same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 sometimes it’ll be a book i literally LOVED, but that i can objectively acknowledge won’t be for everybody, and i can’t help but read some reviews (especially the funny ones) and just think yep. ur so right. and then continue on loving the book anyways 😭😭
Several times I've found things I loved based of of bad reviews. You just have to figure out how people usually insult things you normally like. Ngl pretentious is a code word I look out for XD
@@ellyt3429 I don’t even consider myself to be someone swayed by others opinion but a lot of reviews make me critically rethink my thoughts and yeah occasionally a star gets docked 😭😭
I read a 1-star review of Dante's Inferno and it just said "To many Italian names and places" and that's one of my favorite reviews of all time. It's so stupidly funny to me
OMG! 😅 that has to be the funniest review ever. Imagine reading a book by an italian author and be appalled by the usage of italian names and places. no words 😅
nah same like sometimes i’ll give a book a high rating, read a bunch of negative reviews, be like “damn ur right”, and go back to lower my original rating 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
As an aspiring writer, reading 1-star reviews of my absolute favourite books reminds me that no art is universally adored, and that soothes my perfectionism.
@@juleslefumiste9204 uuuuuh someone is cranky and wants to pick up an irrelevant fight in a comment section about something silly that has nothing to do with them! it's ok, it's a pretty popular coping mechanism for miserable people that need attention, not getting more from me though, i recommend touching some grass or taking a nap! hope this helps :)
I clicked because I was curious which book was bland enough to be shamed with this review, and was bitterly disappointed to discover there is no such review featured :(
I read a book where the protagonist’s name meant corn corn corn (I wish I was joking), and it felt like the rip off of every YA dystopian romance ever and I stayed up until midnight fuming that the book had so many 5-star reviews
there isn't a sequel book to 'normal people', BUT there is a short story that Sally wrote and had published in 2016 called 'At The Clinic' that entails where she would think Marianne and Connell would be in the future after the book's ending!
Not quite... she wrote 'At the Clinic' before writing Normal People and was her first time dabbling into the character's, so it's both a prequel and a sequel in a way. I decided to take it as a reality adjacent parallel universe
Some of us goodreads users are Spanish speakers 😂 that's probably why that girl wrote her review in Spanish not because she wanted to switch languages ❤😂
i'm ukrainian, and most of the time write reviews in english, though sometimes it's tough to express my thoughts and feelings in a foreign language. especially if they are strong😅
@@MrGreyseptember NO CUZ I RELATE TO THAT STRONG FEELINGS THINGY SM Like I'm C1/C2 in English but talking in it will never be enough to express strong feelings both of love and hate IT JUST DOESN'T FUCKING WORK LIKE MY FUCKING NATIVE LANGUAGEEE (and it doesn't help that I feel so much more limited in the cusswords domain + there are stupidass words you can't use (I DON'T GET ITTTT IS THAT COMMON IN OTHER LANGUAGES???) Help. I'm not Ukranian tho
8:26 personally one of my fave insults is calling people odd. Like imaging arguing and being like " what a odd and unfortunate fellow". It's tickles my brain.
Two things I wanted to say: firstly JACK PUT A PHONECASE ON, PLEASE!! secondly: I love reading the super long 1 star reviews of a little life they are so incredibly funny, and I do have to say there often spot on, highly recommend
Well since we have you two here id like to ask if you've read picture of Dorian gray and if you'd recommend it I want to buy the book but am not sure. Thanks for the review 😀
@@kavyajoshi3597 honestly I like the book I’d say go for it if you like classics. It’s interesting once you get into it and it’s not too long definitely shorter than other classics
To me the reviews that really break my heart are the 3 star reviews in books I thought were 5 stars. You know they understood what the book wanted to be and they pick it apart to the point I regret giving 5 stars in the first place.
not related to the video, but recently i saw you in my dream 😂 nothing weird, you were just the owner of book library in our town where me and my sister were choosing which book to buy and read. i already forgot all the details, but it was wholesome meeting you there 🥹
“and yea that’s the point. PEOPLE MISCOMMUNICATE” thank you, jack. as an introvert who is terrible at socializing, i needed that out into the world 🌎 ❤️
I recently saw a video where people read each other 1 star reviews from books they loved, and the other person had to guess the book. can't remember the name of the channel rn, unfortunately, but that would be such a fun video with another booktuber!!
