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Samte Pal LOUD NOISES!!!
@@GameofTomes HEAVY OBJECT
UNCALLED-FOR PERSONAL INSULT!
@@georgeheingartner6995 *OUT OF NOWHERE DEATH THREAD FOR STUPID REASON*
Samte Pal too far lol
Finally someone who understands me....i am tired of people making everything in a book about men or women. I just want a book that i will enjoy i don't care if it is about a male dominated society or female *IT JUST HAS TO BE GOOD*!!!!! (So yeah, i feel yah!🙌🙋)
just avoid YA ? :D
I love the Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde is such a clever writer! Can't believe you got flack for such a classic!
Yes! It's so good!
Me too!!! I love that book, it's one of my favorite classics!!
ahahaha that segway to Skillshare was FLAWLESS 😂
I totally agree with you about the gender statement, I'm so tired with the conversation and I totally don't care what gender I'm reading about. Or if it's a women or a man who is the leader. I just want to enjoy a good story.
EXACTLY
I completely agree about the gender power trope! I find it simplifies things too much. Even back in history, when men held the titles, often times the power behind the thrown was a woman (just look at Augustus Caesar's wife Livia Drusilla, who pretty much ruled Rome in everything but name when her son Tiberus was on the throne--there's a few Chinese female empresses who did the same). Power is never a simple thing, and when a fantasy book breaks down complex issues into basic stereotypes, it bothers me so much!
You really need to read more about Roman history cuz you are dead wrong about that wife pulling the strings thing .
the picture of dorian gray is my most beloved book of all time! i collect copies of it from around the world in every country i visit!
I feel like you've gotten sassier lately. It's fun and fresh lol
On the gender skew thing. This is why I love STORMLIGHT. The way Brandon handles the male-female societal roles is brilliant. Each is good at one thing or another, with many who overlap or at least attempt to. It's far more dynamic and interesting than just the basic "x rules over y".
Yeah that's because that's how it is in real life. Men are hard wired to be good at certain things and women are hard wired to be good at certain things.
@@WhitneyDahlin Agreed. There are certainly exceptions, but on an average men and women do have specific differences. For example, men tend to be more inclined towards math, mechanics, and engineering fields. Women tend to be inclined towards life sciences or social sciences. Of course, there are exceptions. But on a general level women seem to be migrating towards areas like, biology, psychology, veterinary sciences, nursing, etc.
The Stormlight Archive portrays this perfectly, with men and women working together as a team, rather than against each other.
Yeah but the men can't read or write I think, been a long time for me as well
I felt Sanderson took ancient Japanese culture and flipped it on its head with the writing thing. In ancient Japan, women weren't allowed to read and write Kanji(the mens language) but were allowed their own abbreviated version, Katakana I think. Which was similar to storm light as men could only read glyphs.
@@Fabierien no flipping. Katakana (glyphlike, angular strokes) was men's and hiragana (flowing, curvy strokes) was women's. nothing was flipped.
In terms of screen adaptations that are better than the book, the only one I can think of is The Princess Bride.
I'd add to that Interview With a Vampire, because Rice was always better at scenarios than she was at writing them out, and the movie cut out some pretty dull passages. And Darkly Dreaming Dexter, which was the basis of the first season of the show, Dexter, which improved significantly on the source material, though it had the advantage of time, since a show season can include more than an average novel.
I so agree with sazed. Loved him book 1 and 2. And sazed book 3, despite hwo accurate it is, just made me hate reading him.
I was trying to write... but I'm gonna watch this instead.
Same 😅
The Picture of D G is and always has been one of my favs I buy copies for people for birthday presents.
Love that!
Dorian Grey was the first classic I ever read, 2 years ago when I was 12 I loved it, the writing, the story intrigued me wholly
So many people don't know how to criticize a sexist world in a book while taking in larger themes with the world or the larger implications in the real world. I just want nuance
I'm a new follower! And I've been binge watching your videos and this is my favorite type you do 😊
As a baby Christian it's so amazing to see a Christian mom rocking the book world..... I wasn't into books but you are really inspiring- thank you for your vids! And (unintentionally) being an encouragement to my faith. -- praying for you and yours while I watch the video. 🥰
As someone who has read every asoiaf book and watched hundreds of hours of fantheories and stuff I'm so anxious for you to read the rest of the series
I totally agree that the gender ruling is so overdone. It does feel lazy, because it's like the author is taking an easy route to add depth and meaning to their book. I've noticed this especially in YA (not hating on YA, there are some great books out there). There doesn't seem to be much nuance to the discussion in the books. It's a conversation that has happened many times, and I think the reason you might be tired of it, is because most people are aware that sexism is wrong. So, it feels like the author is preaching to you by beating a dead horse. Basically, I'm tired of this war of men against women, lol.
