Adele said this book "changed her life"... so of course I read it

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2021
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  • @youvegotnojams9596
    @youvegotnojams9596 2 года назад +5053

    A good idea would be if Jack read the books that Matilda read from the library. I want to hear his thoughts on that.

  • @madisonelizabeth329
    @madisonelizabeth329 2 года назад +2579

    “Isn’t that the name of Draco Malfoy’s sidekicks? Oh! Crabbe and Goyle!” I’m dying laughing and I’m only a few minutes in.

    • @chloesiv1247
      @chloesiv1247 2 года назад +15

      I was looking for this comment! I’ve been laughing about that for about 5 minutes now and replayed it like 3 times 😂

    • @liz-c39
      @liz-c39 2 года назад +3

      Took me out

    • @hannahritchie1235
      @hannahritchie1235 2 года назад +19

      It's the "sorry Glennon Doyle" 🤣

    • @RD-oo6yq
      @RD-oo6yq 2 года назад +1

      I was laughing so much that my mother had to peep into my room to make sure I was okay

  • @larirodrigues25
    @larirodrigues25 2 года назад +810

    I cannot believe Draco's sidekicks Glennon and Doyle have written a book, I didn't even knew that they could read

    • @kynedyr
      @kynedyr 2 года назад +24

      I'm here to say your comment
      *chef's kiss*

    • @MrsWolfsPaw
      @MrsWolfsPaw 2 года назад +13

      Doyle's got glasses

    • @schneggobart9220
      @schneggobart9220 2 года назад +2

      @@MrsWolfsPaw And glasses dont say anything about ones ability to read...

    • @MrsWolfsPaw
      @MrsWolfsPaw 2 года назад +4

      @@schneggobart9220 i'm sorry you didn't get the joke

    • @schneggobart9220
      @schneggobart9220 2 года назад +3

      @@MrsWolfsPaw sorry, i'm neurodivergent and have a hard time understanding jokes and sarcasm, especially in written form :((

  • @ssarahmooneyy
    @ssarahmooneyy 2 года назад +2666

    Can we talk about how Jack’s humor is absolutely golden

    • @dohaaymoon4096
      @dohaaymoon4096 2 года назад +13

      Not really it is excessive for my taste

    • @ssarahmooneyy
      @ssarahmooneyy 2 года назад +83

      @@dohaaymoon4096 then why are you commenting on and watching his video😂

    • @ttoharr
      @ttoharr 2 года назад +14

      @@dohaaymoon4096 it was tho.. I feel like he was a rlly funny person but now he’s just rlly critical and not in a nice way.. he has interesting concepts and that is why I watch it. I hope he’d get his thunder back:)

    • @dohaaymoon4096
      @dohaaymoon4096 2 года назад +7

      @@ttoharr I used be one of his old loyal viewers when he had 75,000 sub .. it sad to see how he had changed.. but it seems that he is popular and happy so good for him 👏

    • @jack_edwards
      @jack_edwards  2 года назад +355

      @@dohaaymoon4096 if you preferred my old content I’d recommend watching my second channel, where I post vlogs! This channel now focusses more on literary criticism + reviews, because that’s what I’m most interested in ☺️

  • @JanetSuzanne
    @JanetSuzanne 2 года назад +504

    “Everything in life snaps, crackles and pops.” Jack Edwards, 2021.

  • @PatrickSwayge
    @PatrickSwayge 2 года назад +591

    You should have a podcast where you discuss books just like this but in depth for an hour

    • @karinareis64
      @karinareis64 2 года назад +8

      y e s

    • @oa5538
      @oa5538 2 года назад +22

      but no more self help books please😭

    • @allisonroggen7773
      @allisonroggen7773 2 года назад +1

      I need this, I need English class with Jack more than I need water

  • @Jgfiugvuig
    @Jgfiugvuig 2 года назад +161

    7:17 “It doesn’t matter how you find the path, as long as you find it”
    My maths teacher obviously hasn’t read this book

  • @Ola..
    @Ola.. 2 года назад +3258

    I’m glad you touched on the criticism that this book has and will receive. I’d never heard of this book but I will say even just a few minutes into this review, I had already subconsciously dismissed it. As a black woman, I cannot read self help books by rich white women because it just shines a beaming light on the differences in experiences we have. It’s hard to deny or ignore the sheer amount of privilege in a book like this; not just for woc but less financially privileged people.
    I agree with your point about the dangers of dismissing something simply due to “privilege”, but sometimes it is something we do without even realizing that we are doing it and that makes it even more dangerous. But you calling me out really did help me in re-evaluating things past my initial gut “nope” reaction. I’m happy for Glennon and how she’s thriving with her methods and ideologies but I know in my heart, I could never digest this book. It would drive me insane. But I also refuse to dismiss her experience and path to self love simply because it doesn’t resemble my path. It’s a balance at the end of the day.