Murphy Napier has done it a few times with her husband, and on Daniel Greene’s channel as well. Those are hilarious videos, I love how she captures the feeling of being personally attacked when someone gives a 1 star review to a book you adore 😂
Others have pointed out, but many non-english speakers use Goodreads, and write our reviews in our native language (regarding the Spanish and French reviews mentioned here)
One of my favourite reviews on goodreads is, to paraphrase, “Murakami’s writing on a plot like Norwegian Wood’s, is like painting the Sistine chapel on a pair of crocs”. I adore that review. I also strongly dislike Norwegian wood.
What ive picked up from this video is that you like the type of books that peope usually find boring and repetitive. As you said, tells SO MUCH about you LOL
I love this, truly, because (and I don't know why) it gives me the courage and comfort to do stuff even if someone might not like this, at the end of the day a lot of people say horrible stuff about our favourites, but we are the proof that things can be liked and disliked by different people.
ugh... I loved Piranesi!! I had no idea what it was about, the hype, none of it. I would love to actually see that house... Awesome book. Hands down a fave.
Piranesi transformed me from a strictly high fantasy, dragons and gargoyles girly into someone who gives most books a chance. The twist in this book and the last few chapters filled me with such curiosity that I couldnt stop turning the pages
Ngl I zoned out, not because the videos bad but because there’s a lot on my mind. So soothing. this music and your voice is a great backrough filler. I say this with love I promise!!
When I first read Piranesi, I gave up after about 40 pages, not able to get into it and to stick with the story. After abandoning it for 2 years, I picked it up again, restarted, and didn't put it back down until i finished it. I'm glad I didn't review it the first time around and gave it a second chance - I absolutely adored it on the second read. Just had to be in the right mood for it!
im okay with people not liking something but I HATE when theyre "proud" about it like "i cant believe other people like this" or "am I alone in not liking X?"
I was having a difficult day, had a splitting headache and this video brought me back to life. I am also quite fond of The Picture of Dorian Gray and Emma is my ultimate Jane Austen favorite so that was a treat. One star reviews deserve to be carefully written, specially if you're going against a classic. Such a fun concept and I loved it!
I found a Sally Rooney hardcover for like $4, so I bought it and I'm excited to find out if I like her writing or not lol. It seems like she either hits or misses with tastes.
Sally Rooney is definitely a love it or hate it author. I believe in reading a few books to give the author a chance and I disliked all of them, and Normal People was my least favourite of them all. A good friend of mine, whose opinion on books I absolutely respect, adores her writing. I’m glad you found a cheap copy of the book and it would be interesting to see which side of the coin you fall to with her writing. Happy reading!
I hated it. The writing style is not very nice and the plot (Normal People) was just two unlikable White people complaining about secretly pining for each other, while there seemed to be more interesting plot points hinted at.
it always astonishes me how people have just failed to understand that Austen is a troll -- she is so funny, sarcastic, witty, she lets you in on the joke, but she also makes fun of you, and you love it -- her writing is so so funny. you're right, Jack, when people hear that a book is a classic, i think they take it with such seriousness that they can miss it for what it is. like when people fail to understand how much of Shakespear is supposed to be funny.
Hello Jack! I love your videos and your personality ❤ please remember that goodreads is also used by spanish speakers and a lot of us read books originally written in english, it may be a non ironic "No me gustó" 😅. Another thing if you liked Emma I think you may enjoy Iphigenia from the venezuelan writer Teresa de la Parra, the full title of the book is: Iphigenia (the diary of a young lady that wrote because she was bored) it's not for everyone and I don't know how it translates to english but I love it and the protagonist gives me Emma vibes, the themes are different though.
