WELL SHIT | A "Well Met" Rant Review | ivymuse
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Heya, I just read "Well Met", a new adult romance, and have some things to say. I hope you enojy this rant review, let me know your thoughts in the comments! xx
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I’m surprised you didn’t mention the part where Chris hires one of Simon’s students to help out in the cafe and Emily immediately thinks this must mean she’s getting fired, which is already a ridiculous conclusion in itself, but then she somehow thinks that since Simon played a part in hiring her supposed replacement, he only considers her a fling who’s going to be leaving at the end of summer. That part really pissed me off, they had never even discussed whether she would be staying or not.
That illustration of a couple on the cover looks like they are from Just Dance or something
Haha you're right!! 😂
I swear... it's like a never ending cycle with every book I read and you review:
Step 1: Read book.
Step 2: Love book and give 4-5 stars.
Step 3: Theresa reads book.
Step 4: Theresa reviews book and gives 1-2 stars.
Step 5: I read/listen to Theresa's review.
Step 6: I realize book is trash.
Step 7: I realize I am trash because I still love book.
ivymuse throughout the video:
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As a Brit, yes, we do say 'that's well shit' so it fits just perfectly.
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I hated that she labeled Mitch as dumb person because he is handsome, muscular and well liked guy....
P.S. I agree book should have ended when they first got together and talked it out. It felt like an ending so much that I skipped to epilog...
Yes, she's such a bitch honestly 🙈💀
Yesss I love your book reviews! It's very refreshing that you often have different opinions to the majority of other booktubers.
I love listening to your rants! I haven't read any recent books but I notice in a lot of these rant reviews that there's a lot of telling not showing. It's very problematic. Why can't character traits be SHOWN instead of TOLD to us? Just a quick way of writing instead of putting in work, I guess...
Yeah, that's a huge problem for me!! It's such lazy writing 🙈
I personally loved this book!
I'm currently 10 chapters into the audiobook for this and I agree 10000% about Emily! She is AWFUL. Simon's never said nor done anything rude to her and she keeps saying how much of a criticizing asshole he is. Her intense dislike towards him is completely unfounded. I'm liking the concept of the story and the other characters so far, but wow Emily drags the whole thing down a lot.
I haven't started watching yet but I already love the title
i love ur long talking videos 😭💗
I like when you shit on books that everyone on booktube loves.
Also, your hair looks awesome.
Thank you 😊❤️
I just finished this book today. My favorite part (spoiler alert I guess for other viewers who still might want to read this book) is when they have their big climactic argument because Emily tells Simon his business partner Chris is leaving town and she'll be taking over the coffee shop, leaving out the part that Chris will be coming back to town in a few months. So of course Simon panics and thinks he won't be able to carry on the Ren Faire without Chris's help. And then Emily says pretty much verbatim that he needs to get over his dead brother and stop living in the past and stop investing so much energy in the Faire, and oh my god why isn't he happy about the fact that this means she'll be staying in town? Why didn't he react immediately to her good news? Why did he focus immediately on the potential loss of this Faire that means very much to him? And then her friend/coworker and sister tell her she did nothing wrong, and she was right to demand to be put first. 🤡 I was like, "Honestly, if I were Simon, I'd run the hell away from her."
So....... I 5 starred this book 🤐 But I have a reason lol I went to a Renaissance faire the same week I read it, and in my review I actually said it probably didn't deserve that high a rating. But while I was reading it, I was so immersed in the faire atmosphere because I had just been there, that it just made me happy. So basically, it got extra points for nostalgia? 😅 But all of your points were totally valid and I loved the video even though I had a different opinion on the book 😁
your reviews are the best, I swear 😂
I just read this book and THANK YOUUUU for being a normal human being and hating it!! This read as a fanfiction and I can’t believe a publishing house picked this up and MORE of the author’s books after this!! I’d be so embarrassed to put this book out into the world. Also, the entire chapter-long sex scene??? What a drag. I had my fiancé read it out loud to me so we could at least laugh together lol
I DIED laughing when Emily had to ask what jousting was… like FOUR pages after she claimed to know exactly what Shakespeare was doing in 1602 and specific details about the time period. 😅 and her not knowing what acting is, apparently.
