin every single genre in existence.
i think colleen hover making the female villain of the novel overtly sexual as a bad thing is just plain mysoginy to me. To make such purely smut books then showcase the feminine sexuality as immoral where she's the evil one constantly wanting to have sex rubs me the wrong way. The men in her books are turned on by an eye flutter of the female protaganist but when verity does it, she's a monster. And even if she's wanting sex at a time where she should't, to me thats more of a reflection of women relying on sexual attention as comfort so they feel loved and desired in a moment they tend to not feel like those things.
HELPPP NOT THE PERFUME GUY💀
Why have I read better stuff on ao3 how do people like this get published… what… also do abled people not consider disabled people human? /gen what how is that a plot point you come up with
ur my comfort youtuber
send u love!!
I appreciate your sacrifice. Reading these books seems like such a chore
You cant believe how on time this vid is. My friends were literally talking about a collen hoover book (they liked it 🫣)and voila this is the vid that pops up! Cant wait for your dissection 👀Also, banger earings!!!
I'm in three minutes mark, and that sounds like the premise of this one yaoi drama where the main character accidentally crash his bike into a porn author and has to write for him for compensation lmaoo
26:31 I’m not really sure. But is that India? Or perhaps Nepal. Or maybe I’m absolutely wrong cauz your accent is British😭
😭not you suffering for us so you could make this video
please i have 20 more of this to read... uploading that video in 2038
@@itsdivyag i will be praying for your wellbeing 😭
The Anne Hathaway 😭😭
Divya using dua lipa for her depictions is hilarious to me lol
USING JEREMY FRAGRANCE AS JEREMY FROM COHO JUST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK I AM 2 MINUTES IN AND I AM SEIZING
I was not expecting the quote at 16:00 and had to do double take. Honestly, kinda a banger sentence though. Also, the G stands for Great Production Value because my god
As a gay dude i thought it was homophobic at first. But hey! She said she's not against it!!!