Haven't read many of these, but I genuinely loved Emma. The whole point is that she's a meddlesome shrew and all her machinations come to naught and everyone's much the happier for it, including her. The whole point is getting over oneself.
I love “Emma” and I’m dying to finally watch the movie but I haven’t been able to yet! And I finished the book 3 years ago!!! Also, “Emma” is actually quite an eventful book right off the bat, like, I recently read “Persuasion” and that took about 80 pages for something interesting to happen 💀
If you are reading this and you like horror. I would suggest you read Zom-B Darren Shan. It is a series about zombies but the first one is about a girl who falls into a bunch of drama right before a zombie apocalypse. Suggest you read it. Have a good day.
The Normal People sequel they're probably talking about is "At the Clinic"! It was Sally Rooney's short story that was published in the White Review in 2016 and then she wrote Normal People after!
I kowkey get the normal people reviews tho 😭. I havent read that book, but i tried Beautiful World, Where Are You? and everything just felt so...forced. Maybe because it was my first real literary novel, but people having exstisential crisises to eachother over email felt so ridiculous, and then that one phone call...safe to say i dnfed after about 80 pages.
In addition to being extremely challenging to read, 1984 deals with a very difficult subject. Although I purchased the book, I ultimately listened to it. Despite the book's subject, the girl who read it had such a soft, angelic voice that it turned out to be a passable read. The subject matter is extremely difficult, particularly for me as I reside in Romania, a country where communism was rife and these events were real and widespread. Though I was fortunate enough to be born when it was coming to an end, reading this book felt a lot like reading a history book because I knew the stories from my parents and grandparents. Finally, I would say that this is a book that I highly recommend listening to on audio and having a soft-spoken reader. The book is difficult enough. The reader does not have to speak in a dramatic manner because doing so could make you feel down afterwards.
Not people criticizing Emma for being spoiled and annoying but then completely forgetting that that’s the point of her character and then ignoring how she redeems herself in the end and takes accountability for her actions.
I’ve tried reading Emma three different times and I just get so confused by all the characters and forget who’s who in the gossip. I feel like I need to watch the movie first so I can’t picture the person in my head because I get so lost and have to flip back and be like “what who are we gossiping about again??”
The way that i review books is: 1* = DNF but interested me enough to actually pick it up and try it 2* = I finished it, but I hated it 3* = Things I liked, things I didn't like 4* = Few changes but on the whole, I really enjoyed this 5* = Holy grail and hardly any ever get this Interested to know if anyone else is like this 😅xx
i’m such an easy rater, like if a book makes me feel something i’ll automatically give it 5 stars. so when i went onto these platforms to rate it 5 and i saw people saying it was 1-3 stars, i would start to doubt my own review
I understand the reviews of Emma. I read it as a 15-year old and didn't like it at all. Didn't like Emma at all. Then I reread it in my early 20s and it's so incredible. It's one of my favourite books ever!
I genuinely don't understand how people could think Piranesi was boring, I literally could not put it down when I read it I think I finished it in a day. Such beautiful writing and the themes are really juicy if you dig into them 😋
at this point, I'm afraid to tell people which books are my favorites. before, when you said you love fantasy and sci-fi, you were just called a nerd, but now people will attack you with such elaborate insults as if their lives depended on it😂
Alice from The Bookcastle did a similar thing, but instead of just reading and reacting she also tried to predict what aspects of the book some people would hate. And she went into specifics, so I'd like Jack to do this twist too. In this video there were a few vague or general guesses, so I think this would be an interesting upgrade. Love the video, notwithstanding!
