Nothing compares to book readers and how they speak. Everyone seems to love and feel comforted by ASMR but when I’m highly anxious or I want to sleep, I come to book tube, solely because book readers speak 100% better than most people it’s great
OMG! This is true! I never thought about it, but I've always enjoyed how booktubers talked and thought they were good communicators. Definitely makes sense since they read so much!
Reading the bad goodreads reviews of Ship It is wonderfully entertaining. Also yes, don't write fanfiction about real people. Looking at you Anna Todd and "After".
@afootineachworld are there no laws about this? Even if they are celebrities it still feels like a violation of your being. Imagine someone writing these stuff about you...
@@imibee5184 as long as it's not presented as real facts and dont use their image, not really. A real person's name can't be trandemarked or copyrighted, and of course fans who do these things are super engaged and spend a lot of money so companies don't care about suing for photo edits and etc.
The shipp it author was a staff writer on the first 3 seasons of Riverdale. I adore the cast, they have my whole heart but loathe the show. The showrunner is a hack, doesnt know what hes doing and because of him the cast recieves the most hate and flack online. People forget that they dont write the show, they do want they told and try to their job with what they are given. The cast has jokingly stated that the writers changes plot lines, ignore and forget on the fly
I think people don’t like their acting on the show... I understand they only act that way because it fits the show’s look or whatever, but it’s not my cup of tea. I don’t hold that against them, though.
While the first season of Riverdale is a guilty pleasure and the rest is hot garbage, I don't blame the cast. They have no control over the writing. The producers and writers do. At the end of the day, actors are just people. Sometimes, like everyone else, they take on roles just for the paycheck, and it's reasonable to suspect the same with a lot of the cast in that series. That's also the same reason why I don't like trashing other authors who were in bad shows or movies like Robert Patterson.
Yes! As an Eastern European, I hate the trope of mail order brides and prostitution in media. That plot point is just used so poorly and fetishizes these women. An interesting plot would be an Eastern European mail order bride who deals with domestic violence or a prostitute who is being sex trafficked. You know, situations these women actually deal with. Just saying...there’s more interesting ways to incorporate stereotypes and make a point out of them...
@@catuntaru2879 Thank you so much for informing me!!!!! I know what you're talking about now! I will definitely read that. I love reading accurate reps of different cultures!
@@thebookofkate812 Other stereotypes I've heard are: all the women are prostitutes, the majority lives in poverty, ties to the mafia and other criminal organizations, etc.
I don’t like fandoms and fangirls that focus on the ship of two characters way too much, instead of the actual story itself. It’s really damaging to the people who are creating the story, because it pressures the writers/storyboard artists to change how they originally planned it. I’ve seen so many great stories degrade just to appeal to those fans. Those stories start 1. Queerbaiting 2. Changing character development just so the ship everyone wants ends up together. If you’re a fan of something, you’d accept it as how it is and how it’s authentically intended to be. Writing fan fiction is cool, and fandom stories are also cool, but please don’t harass writers and actors just because they didn’t write or agree to the story in the way you wanted it. It’s not cool.
man i’m not gonna lie...i loved Jane Unlimited lmao. the physical book DOES have chapter headings so that confusion can be eliminated when you read the book (i’m an audiobook listener too but DAMN that book would be confusing in audio form)
There are so many fanfiction about the actors in the show (supernatural) its crazy. I find it creepy but yeah xD How weird is that for the actors like :/
@Amirah Garces As someone who is also in the fandom, I also agree. It's one thing to write fan-fiction about the characters but about the actors.. not right imo.
@@ginahatim3088 Well, no most of the fandom is not horrible to their wives and I dont know what you're talking about witht he homophobic towards lesbians/action gay men. A small part of the fandom is crazy and does that. It was the same with Glee with the Kurt/Blaine pairing. One actor was gay and his boyfriend got hate and the other was straight and his girlfriend got hate. Crazys are everywhere.
What's really creepy is when they have an incestuous story with the brothers falling in love. And the having Castiel join them... I wonder what goes on people's minds...
@@imibee5184 ahha Wincest xD omg. That is such a big part of the fa dom that the writers put some joke about it in the show. Im happy i was in this fandom for 5 years it prepared me for the my new fandom now xD incest again. You do you xD but Whyyyyyyýyyyyy
@@imibee5184No kdding... some people take this "shipping" business to some rather uncomfortable places. I don't know what ship I'm more appalled by, The brothers you speak of or that of Rick and Morty... I'm leaning towards the latter though. At least both Winchester brothers are consenting adults.
Maybe there is enough representation but just not in the shows that were already existing before gay marriage and couples began to be shown in the media. My personal pet peeve is how the media now makes the minority character also the gay character like that is the only way to do so.
It's kind of crazy that you don't have more subscribers! I love listening to you talk and the way you explain your problems with these books is very clear and understandable. I'm probably going to watch a ton of your videos now.