    • @Rahim-444
      @Rahim-444 2 года назад +2

      But i think now days black people made a huge step towards ending racism especially after the death of George Floyd .

    • @marcellastname6862
      @marcellastname6862 2 года назад +275

      @@Rahim-444 Hey bud you can hear a black woman say she has a different experience from rich white women in a comment section without immediately dismissing her experience. Hell if you truly believe that people paying attention to racism like a greater than average amount of people did last summer solves racism- why are you ignoring the opportunity to pay attention?

    • @marcellastname6862
      @marcellastname6862 2 года назад +79

      Ola I think this was a really good intelligent response to the subject at hand

    • @seline.michell
      @seline.michell 2 года назад +35

      @@Rahim-444 get out

    • @valeriavalentinazaratecard7767
      @valeriavalentinazaratecard7767 2 года назад +2

      Bruh 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @dr.faustus4123
    @dr.faustus4123 2 года назад +282

    "I'm out of job" - every literature major ever

    • @idunnn.h.3792
      @idunnn.h.3792 2 года назад +8

      Either out of a job or working as an English teacher. That would be me 😅

  • @kashviiijain
    @kashviiijain 2 года назад +2399

    jack i got u an idea! in Adele's interview with Vogue (73* questions) u can actually see her book shelf so idk maybe u can read those 😳 ( coz u r unhinged)

    • @triptinath5675
      @triptinath5675 2 года назад +26

      yes yes yes

    • @ElijahWatson
      @ElijahWatson 2 года назад +19

      THISSSS

    • @blaise31
      @blaise31 2 года назад +45

      Just bear in mind that Vogue apparently does a bit of set dressing for those shoots!

    • @jack_edwards
      @jack_edwards  2 года назад +1457

      Unfortunately those are set-dressing, either set up by Vogue or Adele’s interior designer. If you zoom in, you can tell that they’re all “coffee table books” about really really random stuff. Not a single novel (and Untamed itself isn’t on there) which is a little bit suss 👀 Otherwise I would’ve been ALL OVER IT

    • @hollyrose6508
      @hollyrose6508 2 года назад +405

      @@jack_edwards the fact that you genuinely did research that is everything Jack. Another amazing video and another book to put on my TBR that’ll help break the book ban 😭

  • @Candlekeepdeep
    @Candlekeepdeep 2 года назад +256

    My only issue with the self responsibility angle of self-help books is that as a chronically ill disabled person, my life is very much around my physical and mental health. There are things we can't just 'mind over matter' our way out of, and we do need support and community, which is something I think a number of self-help books fail to address.

    • @stellarae8257
      @stellarae8257 2 года назад +21

      as a fellow chronically ill disabled person, i agree with everything you said! kinda gives the same vibe as someone saying "choose joy" and im like, yeah but it's hard to be joyous when my joints are on fire lmao

    • @noone-gf5op
      @noone-gf5op Год назад +3

      yeah I feel like most self help books are about psychological blocks and limitations, and how to get over our mind's inabilities more than anything else. basically tackling the theme of when *we* are our own demise, or in this case - "disability", rather than tackling any hardship we may face.

  • @evenmytiredistired5330
    @evenmytiredistired5330 2 года назад +883

    The way you read so many books and still have a good eyesight is astonishing

    • @pozol5542
      @pozol5542 2 года назад +159

      he wears glasses/contact lenses sooo not such a good eyesight

    • @namitaseshadri2638
      @namitaseshadri2638 2 года назад +130

      his power is like -8 or something insane so yeah..no

    • @evenmytiredistired5330
      @evenmytiredistired5330 2 года назад +36

      @@namitaseshadri2638 really 💀!! Sorryyy

    • @sreeshmamuraleedharan88
      @sreeshmamuraleedharan88 2 года назад +16

      he doesnt-

    • @chelsey8737
      @chelsey8737 2 года назад +74

      Its a running joke about how bad his eyes are 🤣 he once lost/broke his glasses and ran out of contacts so he was blind for days

  • @SH-sw8bj
    @SH-sw8bj 2 года назад +2204

    Let’s be honest.. Jacks videos always make our days

    • @Stellar-Cowboy
      @Stellar-Cowboy 2 года назад +3

      You haven’t seen many other youtubers then

    • @strawshelly
      @strawshelly 2 года назад +9

      @@Stellar-Cowboy after 5 or more years watching youtube… jack is still my favorite youtuber & although i found out his channel, not that long ago… i like jack better than many many other youtubers.