Apparently, I'm masochistic. I'm reading Well Met right now. I don't mind the misunderstandings that much, but it seems that I hate books about people who love books. So they both like Shakespeare? You don't say, that's so unusual among English graduates 🙄 and now she's telling him "The annotated Austen is good. It's smart to assign that one. The explanations give their kids a good start to understanding the text better" THANK YOU, captain obvious. He's only an English teacher, he surely didn't know that already 🙄
“What’s the opposite of self-flagellation? I think it’s a word you can get demonitized for but uhm you can think of it yourself”
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Best Part was when you mentioned that you don't want this book in your house 😂
Really enjoyed your video, i hope filming had helped you to get over your reading experience with it 😂
Wish you a fun and enjoable reading time with your next one.
It definitely did, it's so cathartic! 😆
I went off on a lengthy blog post rant about this book that I started to think was too long and I didn't even TOUGH all the double standards about Mitch! That went right over my head! You made some great points, might be jumping my rating from two stars down to one.
I'm positive the author has already watched this video. Proof: the dislike count. If it increases it's her relatives.
I'm not even 30 pages in and i'm dropping the book cause i can't stand Emily, and the way she was offended by Simon for no reason, glad someone agrees
I laughed my head off! You are so funny!!
I love your rant reviews! I would watch you trash my favourite book
Haha what is it, maybe I will 😂
ivymuse mine is The Secret History by Donna Tartt 😁 I feel like you wouldn’t dislike that book though! It’s a masterpiece in my opinion..
@@ivymuse hard to pick, but I am loving Circe at the moment 🙂
This was hilarious! Loved this review and thank god I watched it and saved my time! Removing from tbr haha
You’re so funny 😂 Btw would love to see a video about romance books you’ve actually liked (if you haven’t done one already) as I feel like you’d have a good taste in those 👌
I'd love to do one, but so far I haven't read enough good ones for a whole video 😂
@@ivymuse I don't blame you, I struggle to find good ones as well 😂
Hello dear Ivymuse,
I have to admit that this was a funny rant to listen to XD
But I have a question: have you ever read a book that revolves around a romance between two absolutely distorted characters? I'm really curious.
I'm asking because from the way you described Simon I saw a fundamentally major mental deterioration within this character that might have potentially lead to those outbursts with little to no sense in them. Even the main character seems to be suffering from some kind of "mental" state.
Both Mains in this story therefore represent two extremes in my opinion. It almost seems as if the author forces you to pick which of the two significantly different minds you prefer.
I personally would never read the story XD ... because yea... it did sound awkward to say the least. Moreover it seems to be lacking several notions for it to be called a good or outstandingly amazing book... but the aspect I mentioned in the previous paragraph was what I could grasp from your depiction. I'm not sure if that was the author's intention, but I think it adds an interesting nuance to this story.
In any case,
I adore your videos
I feel like her and Mitch would’ve been
a better match since they had such big personalities.
Gah what a literary goddess. Subscribed!
I had the exact same feeling about this book! I kinda wish I'd seen your review before I bought this one...
I thought it was Han Solo fan fic bc of the dude on the cover. 😭😭😭
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I was very interested in this video, but the echo is so loud. Maybe it's just my earbuds though.
I had DF the book about maybe only 100 pages . The book got boring and the way she checked out the guys weirded me out . Good for you or finishing the book
I just finished this book. I wish ive seen this video before.. :( I regret so damn much
Love your reviews!
I like your videos. What do you think about old books. Are they still relevant or not‥ for you?
Definitely, I read a lot of older books :)
I laughed when I saw the title of the video. Very clever
This book has too much going on for no reason and it doesn’t even sound good
THE TITLE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Was he sleeping with her......../as/ his dead brother :/
Was thinking of reading it. Nope. Thanks for the great video though. Better than the book I am sure.
I feel misrepresented as someone who belongs to a cosplay pirate crew. This seems so unrealistic. What kind of person organizes a renaissance fair alone if it takes place multiple weeks in a row? That seems like something a team would do. The process also would create an interesting plot. As would actually making the fair realistic.
I haven't come across any people who completely changed their personality in self-created cosplays. Sometimes they create a background story, but they don't change their entire personality. That's way too difficult to keep up for days on end.
Also *channelling his brother's spirit* doesn't sound like a pirate, it sounds like a voodoo priest... Or is that just me?
Anyway. This book sounds like a shame. I'm already picky with my romances and the setting would've intrigued me a lot, but this review makes me not want to read it. In my words: This sounds like a lot of wasted opportunities.
Maybe I'll write a short story with the same setting, the idea has been there a while. Then again, maybe I won't. In any case, I won't do it like this. I agree with you a romance at least needs generally likeable characters.
thank you! I hated this book!
Lol.. Ur videos are awesome
This book is trash, I'm feeling better now that somebody thinks like me. Simon is a jerk and yes don't read this book. Thank you so much for your rant😘