Sometimes the one-star reviewers make points about the books I like and I can’t do anything but agree and move on 😭
same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 sometimes it’ll be a book i literally LOVED, but that i can objectively acknowledge won’t be for everybody, and i can’t help but read some reviews (especially the funny ones) and just think yep. ur so right. and then continue on loving the book anyways 😭😭
even worse is when they make such a good point that i go back and actually detract a star
and then i physically cant unsee their comment and my love for that book is forever tainted by that one point they made 😭😭
Several times I've found things I loved based of of bad reviews. You just have to figure out how people usually insult things you normally like. Ngl pretentious is a code word I look out for XD
@@ellyt3429 I don’t even consider myself to be someone swayed by others opinion but a lot of reviews make me critically rethink my thoughts and yeah occasionally a star gets docked 😭😭
Now do the opposite. You should read 5 star reviews for your least favourite books.
Yes, please! That would be hilarious🤣
THISSS!!! YESSS!
YES
Oh my god this is genius
YES
I read a 1-star review of Dante's Inferno and it just said "To many Italian names and places" and that's one of my favorite reviews of all time. It's so stupidly funny to me
😂 brilliantly stupid
omg hahahaha
OMG! 😅 that has to be the funniest review ever. Imagine reading a book by an italian author and be appalled by the usage of italian names and places. no words 😅
It's like a bad review of a cookbook i saw where the reviewer didn't like it because there were too many dishes in it that she didn't recognise.
I have to say... I'm Italian and I agree
I think Jane Austen would love that someone said Emma made them vomit with rage, she would find that HILARIOUS XD
Because she would knows that the crowd that does not get this message is STUPID
@@dorothyparashi1736 Some people get the message and think the message is stupid.
i can't read negative reviews for books i like bc sometimes they convince me 😭
nah same like sometimes i’ll give a book a high rating, read a bunch of negative reviews, be like “damn ur right”, and go back to lower my original rating 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@ellyt3429 me AF
@@ellyt3429 Me too, what’s wrong with us? 🥸
SAME LOL i loved seven husbands but after watching a negative review it had me scratching my head like damn....maybe ur right😭
I loved on earth we're briefly gorgeous but read so many negative reviews I drove myself into a reading slump😭😭
As an aspiring writer, reading 1-star reviews of my absolute favourite books reminds me that no art is universally adored, and that soothes my perfectionism.
Omg i love this! I’m trying to write too and even letting my friends read my stuff is terrifying ahah
"this proves that all men do in those days is be misogynists and wrinkle" SENT ME😭
and also create an entire civilization you now are leeching off :)
@@juleslefumiste9204 uuuuuh someone is cranky and wants to pick up an irrelevant fight in a comment section about something silly that has nothing to do with them! it's ok, it's a pretty popular coping mechanism for miserable people that need attention, not getting more from me though, i recommend touching some grass or taking a nap! hope this helps :)
@@juleslefumiste9204 Let's not pretend you could create a civilisation when you can't even spell "leeching" correctly.
@@juleslefumiste9204u mean cause most of all crime and create wars? if you’re gonna take credit for something take credit for everything
@@DrunkenEroswhat are you talking about lol
"I've read shampoo bottles with more plot twists." 😭😭 frr
Omg I thought I made this comment 😭
@@joeyb5399 ahaha same pfp. Love to see it :]
This is funny coz a shampoo ad just played 😭😭
I clicked because I was curious which book was bland enough to be shamed with this review, and was bitterly disappointed to discover there is no such review featured :(
THIS WAS SO FUNNY😂
The phrase "be misogynist and wrinkle" permanently altered my brain chemistry
I'm much better at dealing with 1 star reviews for books I liked than 5 star reviews for books I hated 😂
For sure! I can usually understand why the things I love wouldn’t work for people.
Same! When I see 5 star reviews for books I hated, I always think, "This! This is what's wrong with society!" 😂
I read a book where the protagonist’s name meant corn corn corn (I wish I was joking), and it felt like the rip off of every YA dystopian romance ever and I stayed up until midnight fuming that the book had so many 5-star reviews
But why is that so exactly true. 😂
Me @ every colleen hoover book
“Maybe we do miss when men just used to go to war and die.” 🤣 iconic
Hahaha for real!
no no no bad idea
cries in ukrainian 😢
i had to take a minute after that one
@@natchasapsuwan Me too!