    • @Stellar-Cowboy
      @Stellar-Cowboy 2 года назад

      @@strawshelly welp if you want the best youtubers I’ve come across since I’ve been watching yt, here are some:
      Lemmino
      Joe Scott
      Disrupt
      Pursuit of wonder
      Veritasium
      Vsauce
      Nile Red & Nile Blue
      Smarter every day
      Everyday Astronaut
      Barely sociable
      Marques Brownlee
      Tom Scott
      National geographic (and all its subsidies)
      Abroad in Japan
      Enes Yilmazer
      Mike Boyd
      Better ideas
      My mechanics

    • @nouraibrahim8051
      @nouraibrahim8051 2 года назад +4

      i get a mini boost of serotonin every time this man posts istg

    • @rashichoudhary2006
      @rashichoudhary2006 2 года назад +3

      Yes they do

  • @ursulaking4411
    @ursulaking4411 2 года назад +467

    My father once wrote something I said down and told me about how smart it was for years. Then I finally read what I'd said and...it was the Circle of Life from the Lion King. You know, the bit about the lion and the anthelope😅
    He totally believed that I came up with that on my own. I guess parents do that...

    • @ossswin
      @ossswin 2 года назад +21

      Oh my god that's fantastic

    • @Sk-wv1uv
      @Sk-wv1uv 2 года назад +6

      Hahaha that is amazing…

    • @larirodrigues25
      @larirodrigues25 2 года назад +24

      the problem starts when he did not watched the lion king

    • @StochasticGreen
      @StochasticGreen 2 года назад +20

      So true, the profound and wise words that comes out of kids you find out are just regurgitated things that they hear from other places like TV and other kids. If you actually then ask what they mean they usually don't have a clue. I mean kids though do have the best questions like why is the universe and what are tongues made out of (a recent gem from my 5 yr old) but conversations hardly read like a script.

    • @ursulaking4411
      @ursulaking4411 2 года назад +20

      @@larirodrigues25 the weird part is that he definitely did watch the Lion King. I think a father wanting to believe was stronger than his memory ahaha

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 года назад +194

    Not Jack making a connection between ’Glennon Doyle’ and ‘Crabbe and Goyle’. We love a good bit of Wordplay.

  • @scarlett4402
    @scarlett4402 2 года назад +73

    Watching that video of Adele meeting her English teacher made me tear up because I miss my old English teacher so much :(

    • @anneloes2
      @anneloes2 2 года назад +8

      If you remember them, find them online and send them a message! Teachers love hearing that stuff! (unless they've passed away, in which case I'm sorry.)

  • @michouvansluis4539
    @michouvansluis4539 2 года назад +31

    I love how you adressed the privilege of 'only having to worry about a divorce'. It's like Zadie Smith said in Intimations, pain is absolute. You can't compare it to someone else's pain. Even if you're privileged to the max, you will still go through the same emotions as any other human. Even if the pain is different.

  • @anjalishah2925
    @anjalishah2925 2 года назад +64

    When he was talking about the author not actually making conversations normal and losing touch with reality, all i could think about was "The Fault In Our Stars".
    Literally in that book too there was only philosophy and metaphors interfering even in most normal and common of the conversations lmao

  • @charityshumba6189
    @charityshumba6189 2 года назад +359

    Taylor swift works HARD. But Jack words HARDER because this man is posting videos like crazy lmao

  • @necrxmenace
    @necrxmenace 2 года назад +40

    i lost it at "isn't that draco malfoy's sidekicks?" oml

  • @laurenmiller149
    @laurenmiller149 2 года назад +266

    As someone with anxiety BUT has held many customer service positions in the past, I both painfully identify with and detest the cell phone section. I used to get extreme anxiety whenever I used or answered the phone; I've since grown out of it, forced to by work, but I can still empathize with anyone who feels this way, especially as our culture becomes ever more dependent on texting and emailing rather than phone calling and face-to-face conversation. All that said... Erica did not deserve to be called out like that lol. She's just trying to communicate with you-what this shows, in turn, is that you, Glennon, have not disclosed to Erica which forms of communication you're most comfortable with, so clearly Erica is not the only bad communicator in this friendship lol.

    • @callummclachlan4771
      @callummclachlan4771 2 года назад +4

      I used to be the same too. But I've accepted it and actually learnt to be pretty casual with them. I actually worry that I'm going to answer too casually to someone who I don't know like a potential employer.

    • @BlackCampariBlue
      @BlackCampariBlue 2 года назад +2

      same anxiety here :D my heart jumps everytime my ringtone goes off. Still, this is not the fault of the people calling me. One could argue that talking on the phone is at least more personal then writing a text message. Besides, as you pointed out regarding Glennon in your comment, most people don't know about my apprehension towards talking on the phone. So let's just say - this is my problem, not theirs, and I have to learn how to communicate my needs

    • @juliebean1910
      @juliebean1910 2 года назад +12

      You make excellent points! I think that if Glennon had talked about it differently, she could've avoided calling out her friend but still addressed the very real anxiety that phone calls can cause. I also wonder if she could just tell her friends and acquaintances, "Hey, phone calls make me really uncomfortable, so please don't call me. Or, warn me if you're going to call me at a certain time so I'm not caught off guard."