Wow, I just came here for the bookish content and all of a sudden it's crossing into the SPN fandom :D. I'm a Destiel shipper, but I honestly never forced it. And as soon as you talked about what the book is about I had to roll my eyes, because of course this would be about Jensen (who plays Dean) saying Dean is not gay. There are still people in the fandom who call him homophobic because of that and it's old history. So just the fact that someone decided to write a book about it makes me wanna bash my head against the wall :D.
@@jude8067 I know that, trust me. I get so tired of people bashing him. For the record though, him claiming Destiel is not real has nothing to do with him being or not being gay. It just has to do with his understanding of the character that he plays and as such is probably the highest authority you can get on that subject (it's certainly not the writers of the show, since they can't even get their canon straight - no pun intended :D).
Honestly I don’t know much about this but from my understanding Jensen should be able to say whatever he wants because it’s his own opinion and it isn’t harming anyone.
Ship It is probably my least favorite book. After reading the synopsis, I was super excited to read it. As I went through, I noticed some problems and the plot wasn’t really interesting me anymore, but it was an easy read so I kept going. As someone who identifies as pan, I was so excited to see representation for the first time! That was, until the public outing scene. As someone of the lgbt+ spectrum, Tess should have known better. The scene disgusted me, but more than that I was heartbroken. The first example of pan rep in YA was ruined in a monumental way. If you’re going to handle important topics, do it right.
Haha I love this video!!! I also actually kind of enjoyed The Love Interest, I feel like it was kind of self aware that it wasn’t great, and it’s a guilty pleasure for sure, I don’t hate it like everyone else seems to hate it haha, glad you found at least one book that you liked! 😌
i generally follow ratings but some i really disagree with tbf. and sometimes when i read negative reviews they’re negative for the most ridiculous reasons (some people don’t like characters having flaws which makes me? but okay lmao) anything less than 3.5 pushes me away but there are some highly rated books that arent great in my opinion so it rlly varies i guess
I love these, event if some of books are bad 😂, i would to see this with holiday/event pick, like 5 with christmas theme, or new year, or thanksgiving or halloween or something like that. And I read 5: recommade by friends/family, followers (youtube, instagram), that would be so fun to watch. I looking forward to the highest rated book, they have to be better 😂
I love your themed vlogs 😭 They're so fun and inspiring! Also, I had no idea EL James had even come out with another book but it makes sense that it would flop so bad 👀 Lets be honest, the only reason Fifty Shades had a good storyline was because it was originally twilight fanfic 🤷🏼♀️
Huh, heard of "Ship it" but dident know there was a controversy around it. Not sure if I still want to read it now. I have heard the controversy around The love interest, still interested in reading that. I dident like Jane Unlimited either. I agree I think E lockharts series is better than her standalone, yeees I only read the first in her series but like it much more than her standalone books.
Hahaha I saw you were reading The Mister on goodreads and was like WHY. Now I know 😂 I actually had a copy of The Love Interest and then got rid of it because of all of the bad reviews. Now I wish I hadn’t! Great video ☺️
i can honestly say i've never heard anyone talk about the shitty representations of eastern europeans (especially eastern european women) we perpetuate, especially in america. thank you for mentioning it!!
Omg, I HATED the love interest. The plot sounded amazing, but everything about it sucked so hard. Funny enough, I loved Jane Unlimited lol. Until that ending of course, the ending was awful.
Wow! I have watched your videos of lowest rated, recommend and bothered. I think you are amazing for reading so many crappy books. I need to be hooked by the 3rd chapter. Props!
The Love Interest pissed me tf off at the endish when truths are revealed. It made it hard to come back around as things smoothed back out. I was just annoyed.
Hi! Your video popped up on my homepage and I’m glad I watched it! I really like how you review your videos, it’s nuanced and honest without being harsh. Instant subscribe! I look forward to more videos, have a nice weekend 💛
I just found your channel & I love your videos! You sound so intelligent when you speak about the books & I love how much detail you gave. Thank you!!! ♥️
EL James cannot write! I recall when 50 Shades first came out I picked up a copy at Costco. I read 20-30 pages and DNFd the book. In addition, I returned it to Costco and swore I'd never read another one of EL James books.
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who hated Ship It. I was so upset reading it and really wanted to throw the book against the wall multiple times. I tried to like it, but it just had so many problematic and unrealistic elements to it.
I’m going to try to write this but English is not my first language so I may sound like an idiot but I will try! I’m born and raised in Sweden so not Eastern Europe but there is so many times in American movies where a Swedish person is cast as a person from Eastern Europe because some Americans think that Swedish people can make a “good” Eastern European accent and its always a bad guy. Sweden is not Russia/Poland/Latvia etc we don’t speak the same language. If you want a Swedish actor/actress as the bad guy make the villain Swedish and let the actor/actress have an Swedish accent. So tired of villains being from Eastern Europe portrayed buy Swedish actors. And while they at it stop making Eastern Europen women whores! I can go on about how Hollywood portrays people from countries that don’t have english as their first language but then I’ll be here for weeks. I hope my rubbish English made sense. Btw love your videos and you always brighten my day when you upload.
umm i disagree you can totally write fanfic about real people (you do know bandom exists, right?). It just sort of like characters you make up but you use their names/likeness. but if you actually KNOW the people that's gonna be a YIKES from me.
it's doesn't personally bother me but i think that's because people aren't writing it about me. it just seems weird to write about real people sleeping together especially if those people have diff partners irl
@@chandlerainsley i understand feeling weird about it, i'd say it's not for everyone. Honestly writing fanfic about someone and their actual partner feels even more weird to me (although i have written/read some lol), but yeah. If someone wrote rpf about me i think i would just be amused, although i would try to avoid reading it haha.