"toni morrison get behind me" LMAO ME TOOOOO JACK
"Bad reviews have people bringing out the VOCABULARY" yes, Jack, so accurate and I'm so here for it😂
"I'm not taking it with a little grain of salt, I'm taking it with a Himalayan salt lamp" I CACKLED, get this man a comedy special asap
Im sorry but I laughed so hard at the fact that you assumed someone switched to Spanish 😂 some of us native Spanish speakers use goodreads you know 😅
that’s what i thought too hahaha!! like maybe this person is just… a spanish speaker?
his pronunciation genuinely made me so mad it was like the way they pronounced ‘taco’ in the great british bake off all over again
LOL, that’s what I thought too, and the French one as well!
Yeah he looked so ignorant when he said that 🫠
I didn't even understand. Because, no me gusto means I don't like myself. 😩
there isn't a sequel book to 'normal people', BUT there is a short story that Sally wrote and had published in 2016 called 'At The Clinic' that entails where she would think Marianne and Connell would be in the future after the book's ending!
WHAT
why am I only hearing about this now?! 😮
Not quite... she wrote 'At the Clinic' before writing Normal People and was her first time dabbling into the character's, so it's both a prequel and a sequel in a way. I decided to take it as a reality adjacent parallel universe
"Easily the worst book I've ever read" the self-restraint from going into their read-list! I could not have managed
They rated a Colleen Hoover book 5 stars, I think that's all we need to know
Some of us goodreads users are Spanish speakers 😂 that's probably why that girl wrote her review in Spanish not because she wanted to switch languages ❤😂
i'm ukrainian, and most of the time write reviews in english, though sometimes it's tough to express my thoughts and feelings in a foreign language. especially if they are strong😅
@@MrGreyseptember NO CUZ I RELATE TO THAT STRONG FEELINGS THINGY SM
Like I'm C1/C2 in English but talking in it will never be enough to express strong feelings both of love and hate IT JUST DOESN'T FUCKING WORK LIKE MY FUCKING NATIVE LANGUAGEEE (and it doesn't help that I feel so much more limited in the cusswords domain + there are stupidass words you can't use (I DON'T GET ITTTT IS THAT COMMON IN OTHER LANGUAGES???)
Help.
I'm not Ukranian tho
8:26 personally one of my fave insults is calling people odd. Like imaging arguing and being like " what a odd and unfortunate fellow". It's tickles my brain.
Two things I wanted to say: firstly JACK PUT A PHONECASE ON, PLEASE!!
secondly: I love reading the super long 1 star reviews of a little life they are so incredibly funny, and I do have to say there often spot on, highly recommend
So true , I love reading long 1 star reviews in general
whenever i read a 1 star review for books i love, i like to check what those reviewers give higher ratings to to paint a better picture lol
I do this on Amazon, it’s fascinating! Obviously my house is a mess.
The one star review button is just too accessible to some people. Like they just have to hate just to be a hater. And I relate
me too girl i wish there was a 0 star option a lot of the time bc i’d give it to sooooo many books smh
Well since we have you two here id like to ask if you've read picture of Dorian gray and if you'd recommend it I want to buy the book but am not sure. Thanks for the review 😀
@@kavyajoshi3597 i have! i liked it! it’s pretty easy to follow for a classic, and the writing is very pretty but also still easy to understand ☺️
@@ellyt3429 thank you ☺️💖
@@kavyajoshi3597 honestly I like the book I’d say go for it if you like classics. It’s interesting once you get into it and it’s not too long definitely shorter than other classics
on the contrary i think that ‘vomiting in rage’ is such a compliment i’d love for someone to have such a visceral reaction from my writing
To me the reviews that really break my heart are the 3 star reviews in books I thought were 5 stars. You know they understood what the book wanted to be and they pick it apart to the point I regret giving 5 stars in the first place.
Me too! Makes me rethink my reading experience 😂
That thumbnail is accurate AF
I'll die a normal people hater.