  • @janejones9071
    @janejones9071 2 года назад +256

    Ok 1. There is finally a book that I have read before jack 2. I’m so happy he gave an honest review of this book, it felt sooooo overhyped and while I enjoyed it and some parts were relevant I found quite a bit repetitive and somewhat condescending. ❤️ totally here for jack’s honesty and puns ❤️

    • @debraschnitzer8802
      @debraschnitzer8802 2 года назад +2

      Not my favorite but Eliabeth Gilbert is her friend. I hope she isn't like Gilbert and changes her life every few years and writes a book about it. This was only her second wonderful life.

    • @britbc4461
      @britbc4461 2 года назад +4

      Repetitive and condescending are such good words for this book!

  • @DorinaFarkas
    @DorinaFarkas 2 года назад +50

    The phone call part - I interpreted it as her telling us she has phone anxiety

    • @rh2219
      @rh2219 2 года назад +8

      Yeah, I haven't read this book yet, but my gut reaction to hearing that line was that it was many to be funny in it's delivery, and highlighting how anxiety feels instead of hey literally being upset at get friend for calling. Huge grain of salt there since I haven't read it but that makes sense with how kind this person seems to be

    • @jack_edwards
      @jack_edwards  2 года назад +59

      Agree but think she wrote it in a very obnoxious (and maybe quite nasty??) way - this was just an example of how the hyperbole in the book is a bit.... much

    • @amyg8176
      @amyg8176 2 года назад +7

      Of course, but the thing about phones these days is that she can…. Turn the sound off. Put it in airplane mode, or do not disturb. If the sound of the ring causes that much anxiety, change the sound.

  • @AnnabelleFr
    @AnnabelleFr 2 года назад +31

    I have read it last year and honestly cannot understand the praise it has gotten. There are so many good books out there with a similar concept but better execution that bring way more to the table.

  • @bhargavimurthy4638
    @bhargavimurthy4638 2 года назад +92

    Not even gonna skip the ad portion cus that’s gold too!

  • @hurricanetortilla2569
    @hurricanetortilla2569 2 года назад +219

    "anyway so the book is by glennon doyle"
    "isn't that the name of draco malfoy's sidekicks???"
    "...oh that's crabbe and goyle"
    JACK I- 💀💀💀

  • @azure113
    @azure113 2 года назад +19

    i loved the discussion you had about privilege. i feel like there’s a difference between asking someone to acknowledge their privilege and telling them that their privilege means they need to shut up.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 года назад +81

    “If it’s good enough for Adele, it’s good enough for me.” is a line that should apply to most things in life. Jack starting the video with an iconic line 👏🏽

  • @jenniejiang7672
    @jenniejiang7672 2 года назад +340

    HAHAH i started laughing in the first three seconds of this video: "THIS IS NOT A DRILL THIS IS NOT A DRILL ADELE HAS RECOMMENDED A BOOK"

  • @ana_lopez450
    @ana_lopez450 2 года назад +32

    This is my probably my fifth attempt on getting Jack to do a Hozier Book Recommendations 🥺🥺 c’mon Jack pleaseee 💕

  • @avni8277
    @avni8277 2 года назад +30

    I like that point so much. I too used to sort of expect to have conversations where I'll say something profound and I'll get an equally profound answer and it'll be a like a movie life changing moment, and I was a little frustrated when people kept saying the wrong things in those moments. Sometimes I couldn't put myself into words the way I had imagined.
    Now I feel so free as I've started to accept that it's not all polished and perfect all the time. People are imperfect in expressing themselves and it's wonderful to appreciate that while it's happening. Mostly the meaning comes to you more fully when you look back and reflect.

  • @lostinwonderart
    @lostinwonderart 2 года назад +106

    I used to work for a basketball team where they bought this book for every female employee (never even offered to buy it for the male employees 🤷🏻‍♀️). I just couldn’t. Ended up gifting it to someone who might like it. I always feel these types of books are there for people to have the appearance of depth in their personality, Oprah is famous for hopping from one to the other to the other of trendy self-help books. Maybe I’m jaded because I ran a bookstore for 13 years and saw so many of these things come and go, being bought from the same people, and seen these authors either being revealed as less than authentic to just scammers.

    • @kaylabunch6087
      @kaylabunch6087 2 года назад +11

      Exactly how I felt about this book.

