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I love Snape as a character but I hate him as a person, if that makes sense.
Absolutely!
Totally agree, he's an interesting character purely on a literary basis, but as a person, he's absolutely horrible
Melinea13 and that’s the point, I think. We’re not supposed to take his side or sympathize, but instead enjoy how his backstory unfolded.
Yeah, that makes sense.
I agree with Snape. I never get why people love him and I hate romanticizing of Snape's love for Lily.
I pity Snape... but I think Alan Rickman's portrayal of him is part of why so many like him
Yeah I think you might be right.
Same with Draco Malfoy and Tom Felton. Even JKR commented on that once!
Yes! I love Alan rickmans portrayal which is probably why I like snaps more that I should. But I am in the he’s a great character horrible person team
I think Snape is depicted as much more likable (or at least forgivable) in the movies than in the books so people who haven't read the books in a long time (or ever) think of Snape as the movie Snape and have much more sympathy for him. Or the surprise ending regarding his character makes people forget about his previous behavior. I LOVE him as a character but agree that he is over romanticized as a person. I do applaud his bravery in his adult life and fully sympathize for his hard childhood and his broken heart over Lilly but he is terrible and unfair to many of his students and can't be fully forgiven for his behavior despite my sympathies. I've always disagreed with Harry giving his son the middle name Severus, like just because you understand Snape now and applaud aspects of his character doesn't change the fact that you guys always hated each other
Ooh, your response to the film adaptation question is illuminating. I can’t think of a book adaptation that I’d way was “better” than the book, but thinking in terms of “would I rather reread the book or rewatch the film” is helpful. My response for that would be Hugo. I loved the film and the book (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) equally, but if I could only re-experience one, it would be the film. I happened to meet the author, Brian Selznick (who is so kind and wonderful), and he told me he was heavily involved in the film, which I now see makes perfect sense!
me: please say Snape please say Snape pl
you: snape
me: oh time to subscribe
Of the books you talked about that I have read, I totally agreed with your opinion about Snape, think it's a shame you didn't appreciate Rebecca, and completely agree about Outlander.
I enjoyed the first four Outlander books, but I can definitely see the abusive elements you referred to, and having since learned more about Scottish and British history, it gets up my nose the way Gabaldon frames the Jacobite Rebellion as a Scottish vs. English thing when there were actually pro-Stuart and pro-Hanoverian factions in all of the countries of the British Isles, and it was actually about absoltism and the Divine Right of Kings vs constitutional monarchy, Catholicism vs Protestantism, and feudalism vs the modern world of commerce, trade, and industry. At no point does she mention that the Scottish Enlightment was going on at the same time and that when Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army arrived in Edinburgh, they were confronted by protesting university students.
Mine would be Neville and Ginny! I’d like that so much better than Harry and Ginny.
Honestly, not reading Outlander is the right choice. I read the first 4 books (and attempted the 5th) and while the first one was interesting and fun and drew me in, the books kept getting longer and longer and the plot got thinner and thinner. Like, seriously, you'd read 300 pages and FUCKING NOTHING would happen, not a single damn inch of plot movement. By the time I started the 5th book, I was basically hate-reading, and you just can't do that with a 1400+ page book. I feel like the author doesn't really care about her readers and takes it for granted that she can actually put out a book that long that is so slow and empty and boring, but her readers will buy it because they're hooked. That really put me off. Also, where the heck are her editors? Anyway, yeah, don't read that series :P
What bothers me even more is that any time Harry thinks Snape is being shady Lupin, and others would tell Harry that he's inherited an old grude, as if Snape has done nothing to influence Harry's opinion of Snape. Harry didn't even know about James and Sirius's grudge with Snape until after Snape had abused Harry enough to hate Snape on his own.
They way you feel about Outlander, I feel now and then about hyped books in general. It's like... I've heard so much about the hyped title, that I feel tired/sick of it without actually having read it.
anti-snape squad lets go!~🔪
Your comments on Outlander were so spot on. The way some Americans view Scotland / England / Europe is just embarrassing.
Dean & Luna! Yes! I totally felt that during the 7th book. It's an odd pairing, but I think it could work.
I completely agree with you on The Power. It was fine but nothing mind blowing like the hype made it out to be.
I also agree with you on Outlander and I'm not from Scotland. It is a romance book at its core. I actually read the first one and when read through the lens of it being a romance book, it's fine. I tried to move on to the second book in the series and DNFd it very quickly.