The idea of writing genuinely about real people especially their sexual aspect of their lives is disturbing. Plus what you're describing sounds more like an AU which is used for characters and real people where certain aspects are changed to fit a narration but doing that with real people still feels odd, if you're going to do that then make an OC instead of making it feel like control of another person's life rather than a made up character
@@amemelia well most RPF is AUs and even the ones that aren't, I still consider them to be so, because there's no way for us to know 100% if something is true about a celebrity's life. Except, if i made an OC people wouldn't read it, because they wouldn't be invested in it. If i made up a story about a band or an actor, there's people who already like that band/actor, somer of whom will probably want to read it. You don't have to like RPF, i would never force people to like sth they are uncomfortable with, but ultimately it's just words on a screen, it doesn't harm anyone, and no one is required to read it. In the context of the book my issue is that this girl is writing fanfic about someone she actually knows, and publishing it instead of at the very least keeping it to herself. That to me crosses the line.
@@theaquinnwrites I mean if you're more invested in popularity of an AU then you could easily reference the celeb in your OC. Sexual AU crosses the line inc sexuality, consider 1D fanfiction and how that affected the band. People get too invested in the fake lifestyles they make up for celebs no wonder they become uncomfortable. No one cares if youd be fine with it, not everyone wants their life examined to a degree that ruins relationships because people become so obsessive
Nope, there's angel couples in the show and Castiel totally fucks a girl 🤷🏻♀️ also the chemistry between the characters is undeniable. Maybe Dean's not actually pan, but... it totally makes sense
So fun to watch you read the Love Interest! I remember reading it and enjoying it in like, the way one enjoys a very tropy fanfic-- pleasant (esp for the representation), and lacking in world building but overall not a total drag to read-- and then going on goodreads and seeing the Extremely Bad reviews and being vaguely confused. So I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking it was an okay 3-star read and not The Worst. :)
Yes to a lot of your thoughts about Ship It! That book frustrates me to no end. I also didn't love Jane, Unlimited but I liked it more than you did. I think it's worth reading if the concept appeals to you (I'm obsessed with the concept of alternate realities/choose your own adventure style books) but I think only some of the sections work and SPOILER WARNING I agree that it felt cheap for her aunt to be alive the whole time. Basically, I wanted more from it!
I just found your channel and your videos are really entertaining and I love how you talk about books and give your honest opinion and I will definitely subscribe now :-)
Lol look forward to hearing your review on The Mister, I got given this toilet paper book and haven’t picked it up yet until I heard a review.....you’re the first 🤔 is that a good thing or a bad thing...you decide. Can’t wait to hear your honest truth on them all
The book about demon heart is basically a girl writing about how she wants Dean and Cas to get together. I understand shipping something but what I am bothered by is like trying to force a gay relationship on two characters. I ship Destiel too but i would never want an actor to be uncomfortable. That's my biggest issue off the bat without even reading a book
I started Genuine Fraud on audio at the beginning of the year and I hated it so much I had to quit halfway through. I commend you for getting through it. I didn't like We Were Liars but at least I finished that one!
I enjoyed the love interest. I read the hard copy and listened to the audio book. I think a big part of what made me like it was Michael Crouch’s audio performance.
I actually sort of liked genuine fraud, but I'm a sucker for characters that are masters of disguise. Also, I read it on audiobook 1.5 speed during my commute, so I don't think I was paying much attention to the writing.
I was actually tempted to pick up unlimited because of the pretty cover (we’ve all been there, don’t judge me), but I got bored reading the description. Good thing I didn’t actually end up spending money on it lol
I haven’t read it and someone’s probably already said this but genuine fraud is actually supposed to be based on the talented me ripley.... so I kind assumed that her having killed her friend was just a given 😅 the fact that that’s ‘the big twist’ is kind of a let down!
I don't remember We Were Liars very well, it was quite a while ago since I read it. I think I liked it overall but had some nitpicks. I think the plot is somewhat predictable and definitely clichéd.