  • @johannaisolde
    @johannaisolde 2 года назад +356

    To be honest, I think the idea that you are responsible for your own happiness and liberation is priviledged, because a lot of people don't have the financial means to divorce for example. What if you are financially dependant on your husband or wife? Of course I don't think you should dismiss the book or it's message because of that. I simply think that not everyone has the same oppurtunities to find happiness in life and we should acknowledge that. Adele is "solely" responsible for her "own joy, happiness and freedom" because she has the money to be.

    • @amyg8176
      @amyg8176 2 года назад +53

      Right. Money doesn’t buy happiness, but having money removes so much stress. How can you be truly happy if you’re always panicked about whether you can afford rent or food? Or if you’re being forced to carry out a pregnancy you don’t want, or you’re black and police exist?

    • @moonstruckfaye
      @moonstruckfaye 2 года назад +66

      It's also this kind of neoliberal bs that in the reverse this also means: if you don't succeed in life and are unhappy it's YOUR fault. You didn't work hard enough, you were not willing to make a change, you were not 'wild' enough...when often a lot of variables are out of your hands and depend on a system that is designed and dependant on keeping you down were you are.

    • @moonstruckfaye
      @moonstruckfaye 2 года назад +12

      @Stephanie Oh my glob yes, sure, obviously. But the one is about psychological coping mechanisms / a way to positively frame your life circumstances and the other about making you believe you can change your actual circumstances and if you don't succeed it is on you - and not the injustice of the systems we created and rich and privileged people uphold. That's two very different things and the "happy poor people" is just one of those narratives that exactly the people at the top love so much to keep the systems they profit off in place and people complacent. Don't get me wrong: I also don't think money buys happiness. I've seen enough miserable rich people and comparison will keep you unhappy no matter how much money you'll amassed, but I'd like to live in a world without Elon Musks and Jeff Bezoses and countless others who have built they're empire on the backs of the people they're telling that it's just a matter of working hard and relying on yourself and they're own genius.

    • @katenz100
      @katenz100 2 года назад +1

      @Storing up energy for the right thing that's one community. If you really get into the stat's and causes it's kinda bs. Because poverty stricken communities aren't often communities at all. They have higher rates of crime, gangs, and socio-economic deprivation. Vege stores are less common than bottle stores. Overwhelmingly people have poorer access to health services. Women are late presenting to maternity services and have poorer health outcomes for their children. Asthma is prevelant. But they can't afford inhalers. Overcrowding is prevelant. And because of that so are skin conditions and moist home environments.
      You watching a documentary about one happy community in deprivation doesn't mean that poverty stricken communities around the world is set up for happiness. The councils who run the towns could care less. They're not in a position to be developed for happiness.

    • @idonotresidehere.5709
      @idonotresidehere.5709 2 года назад

      @Storing up energy for the right thing @moonstruckfaye I mean you're both right. It's undeniable that it will be much harder to find happyness if you don't have access to things like shelter, healthy nutrition, and healthcare, but it's also true that it is possible to find some semblence of happyness without those things, and obviously you can have all those things and no happyness. It would be ridiculous to claim that your access to basic needs and wants isin't a huge part in your likelyhood of being happy, but it would also be foolish to think that it's as strightforward as poor=unhappy, rich=happy.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 года назад +33

    8:51 Children are more intelligent than we give them credit for but I get your point. It’s a thin line between parental delusion vs plain precocious.

  • @elizadaria3555
    @elizadaria3555 2 года назад +110

    Jack is basically stealing stars' taste in books and becoming more and more powerful booktube star, an icon. How smart is this guy!

  • @cloveskiwis
    @cloveskiwis 2 года назад +11

    I think when she talked about someone calling her phone being "such an aggressive act" it was really just her social anxiety talking. To me it felt pretty relatable and made me chuckle a bit.

  • @Chocolatetart88
    @Chocolatetart88 2 года назад +94

    I was hesitant about reading Untamed initially (as i’m not a big self help reader) but I honestly loved this book. It really helped me understand a lot of things about myself and I like how it addressed a number of issues. However, I can completely understand your criticisms - there were points where I took a step back. It has stayed with me and I would definitely recommend it.

  • @bonjosireads
    @bonjosireads 2 года назад +6

    7:31 took me out 😭😭 “👋🏻 divorce, babes, divorce! 👋🏻”

  • @annnaaabel
    @annnaaabel 2 года назад +8

    “The review section of this book looks like the Met Gala lineup.” - why did this get me. 😂

  • @Holly-ub5vn
    @Holly-ub5vn 2 года назад +3

    “I’d have it tattooed… on my scalp”
    idk why but specifically on the scalp just really got me 😭

  • @Andrea-rj7lp
    @Andrea-rj7lp 2 года назад +97

    I really did not like this book, it was way too "white feminism" "preachy" for me and it felt dishonest but glad to hear your thoughts! Love your videos Jack and love how you are living your best life in Paris.