100% agree about snape. And outlander. Ugh. I read 200 pages in the first book and NOTHING happened. I was done when I hit some stupid sexism. It's a very long drawn out "I'm going to change this dude bro into a nice man" romance. Nope.
Hate the 'not like other girls' trope too! Also agree on Snape. He's definitely an interesting character but I never understood why he had to torture young children when he himself was bullied when he was younger. And now I am wondering what kind of statement Rowling was trying to make there...
Definitely agreed with Lord of the Rings, I loved reading it but find the films more enjoyable and also don't see myself re-reading them.
Glad I'm not the only one aha.
Yep, and I also like the changes that were made in the adaptation!
I Loved LOTR but I think rereading the series would take so much time. And, as you said, I don't love some parts. But I do love every single minute of the movies (extended version of course)
I think you're are so right about Snape but people were in love with the actor and blurred the lines.. he was a fine individual but I think he would been quite upset that his acting wasn't seen and his persona was..... he loved the stage and that is a harder medium. I really liked this dissing of books...lol, I jest
The Vegetarian was amazing!! Made me cry, it was so emotional and unique
There are so many ridiculous sex scenes in Outlander. Completely crazy.
100% agree with you about Snape! I'll argue that case till my dying breath I swear.
Snape is such a CREEP.
I honestly adore "The Bookthief" but I get that most people either hate or love Markus Zusak's writing style😅. As for "Crazy Rich Asians" I totally agree with you😊. Btw I think your videos are amazing💕 and I love that I constantly discover new favourites through them😊
I'm so on the same page with you about Snape! I used to romanticize him when I was a teenager, but then reread the series in the past couple of years and, sadly, some characters have fallen out of grace with me, like Dumbledore and Snape 😟
Yeah I think it's easy to take him at face value when you first read it but the more you think the more disturbing it is aha.
Awww I never thought about Dean and Luna together but you’re right so cute!
I felt the same about the power. I really want to read crazy rich Asians, everyone's mentioned it haha
I feel about The Cruel Prince the same way you feel about Outlander. People have talked about it in a positive way but the actual things they said, like describing scenes and relationships, totally put me off.
What you said about Snape is so trueeee!!! I'm not alone
Aw I've had many conversations with people that hate Snape and I completely understand it but I do still like him, although I tend to relate to characters with some sort of childhood trauma so that could be it.
I'm not a huge fan of Snape, but I am a fan of Alan Rickman as Snape.
Aha Alan Rickman can play all the villains and he'd still be too likeable.
I volunteer Eragon for a book you like and has a vocal hate factor. I mean, I don't think anyone cares anymore, but when it was a big deal I was part of the frothing hatred cohort.
Totally agree about the cuteness of Luna and Dean, and also the awfulness of Snape and 'always' *even though I really love reading Snape*.
That Snape rant though :D
Truth!
If you ever decide to give her another chance, you should try 'Frenchman's Creek' by Du Maurier- it's slightly more satirical (I found) :) Loving your videos :)
I thought you were going to say Draco(I love him) but I was delighted when you said Snape!! I agree with everything you say about him
Aha yeah I actually kind of feel sorry for Draco.
I've been trying really hard to get into Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and can't! I'm really disappointed because for the most part I have only heard good things. There's a retelling of it called The Winters by Lisa Gabriele which I'm going to try.
Popular book that i "hate" would have to be The Lovely Bones. It was just so unenjoyable to read. Also, Hot Milk and Idaho. Those two were just books where i really didn't care about the characters and somehow the writing made the story feel distant. A book that's definitely love hate which i really liked is Uprooted! To me it felt like such a comfortable fantasy read, very similar to my favorite types of books as a kid but written for adults
I completely agree about Idaho! I kept expecting some big event to happen, but it was just incredibly boring! Made it such a difficult book to finish.
Totally agree about the power! It could have been amazing because the concept was brilliant but it wasn’t as nuanced as I’d hoped it would be
Totally agree about Lord of the rings! Another one of mine which is quite unpopular is game of thrones. Books are great but sometimes I would get so bored that I can't imagine re-reading them at any point
One thing I never hear people talking about with Outlander is the thinly veiled homophobia. There was some enjoyable stuff but that and the abusive aspects of the main relationship put me right off. I think it does ok when it comes to the Scottish stuff (although I say that as a non Scottish person). Probably some of the rebellion stuff is romanticised. There's definitely a lot of talk about tartan.