Also, absolutely agree on The Picture of Dorian Gray! I can see why it might bore some people, but I loved it! :)
I feel like a lot of gender ruling is trying to do the whole “look what it would be like to be X in a society ruled by Y as opposed to being Y in a society ruled by X!” but that premise can definitely backfire horribly and be very offensive (like Saving Eden or the pearls or whatever that one was called)
LOL I'm there with you on the Sazed train. I felt bad for being bored but I couldn't help it lol I skimmed a significant portion of it 😂
I think when I reread it, it'll be easier cus I KNOW where it's going, so I'll pay attention to other things during those scenes. But upon first read, I was very tired 😂
I love it when my favorite booktuber does my favorite tag over and over again :D
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For historical fiction i recommend to you Sashenka...It takes place in Russia when the Bolsheviks rebel and the main character is influenced by her uncle and she joins them. Its a wonderful book and the end made me so emotional that i couldn't stop crying
Thank you!
I sooo agree with you on Sazed. I really tried to reason with myself and find out why I disliked him but I just couldn't without being unfair to the character and his struggles.
Greetings from Brazil! Love your channel.
The Picture of Dorian Grey is my absolute favourite Wilde. It's a story like none other and it doesn't drone on about senseless stuff, it's very to the point and progresses like 1-2-3-4 in a story!
That segue though 😂
Made my day. Also Oathbringer triangle. I hated what happened to the two other points of the triangle. They did not deserve it. You don't steal someone's shoes!
Reading Sazed was hard in book 3, but his PoV is perhaps one of the most important philosophical aspects of the book. Those cyclical thoughts.
I love these videos feel free to make new ones whenever you have new opinions you want to express
I totally agree with you about to all the boys I've loved before 💗
Dorian grey is awesome, i love it. He is the definition of drama king ❤️❤️😂😂😂😂
I looooove The Picture of Dorian Gray! I read it recently after hearing a podcast episode about it from Book Cheat (I'm one of those people who don't mind spoilers), and it was so intriguing I just had to read it right there and then. Don't regret it one bit. It has become my favourite classic. 💛
I highly recommend the 1940 adaptation of Rebecca by Alfred Hitchcock.
I rarely watch movie adaptations, because I always end up thinking “I just read a way better portrayal of the exact same thing”, but I watched it because i like the director and it was really good.
Also, thank you for recommending the book, definitely a new favorite!
"A Place of greater Safety" by Hillary Mantel is my favorite historical fiction, just in case you are looking for some. She is known much more widely known for "Wolf Hall", which is also great.
PS: i Especially like the Audiobook version of the former.
If you want to read a historical fiction, I recommend All The Light We Cannot See. I loved it and sobbed so much. It’s beautiful and I think you’d like it!
This is a great video and I do agree with most of you opinions good job.
Right there with you on Sazeed. His grief overshadowed the rest of the book, for me, and almost caused me to put the book down.
See I’m excited for Locke Lamora 3 now :) had heard a few mixed things but I adored book 1 and 2, decided to put this one off till closer to the 4th one but might get to it this year
I love watching your videos.. doesn't matter if you complain about my fav book or if you do anything..i just loveeeee watching you talking about books! (Sorry for my English)
Hey Murphy,
if you want a really good historical fiction drama, a great one for what it is would be Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. its set in WWII but its something through the years i’ve been able to come back to and still find very impactful.
I haven’t read the two series you mentioned by Jay Kristoff, but his series co-written with Amie Kaufman, Aurora Cycle and especially The Illuminae Files, are top tier works of art imo.
when you said 'manga' i almost jumped the chair, i'm creating my webtoon and i follow your channel to take advices on the story of my comic.