  • @ariellediaz1227
    @ariellediaz1227 2 года назад +28

    Dnf'd this at like 10%. I couldn't stand her voice/attitude while I was reading it, and the beauty is nobody has to read things they aren't enjoying! Even if all the people around you love it, including Adele. I can see why this book had so much impact on her though. Thank you for your honest review.

  • @blu-om9zg
    @blu-om9zg 2 года назад +52

    This camera set up is really nice. It feels as if you're actually sat down with a friend discussing the book :>

  • @yellowismyhappycolor5650
    @yellowismyhappycolor5650 2 года назад +16

    we need a “I read every book Emma Watson recommended” 🍄

  • @anamarija9283
    @anamarija9283 2 года назад

    I appreciate the straightforwardness, and how concrete and understandable your descriptions are!

  • @Sobiaaaaaa
    @Sobiaaaaaa 2 года назад +11

    I remember the book from the book haul😭✋🏻

  • @emilym5870
    @emilym5870 2 года назад

    THANK YOU for articulating the thing about polishing conversations. I’ve always had a problem with it when I read but didn’t have the reasoning for why. Bless you

  • @hurricanetortilla2569
    @hurricanetortilla2569 2 года назад +27

    when i heard that adele recommended this book, i just knew our man jack would deliver and he DID

  • @irmak2898
    @irmak2898 2 года назад +52

    Jack is really spoiling us with all this incredible content

  • @jaco3394
    @jaco3394 2 года назад +3

    11:03 You put something that I've been thinking about a lot recently but couldn't articulate properly into words. I feel like discourse, especially online but also in media (whether it's books, TV, film etc.), is more and more about people shutting each other up rather than having actual conversations and it's so important to acknowledge that to make sure it doesn't become the norm.

  • @leen7704
    @leen7704 2 года назад +2

    I love love love your personality and humor like how can a person just think of saying genius and funny things every minute! happy I found your channel❤️

  • @lyncassady9868
    @lyncassady9868 2 года назад +35

    Soooo many important points here, thank you, Jack! :) I love what you say about privilege. I think called someone "privileged" is just not differenciated enough for the human experience. It's a lot more interesting and brings so much more clarity to look at what privileges a person has and what privileges they don't have. Glennon has for example: white privilege, she is able bodied, from a middle class background, she is cis and conventionally pretty. She doesn't have male privilege, she is a lesbian, she is probably neurodiverse. The thing is: her divorce is not Glennon's only problem - she describes how being raised as a a girl taught her to make herself smaller, quieter, more "perfect" according to other people's expectations. How early on she struggled with mental health issues, eating disorders, addiction. She denied herself her own sexuality. She had sex she didn't enjoy until she met her now wife. So there's quite a lot of trauma here, which obviously has a different kind of impact when you are part of even more marginalized groups. But her privileges don't make her trauma go away or make it easier in her lived experience. Plus: she is aware of her privileges. And uses them to lift up others. She grew up in a culture of appearances and perfect surfaces and decided to be radically vulnerable. Oh, about Erica: If you listen to the way Glennon talks, she often has a way of making things super big verbally, as a way of making fun of herself. So the way I read this part about cellphones, I'm pretty sure it's just meant to be funny. It matches her sense of humour online, her conversations with her wife on instagram are super funny. THANK YOU again for reading and talking about this book! And about Adele!

  • @CharliGirlMusic
    @CharliGirlMusic 2 года назад +1

    I'm about halfway through Untamed and put it down for a bit, needed a breather. On another note..."To Be Loved" broke me! So beautiful and heartbreaking!

  • @melimilka5666
    @melimilka5666 2 года назад +3

    Discovering your channel is definitely my biggest highlight of 2021 (even though you wrecked my TBR list:))

  • @IsabellaBoyne
    @IsabellaBoyne 2 года назад +1

    This was such a thoughtful and insightful review. Even though I haven't read this book your general thoughts were so thought-provoking!

  • @racheyt9196
    @racheyt9196 2 года назад

    I always look forward to Jacks reviews, the videos are so fun but his comments about the books are so insightful. What a talent he is!

  • @Salma-cq9mz
    @Salma-cq9mz 2 года назад

    Wonderful ideas Jack and the way u articulate them is just insane ... I love this 💚

  • @louise_411
    @louise_411 2 года назад

    Just want to say I love what your channel has become. Your videos are so so good - funny, relevant, ever evolving but they never lose sight of their purpose, integrity & authenticity. Your also just a joy to watch. Thank you :)

  • @jessiethorp
    @jessiethorp 2 года назад

    you are so intelligent. omg i could listen to you analyze any topic all day long. you make me excited to learn!