I'm almost certain ship it came from the once upon a time fandom, the tantrums when one of the actors said that were terrifying. But at least the show didn't give into the tantrums, the harassing everyone involved, the telling gay teens they were self-loathing homophobes if they didn't ship these two women etc etc
The Love Interest has been on my tbr for some months now! I didn't even know it was low rated, I haven't seen any reviews for it but the premise sounds really interesting. While you review definetly wasn't glowing, it still makes me optimistic that it was the highest out of the 5 bad books
I really like this idea, and I think I'm gonna do this for myself. I've been trying to clean out my TBR list, but I think I've deleted everything I know I'll never pick up and now it's time to start reading them. But keep myself from losing my mind with rage and boredom, I'm going to read the 3 lowest ranked books and then the 3 books I've had on my list the longest.
I don’t think I could ever put myself through reading the lowest rated books on my TBR because I’d end up just... not reading. 😂 Really proud of you for sticking with it and only DNFing one of five is impressive!
I agree with your thoughts on love interest, it was so interesting like 65/70% of the way thru (wasn’t a fan of the writing style though) but the rest was so boring it killed the book for me
I think the idea of Jane unlimited is so cool! I knew that the five storylines would be five different genre and I really enjoyed trying to figure out what genre it is! I just don’t like the writing and how immature it is.
I just discovered your channel with this video and I love 1) your voice 2)the way you express your thoughts and give your opinions on books soooo great (much better than just saying oh it was bad lmao) and just great. I can't wait to go watch your wrap ups. Love it subbed immediately.
Hmm, that Jane, unlimited book sounds like something really up my alley concept wise...I might try reading it to see if its really that bad! Thanks so much for your videos, I'm really enjoying them these days. Also, slightly off topic but I love how you talk-it's so clear and fast
super bummed to hear you didn’t love jane, unlimited. that’s a book that i’ve been really excited to read for a while. love this video idea so much and i’m so excited to see the inverse of it! 💛
i absolutely ADORED jane unlimited and genuine fraud but your thoughts were super interesting for me to think about in terms of reflecting on why i enjoyed them!
If Anne Hathaway and Leighton Meester had a baby, this would be her.
Ral Deaver she does kind of look like Anne Hathaway!
She looks like Brenna D’Amico
I love it
Now I can't unsee that.
I've never read anything more accurate wow
That Ship It book sounds like it should be renamed “Yikes: the book”
YES
idk why everyone raved abt it tbh
How did this get published when I've read waaaay higher quality fanfiction
Nothing compares to book readers and how they speak. Everyone seems to love and feel comforted by ASMR but when I’m highly anxious or I want to sleep, I come to book tube, solely because book readers speak 100% better than most people it’s great
OMG! This is true! I never thought about it, but I've always enjoyed how booktubers talked and thought they were good communicators. Definitely makes sense since they read so much!
Same! I’ve found book/story podcasts like The New Yorker: Fiction to be helpful too.
Author: Let's write a book about gay people
Author: includes a public outing
People: Get mad
Author: surprised pikachu face
Chandler: I think we can all agree this is kind of gross: you don't write fanfiction about real people.
Anna Todd: and I oop
Yeahhhh I was thinking that, there’s literally thousands of real people fanfiction stories on Archive of Our Own 😅
Reading the bad goodreads reviews of Ship It is wonderfully entertaining. Also yes, don't write fanfiction about real people. Looking at you Anna Todd and "After".
Fanfiction r kinda creepy about real people *harrystyles* didn't deserve this
Yes, Thank you!!!!!!!!! Especially when it portrays the person as some abusive, manipulative sociopath...
@afootineachworld are there no laws about this? Even if they are celebrities it still feels like a violation of your being. Imagine someone writing these stuff about you...
Also looking at all the "SeptiPlier" authord. There are times when I feel really bad for those two.
@@imibee5184 as long as it's not presented as real facts and dont use their image, not really. A real person's name can't be trandemarked or copyrighted, and of course fans who do these things are super engaged and spend a lot of money so companies don't care about suing for photo edits and etc.
The shipp it author was a staff writer on the first 3 seasons of Riverdale. I adore the cast, they have my whole heart but loathe the show. The showrunner is a hack, doesnt know what hes doing and because of him the cast recieves the most hate and flack online. People forget that they dont write the show, they do want they told and try to their job with what they are given. The cast has jokingly stated that the writers changes plot lines, ignore and forget on the fly
I despise the show, but don't blame the cast. They haven't done anything wrong and even they seem fairly confused as to what's going on.
@@lilyreyes9565 Same
I think people don’t like their acting on the show... I understand they only act that way because it fits the show’s look or whatever, but it’s not my cup of tea. I don’t hold that against them, though.
@@marchforth3515 that's okay. I loved them in in and other projects. Can the show be cancelled already so they can do other stuff lol
While the first season of Riverdale is a guilty pleasure and the rest is hot garbage, I don't blame the cast. They have no control over the writing. The producers and writers do. At the end of the day, actors are just people. Sometimes, like everyone else, they take on roles just for the paycheck, and it's reasonable to suspect the same with a lot of the cast in that series. That's also the same reason why I don't like trashing other authors who were in bad shows or movies like Robert Patterson.