Merphy, you should try The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society! It's a delightful historical fiction about the occupation of a small British Island and the way people came together through it. It's fun, it's quick, and the characters are so realistic and lovely that I want to live in the book with them
Ohhhhj nooooo Sazed! I love him! I do agree with you with the picture of Dorian grey! I have to reread it it had been a long time.
Don't know if these have already been mentioned to you, but for Sci-Fi I would recommend Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Also for historical fiction... Anything by Bernard Cornwell. The Archer's Series is very entertaining and fairly fast moving. Agincourt is also one of my personal favorites. War and love focused for a heads up. Love the content, keep it up!
It was really hard to read Sazed. I agree with you, I was tired of him too. I have gone through depression too and I was thinking just like Sazed was. I wrote a lot then and reading what I wrote really annoys me when I read it now. BUT it was really how I felt at the time.
Sazed was well written. And that’s why it was hard to read. He had his place in the story but he was exhausting lol
I heard you’re getting into manga and that really cool to hear as there are a lot of great options out there. My two suggestions would be Made in Abyss (the best adventure out there as the setting is a deep chasm that gets more horrifying as the cast wanders down into its depths with no hope of return) and Houseki no Kuni (a very philosophical one that has amazing art, but will be an interesting read guaranteed. Golden Kamuy can scratch that itch of historical fiction if you so choose though.
Thank you for the rec!
Merphy Napier no problem! It’s always nice to see people embracing a new medium like manga, and the community growing is nice since that and comics used to be for people that were lame just a few years ago. A lot of people in this both communities but as much as they can, but volumes for manga aren’t always translated beyond fan translated scans, so apps like MangaZone! (The best quality fan translations you could possibly get and the most amount of manga in one place) are good until the physical released come out months later. American comics can be bought as soon as possible, so ComicBox (the only place to get American comics for free that isn’t a library app. Also gives you fan translated manga) is pretty frowned upon unless you don’t have the money.
OMG, I completely agree with almost everything you've said, it's hilarious 😂
P.S: I started The Lies of Locke Lamora. I'm curious to know if I'm gonna like book two and three as well!
I hope you love them!
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i love the picture of dorian grey! it was one of my favorite classics i read in school!!!
If you want to get into historical fiction, I'd recommend Bernard Cornwell. Love the vids, keep 'em coming.
im really surprised about the poppy war! honestly i found it a very good fantasy novel and kind of reminded me of some manga, but i understand perhaps it's not for everyone!
I loved The Picture of Dorian Gray when I read it in school. I have been meaning to read it again for a couple of years to see if I still love it. After all it's over ten years since I read it the first time.
Okay I totally agree with Sazed! I loved his character in The Final Empire but by the Hero of Ages I was so done ? I love him, I understand him, but I didnt think we should have spent so much time with him at the end.
yeesss good job dodging that bullet of monumental disappointment that was the Poppy War 😂😂👌
I liked your conversation on struggles with gender and power. What would your ideal situation look like? Would you like all books to show men and women equally in power in all fantasy worlds?
If you want a recommendation for historical fiction I can recommend The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse. The plot isn't super strong, but there IS a plot and the way Mosse brings 16th century Southern-France alive is very admirable. The characters are also great! (though there is a bit of insta-love that might cause you to roll your eyes a little.)
For science fiction, I highly recommend checking out the Expanse series by James SA Corey
Also, while I did really like Sazed by the end of Mistborn, I totally get where you're coming from. I had similar feelings about reading his perspective (esp. In book 3).
I agree with your thoughts on the gender power thing! But also, I think a lot of the problem is that too few things add something new to the discussion if that makes sense, so then people just keep getting mad about the same thing over and over again and it never goes anywhere.
I would recommend you read "The Other Boleyn Girl" if you are just getting into historical fiction. It is my FAVORITE book of all time! It's just so well written and unique and full of drama and high stakes and of course it tells the true story of King Henry VIII. I couldn't put the book down and read it in a day. Amazing book.
I think you should read Alison Weir's tudor series as well.
Your rant about Sazed was everything 😂
YESSS DORIAN GRAY 💜 aaah I love historical fiction!
THANK. YOU. gosh why do either all men or all women have all the power, I hate that lol.