  • @justjulia1720
    @justjulia1720 2 года назад +2

    I'm on a random Jack Edwards binge for some reason, but I guess today my brain just decided it's Jacked Wards day, so yay.

  • @xsaltypeach
    @xsaltypeach 2 года назад +2

    im get really nervous and stressed when my phone rings so that part was kinda relatable

  • @hannahduerr1610
    @hannahduerr1610 2 года назад +4

    I think it’s important to note Glennon’s writing style here. She writes like she talks which is what makes the book so relatable. Obviously there’s pros and cons. When you talk about her comments on the phone ringing, it’s important to know that she’s being mostly satirical and sarcastic. She also has anxiety, and so the reality of this fear is possible but again she’s being “relatable” and funny.

  • @zuzuzuzuuuu
    @zuzuzuzuuuu 2 года назад +1

    i love your sense of humour and playing with words

  • @janetg3826
    @janetg3826 2 года назад +6

    jack! you need to go easy on me with all of these videos!! x

  • @sinkysibiya7322
    @sinkysibiya7322 2 года назад +2

    "Divorce, babes, divorce" 😭

  • @cozy_fern_
    @cozy_fern_ 2 года назад +143

    I HATED this book so much. I couldn’t even finish it. The author felt so out of touch and I didn’t care to read about her life as much as she wrote about it. It felt more like a memoir to me than a self help book. I might try and revisit it again, but the author really just left a bad taste in my mouth. As a queer person it really irritated me that she kept bringing up her marriage to a woman in such a way that it felt like she wanted a special badge for leaving her husband and marrying a woman. I’m glad she found love, and I love reading about queer love, but the way the author wrote about it just felt cringe and self congratulatory.
    The author also rated her own book on goodreads and left a review and that just feels icky and strange.
    I really wanted to get something positive out of this book, and I truly tried my best to keep reading it and ignore the cringe bits but I eventually just couldn’t ignore those bits and I had to DNF it. 😅

  • @fprleite
    @fprleite 2 года назад

    You made me smile in relief with this review! Loved it!

  • @hopeayiasoumi27
    @hopeayiasoumi27 2 года назад +1

    I just got out of the hospital and saw Jack done a video, I wish I could go to the events over the next two days to meet Jack in person, he’s become an amazing part of my watching life on RUclips especially in hospital

  • @rimakambar1175
    @rimakambar1175 2 года назад

    I love how I always find myself nodding and humming along to anything Jack says as if we are casually having a one-on-one conversation. Love you Jack!

  • @oliviaaagrace1
    @oliviaaagrace1 2 года назад +3

    hi jack! i love your videos!! i have an idea: since you’ve done celebrity book recs that have changed their lives, how about you do a video of books that changed your life? books you can’t live without, books that you wholly and unconditionally love, etc. i would love to know! thank you for being one of my support booktubers!

  • @bitsypout3087
    @bitsypout3087 2 года назад

    You are genuinely the most articulate person I have ever come across & it's so refreshing

  • @Salmamohameddd
    @Salmamohameddd 2 года назад

    This review is literally perfect!

  • @ellyfrancesca
    @ellyfrancesca 2 года назад +2

    literally thanks for making my day

  • @fyiadhi
    @fyiadhi 2 года назад +69

    The book changed Adele's life. Jack is changing my taste in books, in a good way✨❤️🔥🤧

  • @Silmarwyn
    @Silmarwyn 2 года назад +1

    I actually took the part about the phone call to be rather tongue in cheek and a bit over the top for comedic effect. It made me laugh out loud and it was a bit relatable, because I kind of hate answering the phone. Funny how it lands differently for different people.

  • @yinhannasjournal
    @yinhannasjournal 2 года назад

    I literally love how he expresses himself pls I aspire to have as much vocabulary as he does T.T

  • @LaicaPauline
    @LaicaPauline Год назад

    Just watching your videos improves my vocabulary. Love you Jack!!! 🫶🏻

  • @MaliniPatel
    @MaliniPatel 2 года назад +1

    your energy is contagioussss

  • @mariacrist101
    @mariacrist101 2 года назад +26

    Still waiting for the day you'll make a week reading only Brazilian books 🛐 (if you do, I'll make a playlist for the ✨mood✨)

  • @fatima-qn2le
    @fatima-qn2le 2 года назад +2

    the titles of your videos are my favorite thing ever

  • @drigoh7880
    @drigoh7880 2 года назад

    I really love how jack always keeps it real with us

  • @nataliatkacova2143
    @nataliatkacova2143 2 года назад

    jack has yet again saved my day! i love your humor,editing, thoughts and insights. have a beautiful, beautiful day jack :) love u

  • @Tiffany-pg8dw
    @Tiffany-pg8dw 2 года назад +10

    Vid idea: after having reviewed celebrity book recs, make some recs you would have for celebs ? Hehe

  • @hollymariereads
    @hollymariereads 2 года назад +1

    My gawd I loved this video, Jack. Never change. You're darling and so real.