Yes! As an Eastern European, I hate the trope of mail order brides and prostitution in media. That plot point is just used so poorly and fetishizes these women. An interesting plot would be an Eastern European mail order bride who deals with domestic violence or a prostitute who is being sex trafficked. You know, situations these women actually deal with. Just saying...there’s more interesting ways to incorporate stereotypes and make a point out of them...
as an eastern european - thank you !
I haven’t really read in books with Eastern Europeans. Can you tell me some of the stereotypes so I can be more aware ???
As another Eastern European, also thank you!
@@catuntaru2879 Thank you so much for informing me!!!!! I know what you're talking about now! I will definitely read that. I love reading accurate reps of different cultures!
As yet another Eastern European, I also have to say thank you. :)
@@thebookofkate812 Other stereotypes I've heard are: all the women are prostitutes, the majority lives in poverty, ties to the mafia and other criminal organizations, etc.
Telling my kids this was Anne Hathaway
m'AM
i love this comment
I don’t like fandoms and fangirls that focus on the ship of two characters way too much, instead of the actual story itself. It’s really damaging to the people who are creating the story, because it pressures the writers/storyboard artists to change how they originally planned it. I’ve seen so many great stories degrade just to appeal to those fans. Those stories start 1. Queerbaiting 2. Changing character development just so the ship everyone wants ends up together.
If you’re a fan of something, you’d accept it as how it is and how it’s authentically intended to be. Writing fan fiction is cool, and fandom stories are also cool, but please don’t harass writers and actors just because they didn’t write or agree to the story in the way you wanted it. It’s not cool.
Do the highest rating on your TBR pleease can't wait hope you enjoy them all
coming in 2020 :)
@@chandlerainsley *checks watch* oop it's 2020 let's go
She’s so fricken pretty
man i’m not gonna lie...i loved Jane Unlimited lmao. the physical book DOES have chapter headings so that confusion can be eliminated when you read the book (i’m an audiobook listener too but DAMN that book would be confusing in audio form)
My cat always stares at the screen when your outro plays because she hears the birds chirping and is just like "birbs?" its my favorite
Rad Brooke tell your baby I said hi!
... yup, Eastern Europeans (and Slavs in general) are aware of it :) thank you for bringing the topic up, I've never heard anyone do it before!
There are so many fanfiction about the actors in the show (supernatural) its crazy. I find it creepy but yeah xD
How weird is that for the actors like :/
@Amirah Garces As someone who is also in the fandom, I also agree. It's one thing to write fan-fiction about the characters but about the actors.. not right imo.
@@ginahatim3088 Well, no most of the fandom is not horrible to their wives and I dont know what you're talking about witht he homophobic towards lesbians/action gay men. A small part of the fandom is crazy and does that. It was the same with Glee with the Kurt/Blaine pairing. One actor was gay and his boyfriend got hate and the other was straight and his girlfriend got hate. Crazys are everywhere.
What's really creepy is when they have an incestuous story with the brothers falling in love. And the having Castiel join them... I wonder what goes on people's minds...
@@imibee5184 ahha Wincest xD omg. That is such a big part of the fa dom that the writers put some joke about it in the show. Im happy i was in this fandom for 5 years it prepared me for the my new fandom now xD incest again. You do you xD but Whyyyyyyýyyyyy
@@imibee5184No kdding... some people take this "shipping" business to some rather uncomfortable places.
I don't know what ship I'm more appalled by, The brothers you speak of or that of Rick and Morty... I'm leaning towards the latter though. At least both Winchester brothers are consenting adults.
I LOVED we were liars by e lockhart. Going in it blind is the best
Genuine fraud is absolutely terrible. It's the only one of those that I've read and it's absolutely terrible.
only chan would read shit tier content to give us god tier content and for that I say THANK YOOOOU!!! ❤
Maybe there is enough representation but just not in the shows that were already existing before gay marriage and couples began to be shown in the media. My personal pet peeve is how the media now makes the minority character also the gay character like that is the only way to do so.
It's kind of crazy that you don't have more subscribers! I love listening to you talk and the way you explain your problems with these books is very clear and understandable. I'm probably going to watch a ton of your videos now.
haha thank you! i've only been here a year :)
Wow, I just came here for the bookish content and all of a sudden it's crossing into the SPN fandom :D.
I'm a Destiel shipper, but I honestly never forced it. And as soon as you talked about what the book is about I had to roll my eyes, because of course this would be about Jensen (who plays Dean) saying Dean is not gay. There are still people in the fandom who call him homophobic because of that and it's old history. So just the fact that someone decided to write a book about it makes me wanna bash my head against the wall :D.
He's not homophobic he's just not gay 🤦♂️
@@jude8067 I know that, trust me. I get so tired of people bashing him. For the record though, him claiming Destiel is not real has nothing to do with him being or not being gay. It just has to do with his understanding of the character that he plays and as such is probably the highest authority you can get on that subject (it's certainly not the writers of the show, since they can't even get their canon straight - no pun intended :D).
Honestly I don’t know much about this but from my understanding Jensen should be able to say whatever he wants because it’s his own opinion and it isn’t harming anyone.