I AGREE ABOUT SNAPE AND I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE ❤️
I haven't read any of du Maurier's novels but I did read her short story "The Breakthrough" which is one of those mini Penguin Modern Classics. I loved it. It was sciency and philosophical and creepy, so if you think you'd be into that I'd check that one out :)
DEAN + LUNA = YEEEEEESSS! I've NEVER spoken with someone else who also felt that way! They had that glimmer of comradery and possibly attraction, such a missed writing opportunity!
Big Agree to the lord of the rings films vs books. Love lotr with all my tiny heart but the books were a Struggle.
I totally agree with most of your opinions! From The Power and The Book Thief, to people's idolization of Snape (who does not and cannot make amends after being such a bully to all these children), your unpopular opinions are very popular with me! Though, I did quire enjoy Outlander, but I stopped reading after book 4, since not much happened in the first 700 pages I decided my time is better spent elsewhere.
I totally didn't "get" The Vegetarian sadly. I have a hard time with Snape, I hate him but I hate to love him too??
Could you do a video about better "versions" of the Power by Naomi Alderman? :)
I actually have a video recommending some feminist dystopians I love ^_^ ruclips.net/video/tV55Zgrm_dI/видео.html
On Du Maurier I would say that her early books are very different from her more popular books, not that I'm saying you should read anymore of her though if you don't want to.
I do think it's interesting she wrote The Birds cause I've seen the film and it seems very different!
I haven't watched the Du Maurier bit of this video, but I'd highly recommend The House on the Strand, it's a sci-fi book and very different from Du Mauriers usual fare.
I'm with you on The Power. I really enjoyed the narrative style but don't think the foundational elements of the book offered us anything particularly revelatory? Power changes and corrupts regardless of physiology.
And I wholly agree about Snape! Alan Rickman's portrayal humanized the character for me, but I remember going into book seven and being the only one of my friends convinced Snape was completely awful. -Les
I am in such agreement with your opinion on Snape, I can't stand the whole gushing over "Always" when he was awful to everyone around him (and I'm saying that as a Slytherin). I enjoyed Outlander but I know what you mean about historical fiction just being 'off' sometimes when they're written by authors from different countries, I get that way especially with American authors write about medieval England and it just reads like an MGM film prop list 😷
I agree with you on The Book thief! I felt like the only one who didn't really like it... I just didn't really see the appeal!
Ohhh I love Snape
Maybe beacuse I associated with Alan Rickman, and I love him. So amazing in character development.
I do love Alan Rickman aha.
Please do a video recommending feminist dystopian novels because those sound amazing.
I also like the lotr films more than the reading experience (I might be influenced by Viggo Mortensen) and I preferred the first two movies of the Hunger Games - less inner monologue about the boys and good action scenes
Totally agree with you on The Power. It was okay but I didn't understand the hype around it in the slightest. And the fact that it won the Women's Prize was flabbergasting. 😕
Right!? I still think Stay With Me Should have won aha - there are so many better feminist dystopians.
In Harry Potter, I see me as a child in Luna and Hermione. I was kind of the mix of them.
Don't agree with ur views on The Book Thief. The use of Death as a narrator was quite ingenious. Plus the emotional content of the book is so strong. And the way Leslie and Max created their own paradise through the process of reading all the while the horrors of Nazism was rampant ; I think it is quite spectacularly described
I also think it's an important and gorgeous book
I'm completely with her on The Book Thief - I just didn't get it. I remember giving up the first time I tried reading and then thinking I must be missing something because of the hype so slogged through it the second time. The use of Death as a narrator isn't particularly original and was much better done by Terry Pratchett. I did like the cover illustration though...
OMG! I am so glad someone else ships Dean and Luna, no one ever seems to get what I love about the idea of them
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who thought this reading the books!!!
I agree with you about both The Book Thief and The Power. I thought they were rather mediocre. It was fun to hear your unpopular opinions! -S
Aha it's nice hearing people agree with me.
I knew you were going to say snape lol
A book that I thought the film was better is High Fidelity. I just feel like all the popular culture stuff the main character works better on screen where you can actually hear the music, etc. I also just don't get on with Nick Hornby's writing style though so that's probably also part of it.
I agree with every single opinion here EXCEPT the Book Thief. I loved the way the characters were able to create a sort of sanctuary for themselves through books, while being surrounded by the horrors of war.
Definitely stick to your guns where outlander is concerned though. The feminist in me absolutely despised that book and I honestly don’t understand why it’s as popular as it is. I couldn’t even get through the entire book. Hard pass on ever continuing with the series.