I can't remember if you've read Coraline by Neil Gaiman, but the movie adaptation is brilliant! creepier than the book 😂💜
If you want to knock out two birds with one stone, Bride's story is a historical fiction manga about a new bride in the middle east. The art is so beautiful and the artist puts so much detail into every page. I think learning about these cultures is also super cool.
Oh thank you! I'll check if my library has it
A good historical fiction series is the Ethan Gage novels by William Dietrich. Starting with Napoleon's Pyramids, these delightful stories are more than a good read; they're textbook examples of good first person writing. I hope you enjoy them.
Thank you!
If you want more historical fiction. Code name Verity focuses on two best friends during WW2, one is a pilot and the other is a spy. It is not a very happy fun time story and I do have to warn you that it will emotionally destroy you if you have a soul but it’s really good.
I recently read The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies because of them being recommended on this channel, and I loved both of them so, so much. They’re the kind of books that make me wish I could give a rating higher than five stars, because truly amazing books like this deserve a category of their own. I’m about a third of the way through Republic of Thieves and I’m loving it just as much.
This makes me so happy!
I was really annoyed with Sazed at the end as well!!!
Love your videos, keep the good work!
An absolutely STUNNING Historical Fiction is Lovely War by Julie Berry. I finished it last night and it was easily five stars
Totally agree about Locke Lamora...love all 3 books.
Really!!!! People hate Dorian Gray? I have trouble with classics, and I really liked that one (except for that 30 page chapter where he's just obsessed with a book 😂). It was a perfect spooky fall classic.
Also, if you hate gendered-power systems, you definitely should not read The Power 😂 that's the entire premise.
I did listen to the audiobook, but I loved Sazed all the wau through!
Historical Fiction- please try any of Elizabeth Chadwick, she does such readable fiction with a good portion of it being fairly accurate with a good basis in historical facts
I just finished the To All the Boys series and LOVED it but after every one I would look at your review lol. We have completely different opinions on the series and who she ended up with but I could definitely see your perspective.
I'm glad you enjoyed it more than I did!
Food for thought (I ran into this in my 20s when all I did is read) ... I think if you're constantly reading new books it's possible to get tired of EVERY trope. Tropes are just tools, after all. It's like if you see enough new houses, maybe you'll get tired of brick exteriors. The more you read the more you'll see these tools being used and its just human nature to get tired of the repetition. I dunno, just something to think about. When this happened to me I got over it by doing nothing but revisiting old favorites and reading nothing new for six months or so.
I hear you and agree to an extent, but I read a lot and some tropes I never get tired of. Tropes in and of themselves aren't bad, anything can be done well, certain ones just aren't enjoyed by all. And there are def some that I don't care for in general - but I also know that's just a preference thing
I agreed about Sazed, I loved him in the beginning and after a bit I was so sick of him slouching around and moping hahahah
I'm currently reading Dorian Gray and I'm really enjoying it! Also, I completely agree about the gender ruling genre, I'm so happy to have someone put that feeling into words.
Could you explain why you're not interested in the Poppy War?
I have the opposite problem. If I don’t consciously try to branch out, I will only ever read historical fiction. Seriously, I have a problem.
I read Dorian Gray a few months ago. Absolutely loved it
I agree with you about the gender thing, it's very reductive. That's why I love The Stormlight Archive; he makes cultures with gender distinctions, but it's a lot more complex than just "patriarchy/matriarchy"
I completely agree about Sazed! I felt bad about feeling frustrated with him in the third book. I get his character has to change some, but geez.
The Picture of Dorian Gray started out great. But there are these 3 pages full of nonsense that I had to skip through while reading it...and I never skip parts in a book.
Also by the end it kinda lost its essence. Just my opinion. 😊
Totally understand! I loved the ending but I see how it is for everyone
If you want to get more into historical fiction I suggest Bernard Cornwell, especially his Warlord Chronicles which ia a trilogy on King Arthur like none other.
Historical fiction book that is absolutely amazing in my eyes: The War that Saved My Life. I think its more middle grade/young adult but the story is really good. Without spoilers its about a girl who has a twisted foot, and her mother abuses her and doesn't let her go outside ever. Meanwhile her little brother, her only friend, is allowed to walk around as he wishes. When all the kids are getting taken out of London at the beginning of World War II. The brother is allowed to leave but the girl is not. So they sneak out and they go with the other kids to the country side. There they get taken in by a woman who is kind of in a bad place. She misses her best friend who died and basically has lost all meaning to life if I remember correctly. But the story is not about the war, but about Jamie and Ada (the two kids) growing to trust their new guardian and its just a beautiful story. Oh and Ada loves horses so that adds to my enjoyment XD.