@@jude8067 Oh, please. I’ve never fangirled over an actor as hard as he did meeting Dr. Sexy, and I’m known for my fangirling.
@@JeantheSecond i was just saying, i know how it feels and he is close with the character, he could be wrong but a writer would be the one to know
Ship It is probably my least favorite book. After reading the synopsis, I was super excited to read it. As I went through, I noticed some problems and the plot wasn’t really interesting me anymore, but it was an easy read so I kept going. As someone who identifies as pan, I was so excited to see representation for the first time! That was, until the public outing scene. As someone of the lgbt+ spectrum, Tess should have known better. The scene disgusted me, but more than that I was heartbroken. The first example of pan rep in YA was ruined in a monumental way. If you’re going to handle important topics, do it right.
Haha I love this video!!! I also actually kind of enjoyed The Love Interest, I feel like it was kind of self aware that it wasn’t great, and it’s a guilty pleasure for sure, I don’t hate it like everyone else seems to hate it haha, glad you found at least one book that you liked! 😌
i generally follow ratings but some i really disagree with tbf. and sometimes when i read negative reviews they’re negative for the most ridiculous reasons (some people don’t like characters having flaws which makes me? but okay lmao)
anything less than 3.5 pushes me away but there are some highly rated books that arent great in my opinion so it rlly varies i guess
You're gorgeous and this video is super well done- how have I never heard of you? New sub
I love these, event if some of books are bad 😂, i would to see this with holiday/event pick, like 5 with christmas theme, or new year, or thanksgiving or halloween or something like that. And I read 5: recommade by friends/family, followers (youtube, instagram), that would be so fun to watch. I looking forward to the highest rated book, they have to be better 😂
I love your themed vlogs 😭 They're so fun and inspiring! Also, I had no idea EL James had even come out with another book but it makes sense that it would flop so bad 👀 Lets be honest, the only reason Fifty Shades had a good storyline was because it was originally twilight fanfic 🤷🏼♀️
“Y’all really thought I was gonna read this fuckin’ book?” You’re right, I AM a clown😂great vid hon, looking forward to the next one!
As an eastern european IT SUCKS AND HURTS to only be au pairs and wives :/
Huh, heard of "Ship it" but dident know there was a controversy around it. Not sure if I still want to read it now. I have heard the controversy around The love interest, still interested in reading that.
I dident like Jane Unlimited either.
I agree I think E lockharts series is better than her standalone, yeees I only read the first in her series but like it much more than her standalone books.
Hahaha I saw you were reading The Mister on goodreads and was like WHY. Now I know 😂 I actually had a copy of The Love Interest and then got rid of it because of all of the bad reviews. Now I wish I hadn’t! Great video ☺️
haha i enjoyed the love interest but you're not missing out lol
Well i wasnt expecting one of my favourite booktubers to mention eastern europe but thank you ❤
The love interest was okay but the ending sucked and just felt so rushed and unrealistic
i can honestly say i've never heard anyone talk about the shitty representations of eastern europeans (especially eastern european women) we perpetuate, especially in america. thank you for mentioning it!!
I totally wanna do this now! I’m interested to see what’s actually on my lowest rated 👀
God. I'm from Albania and whenever I see any mention of The Mister by EL James, I legitimately have a heart attack. Just awful.
I had to ask my mother for the Albanian translations and then explained the plot.She looked like she swallowed a lemon.
@@barbara9315 wow. That's how u find the very best books!!
I could use the salt from this video on my fries. 😂 Sucks that pretty much all of these were meh but I also don’t know what we expected? 😪
Ooh I haven't heard of any of these but the love interest actually does sound pretty interesting!
it was pretty fun!!
Omg, I HATED the love interest. The plot sounded amazing, but everything about it sucked so hard. Funny enough, I loved Jane Unlimited lol. Until that ending of course, the ending was awful.
Wow! I have watched your videos of lowest rated, recommend and bothered. I think you are amazing for reading so many crappy books. I need to be hooked by the 3rd chapter. Props!
chandler: "u don't write fanfiction about real people, that's gross"
me: *thinking about the fanfiction i wrote about justin bieber when i was 12*
The Love Interest pissed me tf off at the endish when truths are revealed. It made it hard to come back around as things smoothed back out. I was just annoyed.
I had the same reaction to the Love Interest and the end seemed to wrapped up too quickly and too easily. I am glad you had at least 1 enjoyable book!
I'm glad The Love Interest wasn't as bad as its ratings! It's on my TBR so I might give it a try.
Hi! Your video popped up on my homepage and I’m glad I watched it! I really like how you review your videos, it’s nuanced and honest without being harsh. Instant subscribe! I look forward to more videos, have a nice weekend 💛
thank you!!
I just found your channel & I love your videos! You sound so intelligent when you speak about the books & I love how much detail you gave. Thank you!!! ♥️
C:”just don’t know wat to do wit my life”
Me: same.
C: “I don’t give a fuck”
Me: same tbh
New to your channel and only a few minutes into this video but your eyes are beautiful!
ah thank you!