I really liked The Power, but I'd love to hear about the feminist/dystopia/apocalypse books you've enjoyed? I adored The Parable of the Sower too. So things like that?
I requested this 😄
Yay thanks for requesting it - it was fun!
I definitely agree with you on Snape. And I also was not fond of The Power.
I've found my people aha
Same, he also bullied Neville so much that this child's biggest fear was Snape, this is a kid whose parents were tortured to insanity yet his biggest fear is one of his teachers. He also didn't care if Voldemort killed Harry and James as long as he didn't kill Lily. Let's be real if Harry was a girl Snape would have been Petyr Baelish.
Totally agree about Lord of the Rings! I love the movies way more, and find the books boring. I also liked Crazy Rich Asians better than the book, but I do love the books too. I just like how they portrayed the characters in the movies, they are a little more lovable.
One book I absolutely hate that everyone seems to love is The Time Traveler's Wife. I hate hate it! I think the plot is downright peculiar and I find it odd how people seem to find the relationship between the two main characters moving and lovely, when I just find the relationship odd.
I hated it too!!
I also hated it.
Thank god you didn't mention Polybius, Appian, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus and Velleius Paterculus. EVERYONE loves them. My ancient empires seminars would be so dull without them. Shout out for Julius Caesar and Publius Cornelius Scipio. Greatest generals of the Republic. S.P.Q.R.
Finally another person who isn't a fan of the book thief 🙌🏼
Omg yes yes yes to not liking Snape. I’m re reading (listening) to the books now and he’s such a bully. He’s mean to Harry, he tortures Neville, he discriminates against students and he is cruel to teachers and students alike. Ahhhhhh. I do also like his character arc tho.
I don't get why people are in love with Snape, but like everyone else who don't like him as a person as character he is fascinating. I feel bad for saying I haven't read the LOTRS books, only The Hobbit, but the movies are more appealing to me. I did read the first four chapters of The Fellowship, but had no interest going beyond.
Not sure how 'trope' is used here?
As in a reoccurring motif :) and one I don't like in this case aha.
I agree on The Book Thief I DNF'd it
Yes!!!!! I hate Snape! Reminds me of the time I made a new friend and slagged him off for a few minutes... and then she revealed her 'Always' tattoo. I Died Inside
Jessica Jones oh no so awkward! But also I sympathise cause he’s the worst
Drinking By My Shelf I just will never understand why people are so obsessed with him and his ‘romantic’ gesture. Is this the modern Heathcliff and Cathy ‘romance’ 😂
Adaptation that I like better than the book? The Handmaid’s Tale, hands down. I DNFed the book. It was so dry and I couldn’t get more than halfway through. Made me sad because the show is the reason I picked the book up.
Jean please will you give a few feminist dystopians you DO enjoy? I really want some recommendations!
I do have one video on the topic if that's of interest ^_^ ruclips.net/video/tV55Zgrm_dI/видео.html
Jean Bookishthoughts ah Vintage Jean! Thank you 😁
I hated Outlander! Read about a fifth and had to give up. I found it quite boring and very stereotyping of Scotland. But so many people seem to love it so maybe I was missing something!
Outlander kinda weirds me out...I can’t get over how the main character has an intense intimate relationship with her husband’s ancestor. It makes me feel weird :/
I hated the Book Thief. No idea why it is so popular!
Glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't like The Book Thief.
YES I found both the book thief and the power sooooo boring
I tried Oulander twice and DNF'd it twice. I do not understand why people like it. The characters are dull. The writing is dull. There's abuse, and adultery that we're just supposed to accept no questions asked and ... no. You're definitely not alone on this one.
Finally somebody who thinks that The book thief is hyped !!
Most people think I am odd because I don't like Harry Potter or Twilight. I read one book from each series then gave up. I bought The Hunger Games set of books but never read those either. I haven't seen the films for any of these either. I'm not good at reading books that are in a series or that follow on. It is usually too long to wait for the next book to come out and I get bored of waiting. The thing that annoys me most in books is when the author uses the same plot over and over again in every book just changes the characters and setting. It is so boring after a while. You know the outcome before you get half way through the book. A book that I really loved but no one else seemed to was The Muse by Jessie Burton. I gave it five stars. I thought it was amazing but everyone else panned it. I loved the Charlene Harris True Blood series of books. They were easy to read and I liked the characters. I liked the tv show also.
Yes! Snape is awful!
Totally did not like the power!
Thank you aha.
Book Thief was absolutely boring
Thank you aha.
First viewer
Woohoo!
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