Same, what a shallow book. Lol
I agree both MCs think they're above the rest of society it made me cringe so bad
I would rather watch paint dry than read that painfully dull book.
YES
im with you! definitely wouldnt count myself among ms rooneys fans lets just say that
not related to the video, but recently i saw you in my dream 😂 nothing weird, you were just the owner of book library in our town where me and my sister were choosing which book to buy and read. i already forgot all the details, but it was wholesome meeting you there 🥹
this should be a series!
“Maybe we do miss when all men did was go to war and die” AHAHAHAHAHAHAUSBSBDNDIIDKWBEVEVEVHDU
"you're glad its finito i thought i was bonito" JAJAJAJAJAJAJJAAJAJAJAJAJAJA
“and yea that’s the point. PEOPLE MISCOMMUNICATE”
thank you, jack. as an introvert who is terrible at socializing, i needed that out into the world 🌎 ❤️
I recently saw a video where people read each other 1 star reviews from books they loved, and the other person had to guess the book. can't remember the name of the channel rn, unfortunately, but that would be such a fun video with another booktuber!!
Murphy Napier has done it a few times with her husband, and on Daniel Greene’s channel as well. Those are hilarious videos, I love how she captures the feeling of being personally attacked when someone gives a 1 star review to a book you adore 😂
Others have pointed out, but many non-english speakers use Goodreads, and write our reviews in our native language (regarding the Spanish and French reviews mentioned here)
one time I was so mad after reading normal people that I published a whole essay on why I disliked it in the Google reviews 💀
One of my favourite reviews on goodreads is, to paraphrase, “Murakami’s writing on a plot like Norwegian Wood’s, is like painting the Sistine chapel on a pair of crocs”. I adore that review. I also strongly dislike Norwegian wood.
I can't wait to see the light leave Jack's eyes as he watches Salley rooney's books and his favs used as campfire wood
a little life is one of my favourite books too, and the macbeth quote slander actually hurt my soul i think i died a little and will never recover🥲
i really ADORE this editing style !!!
The way I would watch anything this man made
What ive picked up from this video is that you like the type of books that peope usually find boring and repetitive. As you said, tells SO MUCH about you LOL
THAT HAMNET REVIEW WAS HILARIOUS AAA i am dumbfounded, agog, aghast, is marius in love at last
Not me getting the RUclips notification while checking out your goodreads profile LMAO
Goodreads reviewers are just so funny 😭
'Goodreads is one of the most feral places on the whole internet' made me laugh 😂 so innocent you are, Jack.
Not the: "I guess we do miss when all men used to do was go to war and die."
Had me choking with laughter.
I love this, truly, because (and I don't know why) it gives me the courage and comfort to do stuff even if someone might not like this, at the end of the day a lot of people say horrible stuff about our favourites, but we are the proof that things can be liked and disliked by different people.
When I say I was having fun till it was time for my favourite book 💀🥲
ugh... I loved Piranesi!!
I had no idea what it was about, the hype, none of it.
I would love to actually see that house... Awesome book. Hands down a fave.
Piranesi transformed me from a strictly high fantasy, dragons and gargoyles girly into someone who gives most books a chance. The twist in this book and the last few chapters filled me with such curiosity that I couldnt stop turning the pages
They shouldn't have waited to the last pages. I could not get there. 😅
@@YV09876 it's really worth it if you can push through!
Ngl I zoned out, not because the videos bad but because there’s a lot on my mind. So soothing. this music and your voice is a great backrough filler. I say this with love I promise!!
It feels illegal to be this early
Mhmm, totally agree
There's a one star review for 'They both die at the end' that says - Hope they stay dead 💀
Omg the shade thrown in this video (both in the reviews and from you) is exactly what I needed today!
When I first read Piranesi, I gave up after about 40 pages, not able to get into it and to stick with the story.
After abandoning it for 2 years, I picked it up again, restarted, and didn't put it back down until i finished it.