Ahhh, but some historical fiction is so great. If you haven't, check out Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. So enjoyable.
My uncle loves this book
@@katysteffens2855 It is a lovely book. I relished the detailed nature of his scene building
Your tropes your tired of was Shcokingly similar to mine! I was just thinking before you answered. It's not exactly like yours but lately when shopping for books I pick one up and it's a female protagonist about doing things she shouldn't bc shes a female or something and I just drop it. I mostly just stick to male protagonist at this point bc most I've run into dont have this issue. (Granted I'm a Male so my opinion can be skewed)
You're scaring me! Sazed is the only character I love in Mistborn and I've read the first two volumes - getting ready to read the third one. I really don't want Sanderson to spoil everything for me. If he ends up ruining Sazed, I can literally say I hate the series - and I don't want to hate it!
People love him so no worries. I'm just odd 😂
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Aaah, I love The Picture of Dorian Gray and I don't typically like classics. Yes, there is that one filler chapter about jewels and carpets and whatnot, but it's a book you love because it makes you hate.
If you're a fan of fantasy you really should read The Cousin's War series by Philippa Gregory. It's historical fiction, but I think it's really easy to follow if you read a lot of high fantasy!
Malazan is a great fantasy series with gender equity. Especially since it's so casually approached. All too often when authors attempt gender equity in their books they make a big deal and showing of it, which only ends up highlighting how its being written as if that wasn't the given norm of their imagined world.
I'm starting Malazan in October! Can't wait!
Since you mentioned the Mistborn trilogy I’ll state my own unpopular opinion: I am struggling so much with book one. I just can’t seem to get into it.
The conversation about gender rule reminds me of Wen Spencer, who I read a lot of about a decade ago. Most of the books I read, which wasn't everything, weren't in that category, but "A Brother's Price" was, and it made a big impact on me at the time because it was both a fantasy novel and a romance, which isn't my jam. But I loved it. And I felt like it did a way better job than anything else I've read of justifying a society with extreme disparity in gender rights.
Least favourite trope, "love triangle" or what should be called love arrow. Triangle have 3 sides. If I ever wrote a love triangle I'd effing make each one love the other person. A loves b, b lives ç and c loves a.
Have you tried the Temeraire series by Naomi Novak? I believe you would call it historic fiction, it’s about the Napoleonic wars but with Dragons. Specifically a very sweet and inquisitive dragon named Temeraire.
I loved Sazed's whole arc, I don't think he was overdone and I never found it boring or overly repetitive, I felt bad for him was cheering him on the whole way through. To me, it felt like Sanderson was really exploring his themes by making him question everything he believes in. And the twist with him at the end was genius.
I agree about Sazed, though. Felt the exact same way. I was hoping someone would slap him to snap him out of it 😂
Good morning Merphy!
For historical fiction someone mentioned the pillars of the earth by Ken folllet amazing, I would recommend also the feast of the goat from Mario Vargas Llosa. Inés of my soul by Isabel Allende. The fencing master from Arturo Pérez Reverte. And the bridge on the drina by Ivo andrić
Thank you ! It’s fantasy; we can create whatever types of social structures we want... can’t we just write worlds where gender doesn’t determine the power dynamic and it’s not a big deal? I feel like it’s often used as a cheap source of conflict, when more interesting conflicts could be explored instead. One fantasy series that doesn’t lean too hard on gender based power dynamics is The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson. There are powerful women; there are powerful men; there are lower class women ; there are lower class men; and everyone is focused on conflicts that don’t concern gender.
That thing about sazed is 100% accurate... although I stiiiiiiill love him but that section made me want to push him into the pits of hathsin
I got into Michael Crichton books with “Jurassic Park.” I highly recommend his books for sci-fi.
I read Dorian Gray because of you and I thought it was fine! There was that one chapter tho where he's just talking about a book inside a book that was kinda meh
Historical fiction is my favourite ❤️❤️ get me started on anything by philippa Gregory and I won’t be putting it down until it’s done.