So many of my favorites have low ratings on Goodreads lol
Demanding writers/creators/authors of various media to enforce fan culture is fetishising us gay and trans people. It needs to stop.
EL James cannot write! I recall when 50 Shades first came out I picked up a copy at Costco. I read 20-30 pages and DNFd the book. In addition, I returned it to Costco and swore I'd never read another one of EL James books.
4:09 "ok so first of all...i get why ppl hate this book" i- lmaooo me
I tried to read genuine fraud when it came out and HAD to dnf it, it was so bad
You’re so brave. This is like challenging yourself and the objective is to not let them put you in a slump
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who hated Ship It. I was so upset reading it and really wanted to throw the book against the wall multiple times. I tried to like it, but it just had so many problematic and unrealistic elements to it.
You're so eloquent!
thank you!!
I’m going to try to write this but English is not my first language so I may sound like an idiot but I will try!
I’m born and raised in Sweden so not Eastern Europe but there is so many times in American movies where a Swedish person is cast as a person from Eastern Europe because some Americans think that Swedish people can make a “good” Eastern European accent and its always a bad guy. Sweden is not Russia/Poland/Latvia etc we don’t speak the same language. If you want a Swedish actor/actress as the bad guy make the villain Swedish and let the actor/actress have an Swedish accent. So tired of villains being from Eastern Europe portrayed buy Swedish actors. And while they at it stop making Eastern Europen women whores!
I can go on about how Hollywood portrays people from countries that don’t have english as their first language but then I’ll be here for weeks. I hope my rubbish English made sense.
Btw love your videos and you always brighten my day when you upload.
that totally made sense! and is super frustrating, i feel ya
umm i disagree you can totally write fanfic about real people (you do know bandom exists, right?). It just sort of like characters you make up but you use their names/likeness. but if you actually KNOW the people that's gonna be a YIKES from me.
it's doesn't personally bother me but i think that's because people aren't writing it about me. it just seems weird to write about real people sleeping together especially if those people have diff partners irl
@@chandlerainsley i understand feeling weird about it, i'd say it's not for everyone. Honestly writing fanfic about someone and their actual partner feels even more weird to me (although i have written/read some lol), but yeah. If someone wrote rpf about me i think i would just be amused, although i would try to avoid reading it haha.
The idea of writing genuinely about real people especially their sexual aspect of their lives is disturbing. Plus what you're describing sounds more like an AU which is used for characters and real people where certain aspects are changed to fit a narration but doing that with real people still feels odd, if you're going to do that then make an OC instead of making it feel like control of another person's life rather than a made up character
@@amemelia well most RPF is AUs and even the ones that aren't, I still consider them to be so, because there's no way for us to know 100% if something is true about a celebrity's life. Except, if i made an OC people wouldn't read it, because they wouldn't be invested in it. If i made up a story about a band or an actor, there's people who already like that band/actor, somer of whom will probably want to read it. You don't have to like RPF, i would never force people to like sth they are uncomfortable with, but ultimately it's just words on a screen, it doesn't harm anyone, and no one is required to read it.
In the context of the book my issue is that this girl is writing fanfic about someone she actually knows, and publishing it instead of at the very least keeping it to herself. That to me crosses the line.
@@theaquinnwrites I mean if you're more invested in popularity of an AU then you could easily reference the celeb in your OC. Sexual AU crosses the line inc sexuality, consider 1D fanfiction and how that affected the band. People get too invested in the fake lifestyles they make up for celebs no wonder they become uncomfortable. No one cares if youd be fine with it, not everyone wants their life examined to a degree that ruins relationships because people become so obsessive
I’m like 5 hours into this Chandler backlog readathon and am having a TIME! Loving it.
honestly i'm praying 4 u
@@chandlerainsley 🤣
Castiel shipping? Really? I thought the Angels were asexual for the most part? Great video.
Nope, there's angel couples in the show and Castiel totally fucks a girl 🤷🏻♀️ also the chemistry between the characters is undeniable. Maybe Dean's not actually pan, but... it totally makes sense
i loved this video! thank you for reading these so i don't have to (-:
So fun to watch you read the Love Interest! I remember reading it and enjoying it in like, the way one enjoys a very tropy fanfic-- pleasant (esp for the representation), and lacking in world building but overall not a total drag to read-- and then going on goodreads and seeing the Extremely Bad reviews and being vaguely confused. So I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking it was an okay 3-star read and not The Worst. :)
Yes to a lot of your thoughts about Ship It! That book frustrates me to no end.
I also didn't love Jane, Unlimited but I liked it more than you did. I think it's worth reading if the concept appeals to you (I'm obsessed with the concept of alternate realities/choose your own adventure style books) but I think only some of the sections work and SPOILER WARNING I agree that it felt cheap for her aunt to be alive the whole time. Basically, I wanted more from it!