I'm glad I didn't review it the first time around and gave it a second chance - I absolutely adored it on the second read. Just had to be in the right mood for it!
That 1 star review of Hamnet which made me realize that maggie used adjectives in threes will always be iconic.
im okay with people not liking something but I HATE when theyre "proud" about it
like "i cant believe other people like this" or "am I alone in not liking X?"
‘Weirdo’ I take this as a compliment - who wants to be ordinary 😂😂
Same!
After giving Rooney's debut novel about 100 pages I can say with a fair degree of confidence that I have read restaurant menus with more depth.
I was having a difficult day, had a splitting headache and this video brought me back to life. I am also quite fond of The Picture of Dorian Gray and Emma is my ultimate Jane Austen favorite so that was a treat. One star reviews deserve to be carefully written, specially if you're going against a classic. Such a fun concept and I loved it!
jack : talking
my brain : WHY DOESN’T HE HAVE A PHONE CASE
as an architect "halls, vestibules, statues, albatross" sounds like the perfect afternoon idk
I loved this! So funny. I think my favorite one was 1984 “what a wild thing to say about a book on censorship” 😂😂😂😂😂
I found a Sally Rooney hardcover for like $4, so I bought it and I'm excited to find out if I like her writing or not lol. It seems like she either hits or misses with tastes.
Sally Rooney is definitely a love it or hate it author. I believe in reading a few books to give the author a chance and I disliked all of them, and Normal People was my least favourite of them all. A good friend of mine, whose opinion on books I absolutely respect, adores her writing.
I’m glad you found a cheap copy of the book and it would be interesting to see which side of the coin you fall to with her writing. Happy reading!
I hated it. The writing style is not very nice and the plot (Normal People) was just two unlikable White people complaining about secretly pining for each other, while there seemed to be more interesting plot points hinted at.
About to write a 1 star book so jack will review it✨✨
I would start another world war with people who write negative reviews of my fav books, you are stronger than me
it always astonishes me how people have just failed to understand that Austen is a troll -- she is so funny, sarcastic, witty, she lets you in on the joke, but she also makes fun of you, and you love it -- her writing is so so funny. you're right, Jack, when people hear that a book is a classic, i think they take it with such seriousness that they can miss it for what it is. like when people fail to understand how much of Shakespear is supposed to be funny.
Hello Jack! I love your videos and your personality ❤ please remember that goodreads is also used by spanish speakers and a lot of us read books originally written in english, it may be a non ironic "No me gustó" 😅. Another thing if you liked Emma I think you may enjoy Iphigenia from the venezuelan writer Teresa de la Parra, the full title of the book is: Iphigenia (the diary of a young lady that wrote because she was bored) it's not for everyone and I don't know how it translates to english but I love it and the protagonist gives me Emma vibes, the themes are different though.
I want you to find more review's by these same people and see what their 5 star reads are.
That might be a bit invasive, but fun!
They probably books that aren't pretentious and that have plot.
Haven't read many of these, but I genuinely loved Emma. The whole point is that she's a meddlesome shrew and all her machinations come to naught and everyone's much the happier for it, including her.
The whole point is getting over oneself.
We do not have the same taste in books whatsoever, but it’s so entertaining to watch this stuff😂
I love “Emma” and I’m dying to finally watch the movie but I haven’t been able to yet! And I finished the book 3 years ago!!!
Also, “Emma” is actually quite an eventful book right off the bat, like, I recently read “Persuasion” and that took about 80 pages for something interesting to happen 💀
today i finished turtles all the way down, liked it, and went to update my goodreads just to find that you sir rated it 2 stars
Jack you should do this more often this was so fun
I love those 1 star reviews of 1984 . Perfection 🤌
“the point is here, you’re in a different postcode mate” 😭
literally could listen to jack talk about anything
so happy to see you put piranesi as books you love more than anything because i’m currently reading it after your review on it!! 💌
I wholeheartedly agree with the "normal people" ones.
when you said “Toni Morrison get behind me” !!!!