  • @lolagras8391
    @lolagras8391 2 года назад

    I love how I recommended this video to him in tiktok and one week later this is on my RUclips fyp ahahh

  • @ReadingNymph
    @ReadingNymph 2 года назад

    Such a great point about self help books and finding the balance

  • @devayanig.3100
    @devayanig.3100 2 года назад +13

    Jack , I really like how you don't like people being rude and unkind to each other , as a fellow libra we can't probably tolerate this kind of attitude .
    I really like your empathetic and compassionate reaction to every rude comment and remark in every book !
    You're really a great person ❤️

  • @caryscritchley9116
    @caryscritchley9116 2 года назад +2

    Love these videos to help me make time to read! Reckon you could do an ‘advent calendar’ of books you read this year where you recommend one each day? 🥰 enjoy Paris

  • @dumbdoggie21
    @dumbdoggie21 2 года назад +1

    JACK. YOU MAKE MY DAY. NO SERIOUSLY. I COULD LISTEN TO YOU FOR HOURS.

  • @laila2935
    @laila2935 2 года назад

    I absolutely love your videos, they always make my day!

  • @theworldof11
    @theworldof11 2 года назад +1

    ''This is fast paced''
    *me literally starting to slowly cry realising fast paced is about how fast ypu read the book and not how fast the plot progresses*

  • @ajruck
    @ajruck 2 года назад +1

    I had the exaccccct same reaction to the, what I felt were, completely fantastical conversations she had with her children. The interactions were so unbelievable and so TED Talk-sounding that I couldn’t stick with it. I finished reading it but I was so peeved that I didn’t get much joy from it 😂
    Thank you for your honesty in your review!

  • @kerstincarw2503
    @kerstincarw2503 2 года назад +95

    Hey, quick question because I once heard about this issue and now I noticed it here: you often called the author "Glennon" instead of "Doyle", would you call Murakami "Haruki" as well? Have you noticed other people calling male authors by their last name but not female authors? I really don't wanna call you out or anything, I just thought I'd mention it and now you can do with that note what you will ;)
    I'm looking forward to your next videos! Are you ever gonna have a "home" in Paris, or are you just going from airbnb to airbnb? :D

    • @muskaan3711
      @muskaan3711 2 года назад +11

      An interesting point!

    • @mrlnxf8455
      @mrlnxf8455 2 года назад +3

      Same thought, glad you pointed it out!

    • @Grace-td5dd
      @Grace-td5dd 2 года назад +16

      Tbh I’ve never really noticed that before (not saying that it doesn’t happen I just can’t think of any other examples) but in this case it could just be that Doyle could make people think of Arthur Conan Doyle (obviously it isn’t by him but subconsciously)

    • @bloom2982
      @bloom2982 2 года назад +4

      People usually call Japanese people with their full name, or last name. It’s impolite to call Japanese people with their first name, if you aren’t close to them.

    • @mrlnxf8455
      @mrlnxf8455 2 года назад +3

      @@bloom2982 That's not the point at all

  • @shi_.
    @shi_. 2 года назад

    i LOVE how you review books AND music
    WE STAN

  • @Emily-gc1jm
    @Emily-gc1jm 2 года назад +5

    I started reading this book a few months ago, put it to the side and haven’t continued reading it so far. Being about 3/4 into the book I 100% agree with your criticism!
    I have not heard any criticism toward this book so far and I am glad to hear it from someone else but myself haha

    • @Sunmedallion_
      @Sunmedallion_ 2 года назад +4

      people on good reads tear it apart haha. I also didn't finish it

  • @Rinettex
    @Rinettex 2 года назад +3

    Jack’s really out there feeding us with ✨ quality content ✨ 😌❤️

  • @ToomanyFrancis
    @ToomanyFrancis 2 года назад +3

    I have never heard my feelings regarding cell-phone calls put into such eloquent words.
    I personally would never say it, because it sounds completely ridiculous, but I still agree wholeheartedly.

  • @ofalover
    @ofalover 2 года назад

    i just watched 2 of ur recent videos and you excite me!!

  • @rebeccalwhite
    @rebeccalwhite 2 года назад

    So ready for this content!

  • @user-ss3dy9hj1u
    @user-ss3dy9hj1u 2 года назад +6

    Despite me having an attention span of a teaspoon, I can literally listen to Jack talk for hours.