I just found your channel and your videos are really entertaining and I love how you talk about books and give your honest opinion and I will definitely subscribe now :-)
Lol look forward to hearing your review on The Mister, I got given this toilet paper book and haven’t picked it up yet until I heard a review.....you’re the first 🤔 is that a good thing or a bad thing...you decide. Can’t wait to hear your honest truth on them all
Toilet paper book ahahah 😂
I'm literally playing two dots while watching this video
im playing two dots on my phone while i reply to this on my computer. legend shit
The book about demon heart is basically a girl writing about how she wants Dean and Cas to get together. I understand shipping something but what I am bothered by is like trying to force a gay relationship on two characters. I ship Destiel too but i would never want an actor to be uncomfortable. That's my biggest issue off the bat without even reading a book
The book*
I started Genuine Fraud on audio at the beginning of the year and I hated it so much I had to quit halfway through. I commend you for getting through it. I didn't like We Were Liars but at least I finished that one!
the love interest is on my tbr, and I still really wanna read it, we'll see when I get to it
I HATED genuine fraud, I cannot think about it without raging
I enjoyed the love interest. I read the hard copy and listened to the audio book. I think a big part of what made me like it was Michael Crouch’s audio performance.
I actually sort of liked genuine fraud, but I'm a sucker for characters that are masters of disguise. Also, I read it on audiobook 1.5 speed during my commute, so I don't think I was paying much attention to the writing.
Why is genuine fraud rated so low? I loved it so much!
“I’ve been cat fishing you.” ~looks exactly the same~
I was actually tempted to pick up unlimited because of the pretty cover (we’ve all been there, don’t judge me), but I got bored reading the description. Good thing I didn’t actually end up spending money on it lol
your videos are always sooo aesthetically pleasing and well put together
i love you and your channel. thank you SO much for introducing me to the Darkly Madly Duet series 💗
I haven’t read it and someone’s probably already said this but genuine fraud is actually supposed to be based on the talented me ripley.... so I kind assumed that her having killed her friend was just a given 😅 the fact that that’s ‘the big twist’ is kind of a let down!
I don't remember We Were Liars very well, it was quite a while ago since I read it. I think I liked it overall but had some nitpicks. I think the plot is somewhat predictable and definitely clichéd.
saljsalsjd ur buildup to the mister and then being like SIKE was,,,,,, yes
I'm almost certain ship it came from the once upon a time fandom, the tantrums when one of the actors said that were terrifying. But at least the show didn't give into the tantrums, the harassing everyone involved, the telling gay teens they were self-loathing homophobes if they didn't ship these two women etc etc
The Love Interest has been on my tbr for some months now! I didn't even know it was low rated, I haven't seen any reviews for it but the premise sounds really interesting. While you review definetly wasn't glowing, it still makes me optimistic that it was the highest out of the 5 bad books
I really like this idea, and I think I'm gonna do this for myself. I've been trying to clean out my TBR list, but I think I've deleted everything I know I'll never pick up and now it's time to start reading them. But keep myself from losing my mind with rage and boredom, I'm going to read the 3 lowest ranked books and then the 3 books I've had on my list the longest.
I don’t think I could ever put myself through reading the lowest rated books on my TBR because I’d end up just... not reading. 😂 Really proud of you for sticking with it and only DNFing one of five is impressive!
thank you!!! audiobooks really helped me get thru it lol
Genuine fraud is not. Good book, but We Were Liars is one of my favorite books! I absolutely adored it, so if you haven't, you should give it a shot.
I agree with your thoughts on love interest, it was so interesting like 65/70% of the way thru (wasn’t a fan of the writing style though) but the rest was so boring it killed the book for me
I think the idea of Jane unlimited is so cool! I knew that the five storylines would be five different genre and I really enjoyed trying to figure out what genre it is! I just don’t like the writing and how immature it is.
oh interesting! i thought the writing was a little overdone but i could see how it could be immature!
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Distracted by your kitty in the background stealing all the attention!
I just discovered your channel with this video and I love 1) your voice 2)the way you express your thoughts and give your opinions on books soooo great (much better than just saying oh it was bad lmao) and just great. I can't wait to go watch your wrap ups. Love it subbed immediately.
ah thank you so much!
12:21 commutes, haha, remember those?
Hmm, that Jane, unlimited book sounds like something really up my alley concept wise...I might try reading it to see if its really that bad! Thanks so much for your videos, I'm really enjoying them these days. Also, slightly off topic but I love how you talk-it's so clear and fast
super bummed to hear you didn’t love jane, unlimited. that’s a book that i’ve been really excited to read for a while. love this video idea so much and i’m so excited to see the inverse of it! 💛
Wow. When Wendy Williams read the first few lines of _The Mister_ on her show, I assumed it was from the woman's perspective.
Did anyone else actually get surprised when she didn’t read the mister?
The whinnie the poo one in jane unlimited is super creepy
i absolutely ADORED jane unlimited and genuine fraud but your thoughts were super interesting for me to think about in terms of reflecting on why i enjoyed them!
I keep hearing her say d and f in her videos, but what does it mean?
dnf= did not finish