I've read shampoo bottles with more plot twists.
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Thank u so much Jack for accepting my suggestion to do this video of reacting to 1 star reviews of ur fav books!😇
If you are reading this and you like horror. I would suggest you read Zom-B Darren Shan. It is a series about zombies but the first one is about a girl who falls into a bunch of drama right before a zombie apocalypse. Suggest you read it. Have a good day.
The Normal People sequel they're probably talking about is "At the Clinic"! It was Sally Rooney's short story that was published in the White Review in 2016 and then she wrote Normal People after!
I kowkey get the normal people reviews tho 😭. I havent read that book, but i tried Beautiful World, Where Are You? and everything just felt so...forced. Maybe because it was my first real literary novel, but people having exstisential crisises to eachother over email felt so ridiculous, and then that one phone call...safe to say i dnfed after about 80 pages.
I need you to know that I actually laughed out loud at several points during this video.
I was waiting for A Little Life, and I'm so glad you did it, cause I'm right there with you Jack, it's my favourite book
In addition to being extremely challenging to read, 1984 deals with a very difficult subject. Although I purchased the book, I ultimately listened to it. Despite the book's subject, the girl who read it had such a soft, angelic voice that it turned out to be a passable read. The subject matter is extremely difficult, particularly for me as I reside in Romania, a country where communism was rife and these events were real and widespread. Though I was fortunate enough to be born when it was coming to an end, reading this book felt a lot like reading a history book because I knew the stories from my parents and grandparents.
Finally, I would say that this is a book that I highly recommend listening to on audio and having a soft-spoken reader. The book is difficult enough. The reader does not have to speak in a dramatic manner because doing so could make you feel down afterwards.
Not people criticizing Emma for being spoiled and annoying but then completely forgetting that that’s the point of her character and then ignoring how she redeems herself in the end and takes accountability for her actions.
Omg I didn’t realise you liked Piranesi and just got SO excited 😭 fave of last year
I’ve tried reading Emma three different times and I just get so confused by all the characters and forget who’s who in the gossip. I feel like I need to watch the movie first so I can’t picture the person in my head because I get so lost and have to flip back and be like “what who are we gossiping about again??”
The way that i review books is:
1* = DNF but interested me enough to actually pick it up and try it
2* = I finished it, but I hated it
3* = Things I liked, things I didn't like
4* = Few changes but on the whole, I really enjoyed this
5* = Holy grail and hardly any ever get this
Interested to know if anyone else is like this 😅xx
My best friend forgot my birthday so i was feeling pretty down until i found this, thanks Jack :)
Happy belated birthday 🎉
i’m such an easy rater, like if a book makes me feel something i’ll automatically give it 5 stars. so when i went onto these platforms to rate it 5 and i saw people saying it was 1-3 stars, i would start to doubt my own review
I understand the reviews of Emma.
I read it as a 15-year old and didn't like it at all. Didn't like Emma at all.
Then I reread it in my early 20s and it's so incredible. It's one of my favourite books ever!
i love that the timestamp for the end is just “wounded puppy”
This was one of your most fun videos yet. Would love a part 2
The more I listen and watch your video the more hope gets build up that “ The Tears Of Mount Sinjar “ can be one of your most favourite.
I genuinely don't understand how people could think Piranesi was boring, I literally could not put it down when I read it I think I finished it in a day. Such beautiful writing and the themes are really juicy if you dig into them 😋
The 1 star reviews on this video have actually convinced me TO READ these books 😅
at this point, I'm afraid to tell people which books are my favorites. before, when you said you love fantasy and sci-fi, you were just called a nerd, but now people will attack you with such elaborate insults as if their lives depended on it😂
Alice from The Bookcastle did a similar thing, but instead of just reading and reacting she also tried to predict what aspects of the book some people would hate. And she went into specifics, so I'd like Jack to do this twist too. In this video there were a few vague or general guesses, so I think this would be an interesting upgrade. Love the video, notwithstanding!